| Planning a trip to Europe? Looking for low-budget | | | | the option to get more information, to look at availability, |
| accommodation? Well, possibly you have reached the | | | | their services, what is included within the price, which |
| right place! Far from being a discussion on | | | | conditions apply, how the price varies depending on the |
| recommended places to stay, I will try to make the | | | | day of the week or season... And specially, do look for |
| process of selecting your hostel as easy as possible. | | | | which kind of room you are booking. The latest trend is |
| Firs of all, let's take a look at what to avoid. Please, | | | | to get extremely confusing when it comes to describe |
| close this search engine window you have already | | | | how the beds are like: single, twin, double, 2 in 1, large... |
| opened. I know, it's the easy way, Google will do it for | | | | and bath: en-suite, shared, with bath,with toilet, with... In |
| us. Well, Google can do lots of things, but many times | | | | the end you really don't know exactly what the room |
| it's not the best when it comes to find the cheapest | | | | is going to be like. More than once I have ended up |
| options. It is still to come the time when Google can do | | | | with two separate beds when I wanted just one for |
| a search for price! | | | | two persons. Just sit down, relax, look at their |
| Now that you have closed the window, there are | | | | definitions of each thing, and get the option that fits |
| some rules I would tell you to follow. From my point of | | | | best your needs. |
| view, and after trying hundreds of hostel search | | | | Following with this, remember also that if you book a |
| engines, I take the one that Ryanair offers in the | | | | room with more beds than the ones you are going to |
| Hostels section of their web-page. In fact, they take it | | | | use, you are normally going to be asked to pay for |
| from the search engine of HostelWorld. A first | | | | them, so try to fit the room to your real requirements, |
| approach to the search of cheap hostels will probably | | | | or look for another hostel if you can't make it with one. |
| guide you to a list of recommended hostels. Normally | | | | It will cost you planning time, but it will save valuable |
| this is a selection for the ones that pay most to get | | | | money. |
| listed on the top, so many times it is not really the | | | | The good thing about booking hostels online is that, |
| option you are looking for. | | | | different to airlines, they charge you only the 10% of |
| To sort them by price will be a good step to take. | | | | the price and you give the rest when you arrive there, |
| After this is done, don't get confused with the results! | | | | so it is always a good point when it comes to a |
| Yes, this hostel is telling you they offer a room for 5 | | | | possible change of plans, cancellation, etc. It is very |
| euros night/person. What it does not tell you is that this | | | | convenient that you book some months before you |
| applies for their 32 persons room, where you are going | | | | go, but in case things go wrong, you won't lose a lot of |
| to be together with 32 other travelers and a shared | | | | money. |
| bathroom and shower for the 32 of you. Maybe if you | | | | After all, there are many ways to book hostels online, |
| are young and adventurous you can enjoy that option, | | | | and this is only my recommendation providing my |
| but even myself I would feel a bit too far from what I | | | | personal experience and this is the tool I use when |
| understand a hostel room must be for. | | | | looking for accommodation to my customers. |
| The important thing is simply to do not forget to select | | | | |