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I swore hostels were dirty party houses until a $14 night in Savannah changed my whole trip budget
For a long time I would not step foot in a hostel. I pictured loud bunk rooms, stuff getting stolen, and sharing a bathroom with 12 strangers, so I always paid $110 or more a night for a cheap motel. Then a buddy talked me into a weekend in Savannah in March and every hotel near downtown wanted $180 a night. He booked us two beds in a place off Broughton Street for $14 each. The room was clean, the front desk guy gave us a map with free parking spots marked on it, and I met a girl from Berlin who told me about a $5 lunch counter I never would have found. Over 3 nights I put $500 back in my pocket, and that cash paid for a kayak tour and a real dinner. I still want my own bathroom sometimes, but I was flat out wrong about the whole scene. What is the cheapest night you have paid somewhere, and would you do it again?
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the_anna14d ago
Ha, nobody ever brings up the real reason hostels beat hotels: you're paying for other people's local knowledge, not just a bed. My cheapest was 12 bucks in Lisbon and the guy in my dorm saved me 200 euros on a rental car scam, so yeah I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
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