7 Types of Terrible Hostel Guests
Hostels are great places that laid back traveling people can enjoy. They are some of the best places to meet new friends and share your favorite backpacking stories. However, we’ve all met some types of people who just shouldn’t stay in hostels. While there are more, these are our top seven types of terrible hostel […]
The King of Thailand’s Funeral | Thailand Mourns
We unknowingly arrived in Bangkok, Thailand at a strange time. Unbeknownst to us, it was the month of the King of Thailand’s funeral. The much loved King Rama IX had passed away a year before and the entire month of October was proclaimed to be a month of mourning, leading up to the five-day-long funeral starting […]
Hostel Holidays : Sharing Traditions Around the Globe
Hostel Holidays are the best holidays. You meet friends from all over the world and share a special time together. It’s an incredible opportunity for travelers to learn about new holidays they don’t celebrate at home. Sharing holidays is an important part of cultural exchange. It creates a bond between the traveler and the local […]
5 Things All Great Hostels Have In Common
While spending years traveling the world, we’ve stayed in a LOT of great hostels. Sometimes we check out the trendy new ones, sometimes we try to save money and go bottom budget. Besides the obvious necessities like cleanliness and safety, here are some things that make for great hostels: 1) Activities: Hostel activities are the […]
Why Your Hostel Needs A Marketing Consultant
We are hostel marketing consultants and in our years of traveling we have stayed at a LOT of hostels. The difference between a good hostel and a GREAT hostel is often so small that it’s hard to notice from an inside perspective. We have worked with almost 50 different hostels and hotels on five different […]
Chacos – The World’s Greatest Shoe
Chacos – The World’s Greatest Shoe There is no debating it, the people at Chacos have put together the worlds greatest shoe. It’s strong, long lasting, repairable, and makes you look just like backpacker Jesus. Some of the best uses for Chacos are: Hiking: Chacos really grip those rocks and don’t move around on […]
Write for La Aventura Project/Stay in hostels for free
Write for La Aventura Project/Stay in hostels for free A big announcement today, everyone! Since we are back in the US now, working real jobs again (boo) and editing the documentary, we don’t have as much to post here! Thus, we are looking for current travelers in South or Central America to write hostel reviews […]
We Hate Loki
Before reading this, read yesterday’s post, because the two together are meant to appropriately demonstrate our love-hate relationship with Loki Hostel. It was a blast running the bar. The experience we gained because of it will definitely help us if we ever want bartending jobs in the future. But another thing that we really like […]
We Love Loki
“LOKI LOKI LOKI!” someone shouts as we all raise our glasses. “Oi oi oi!” we respond in Aussie fashion, slam our glasses down on the bar, and proceed to chug our Blood Bombs. A Blood Bomb consists of a shot of mostly vodka with a few drops of grenadine dropped into a half-glass of Red […]
The South America Tourist feature
The South America Tourist feature Our awesome announcement for the new year is that we are now official contributors on The South America Tourist website. We’re writing hostel reviews for the site as we travel and our first post went up today! It’s about our great experience at Laguna Surf Camp, in Máncora, Perú and […]