Sorry AirBnB Hipsters, I’ll Take Health and Safety Over the Cult of Disruption

Re:Sorry AirBnB Hipsters, I’ll Take Health and Safety Over t... by smokinn on Sunday July 25, 2010 @10:03PM (#1546885)

Most hostels have dorm and private room options. I just get the private room. It's more expensive than the dorm but way less expensive than a hotel. I've never slept in a hostel that only offered dorm rooms.

I'm just as paranoid about the dorm option.

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Re:Sorry AirBnB Hipsters, I’ll Take Health and Safety Over t... by ohashi on Sunday July 25, 2010 @11:52PM (#1547085)

I have stayed in a few hostels with lots of people... met lots of fun and interesting people. Never once had any issues.

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Re:Sorry AirBnB Hipsters, I’ll Take Health and Safety Over t... by byw on Monday July 26, 2010 @03:08AM (#1547373)

Just curious, is this true mostly in a certain region or all over the world? Also, what kind of price different should I be expecting between the dorm and the private room?

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Re:Sorry AirBnB Hipsters, I’ll Take Health and Safety Over t... by smokinn on Monday July 26, 2010 @09:20AM (#1547925)

I'm not sure, I've mostly only stayed in hostels in Canada. The last one I stayed at in Ottawa had rooms for 25$/night in the dorm or 60$/night for a private single bed room.

http://www.ottawahostel.com/

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Re:Sorry AirBnB Hipsters, I’ll Take Health and Safety Over t... by ido on Monday July 26, 2010 @10:55AM (#1548177)

In most of Europe it seems ~20 euros/night for a dorm bed is about the standard.

I'm used hostels (& couch surfing) quite a lot and never really had problems, but I guess it depends on the region you are traveling in.

Tallanvor's approach seems unnecessarily paranoid to me, but I don't know where he travels too.

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