When we started traveling, a few years ago (auch, we are getting older!), We related the concept of staying in a hostel with trying to save as much money as possible by staying in a shabby, smelly and unattractive place. But we soon understood thatthe hostels, beyond having a bed to rest and be the perfect choice for backpackers for their prices, They are part of the trip itself. Why In the hostels we have made friends, we have shared experiences, we have learned a lot about each place and we have experienced somewhat bizarre situations ... Here we tell you some how many things that can happen to you if you stay in a hostel 🙂
Before stepping on a hostel, you thought it was a dreary place where bad and ugly things happened like this:
So the first day you show up to check in you arrive more or less like this ...
However, you soon discover that hostels are very cool places.
And that the vast majority of those who frequent them are lovely and funny people, but ...
Sooner or later, a hybrid between a bear and an opera singer who snores louder than an angry lion will sleep under your bunk.
Then you discover that your best friends are called: earplugs.
You know more person in a hostel day than in a month of your normal life.
You discover soon that the Spanish spik inglish quite badly.
Although when you drink a couple of beers, laugh at the oxfordian English that comes out of your mouth.
In addition, our macaroni English is easily forgotten, because our majete accent is the best. And we are the life of the party.
When you turn 30 and you go to a hostel you feel like an octogenarian who escaped from an asylum. Especially if you take some copichuelas (and you already learned that the best hangover cure is to have a maximum of 25 years)
But there will always be someone in their 50s, who will suddenly make you feel young.
And of course, when you grow up you want to be like him / her.
You know how to assemble the backpack in 10 nanoseconds.
And since you learned to make "rolls" with your clothes, you fit twice as many things.
The face you have left when you discover that there is a bar in the hostel (and has cheap beer) GIF
You are funny those who do not go to hostels "because they are not beautiful."
Because you saw hostels that go round many hotels.
You change the city and… you find someone who was in the previous hostel. Who has not happened?
And you know that the best plan of all is to talk about travel and change travelers advice in front of a nice little beer.
You start using the hostels to save money.
But you continue because what you win is new friends spread all over the world.
Happiness is to discover that in the price of the hostel… a fabulous free breakfast comes in!
You feel Ferran Adría when you cook potato omelette and all guests look at you with admiration and much envy.
And you feel Mother Teresa of Calcutta when you decide to share the tortilla with your new fans.
Questions before "where are you from" than "what's your name".
You already know that a professional bath squat is never missing and that it will take a lifetime to fix the bangs, pee or shower.
If you travel alone, when you arrive at a hostel you already know that you will stop being alone.
And if you travel in company, you will want to adopt that boy who travels only with a pint of majete.
You have fallen in love (at least) once with the hostel staff. Seriously, you wanted to take them home as a souvenir, put them on the bedside table so that every morning they said good morning with their smile and kindness. Although the possible kidnapping complaint threw you back ...
And you have deeply hated those who set the alarm and delay it every 5 minutes. Whyeee? Whyee? Let me sleep!
Cinema night? Free tour? Themed dinner? Excursion to the beach? Just arrived and your agenda is already full!
If you spend more than 3 days in a hostel you feel at home and when you leave you want to die and live there forever & ever again. (Although then you remember your mother's croquettes and you miss it).
You will consider working in a hostel.
And you may do it.
There is always someone very messy that leaves the room in a mess, or that a hurricane would have passed by.
Maybe that someone is you.
You will sleep with 7 strangers (or more) but do not tell your grandmother, who is going to give her a patatús.
Shower flip flops? A great idea (and since you saw Orange is the new black, more).
You have a high probability of sharing a hostel with someone who plays an instrument. And he plays it a lot. And not necessarily well.
But hey, don't complain that it's free ... and free is your favorite word.
Sometimes you want to be alone, Pluto aligns with Venus, the sun enters Scorpio and you have a room that you share ... with yourself. Hallelujah!
The feeling of extreme happiness, similar to winning the lottery, is when you enter the kitchen and see that someone who has left has left free food.
And yes, you may have eaten things that had not been free, you would have never eaten.
When you get older you become more valued at the bottom bunk (and you start to doubt if you can climb the stairs to the bed above).
You know by heart "the 10 commandments of the good guest" (coming soon)
Stealing is very bad. But if you find shampoo in the bathroom, what happens? Admit it: we have all used other people's shampoo (at least) 1 time. Or 10.
Because it's true that there are a lot of # hostelproblems ...
But how much fun you have and the anecdotes that you take as a souvenir are priceless, because you know it well: a hostel, rather than an accommodation, is a life experience.
And that's #whywehostel !!
We have thought about writing this post since in our trip through the United States we are doing a full immersion in the hotel life 🙂 We are staying in many hostels of HiUsa, an org. no profit that has modern facilities, ideal locations, a thousand and one activity to sign up for (from free tours to community dinners) and has a few interesting campaigns. The best thing about this experience has been to share a little bit of road with other travelers from all over the world: from Brazil to Holland, through Taiwan, Italy and India!
That said: do not be fooled, many hostels have nothing to envy the best hotel and if at the time of rest you want privacy or do not want to run into any roncón bear, there are double or single rooms. 😉
Hopefully you liked this post, if you know more things that could happen to you staying in a hostel, leave us a comment!
