| Everywhere around the world there are youth hostels. | | | | homepage. There you can also book stays in hostels. |
| Youth hostels are great to stay at, especially for | | | | Research |
| young people, because you get to meet other people, | | | | Before you go to random hostels try to find out |
| people like yourself. | | | | whether they are supposed to be good. We made the |
| The same thing applies to Scotland's youth hostels. On | | | | mistake of going to a hostel that someone told us |
| our trip through Scotland we solely stayed in youth | | | | about but they didn't know whether it was good or |
| hostels and we had a great time and made a lot of | | | | bad. Anyway because other hostels were already |
| friends. | | | | booked out we quickly decided to check into that one. |
| There are a few things you should keep in mind | | | | To say the least it was a big mistake. |
| though. | | | | The hostels itself was terrible and the atmosphere |
| Pay Less | | | | was bad too. Everyone was just hanging around doing |
| If you want to pay less for your stays in youth hostels | | | | nothing and not even talking to others. The rooms |
| then I can highly recommend to become a member of | | | | were also way too big, we had to stay in an 18 bed |
| the SYHA, the Scottish Youth Hostel Association. As | | | | dorm. It was also dirty everywhere. |
| a member of SYHA you have to pay less for your | | | | After an hour we found out that another hostel had |
| stays in the hostels. If you travel around for 7 days | | | | beds available, one that we previously stayed at, and |
| then you could probably save around 20-30 pounds. | | | | we were able to quickly change. |
| But be aware that not all of the youth hostels in | | | | So please do some research before you check into a |
| Scotland are run through the SYHA. To find out which | | | | hostel. |
| hostels you have to visit simply visit the SYHA | | | | |