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Hostelling International - is it worth it?

  • 06-07-2009 2:18pm
    #1
    turgon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭


    Heading Inter-railing in August, starting off in Paris. Hostels and Hotels are pretty expensive there so I had a look at Hostelling International (HI). Obviously you have to be joined, the fee is 20. But in my 2 nights in Paris I would "recoup" 2/3 of that alone, and considering I'm traveling for 27 nights it seems good value.

    Do you think its worth joining? Apart form the money, are HI hostels good in peoples experience? :)


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  • #2
    sternn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 929 ✭✭✭sternn


    i have never herd of it. Might take a look at this though, looks like it will save a lot!


  • #3
    Valmont
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,857 ✭✭✭Valmont


    turgon wrote: »
    Do you think its worth joining? Apart form the money, are HI hostels good in peoples experience? :)

    Argh! Don't do it! It is not worth it at all. In Europe anyway, you'll rarely find yourself in a position where there are only hostelling international hostels available, I've been hostelling in Europe a few times and I stayed in a HI twice. They are terrible hostels if you're a student looking for some like minded travellers and some craic. They usually have a bunch of secondary school students on school trips (both times I was in a HI) and the hostels themselves are kind of generic, not to mention they have more rules (curfew) etc and less character than the more independent ones you will encounter. Good luck!


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