hostelworld.com

Travelling is my big passion as you might have seen from my other reviews. During University time trips like 5months backpacking in Asia are not possible but I can always find time for a quick weekend in a great city. I'm just about to book 2 nights in Bratislava and you can follow me through the process. -------------------------- What is it? -------------------------- www.hostelworld.com is a website to find and book accommodation in over 170 countries. Property types start with campsites over hostels to budget hotels so there's something for every taste. The website can be used in over 20 languages and with the currencies Pound, ...  Read the complete review

*** EDITED ON 25th May 09: hostelworld.com contacted me today after reading this review and are kindly attempting to resolve the problem i.e. reimburse our money. It seems the hostel itself may have been at fault and neglected to inform hostelworld.com of the overbooking. If that's the case, I will of course update my review to reflect this *** A few weeks ago a friend and I decided to make a fairly impromtu trip to Barcelona (we were staying in Valencia at the time). I's just a few hours away by train, but I wasn't comfortable booking rail tickets until we were were certain that we had accommodation to go to. So we had a quick look online (I normally use the ...  Read the complete review

Wouldn't it be great if there was a place on the web that you could search for cheap accomodation, book it, review it, read reviews and see what nights are available? Well guess what? There is! Yes, Hostelworld is the most complete of several sites that do this function (travelbag, bootsnall being two of the others) but this site seems to have encompassed reviews from all over the web and put them in the same place. This means that searching for hostel info is easy and quick, as is picking dates and type of room. When it comes to paying you do not pay any extra for using the service. Instead Hostelworld seem to get their cut directly from the ...  Read the complete review

Hostelworld.com is a brilliant site to use for booking cheap accommodation anywhere in the world. It searches over 20,000 hostels in more than 170 countries. To search for a hostel you simply enter the country and then the city and enter the dates you want to stay on the homepage. If you wish, you can also enter additional search options (or you can add these in once you've entered the main search) such as the type of accommodation, type of room and property facilities you require. You can choose which currency you want the prices displayed in and from the list it looks like they do almost every single currency. You can then sort your results by price, ...  Read the complete review

This is a website for reserving beds in hostels. Its basically an agent that organises all the hostels in a useful order, with reviews and ratings. If you book direct with the hostel you avoid a £1 booking fee. I am debating with myself wether to use this website or book direct with the hostel. The problem is that things like minimum stays are not stated on the website but they are on the hostels own website. Also the £1 booking fee is silly, as Im going to be booking about 10 hostels, and will not be willing to pay that. If you book through hostelbookers.com there is no admin fee therefore saving me much needed money. THe site is useful ...  Read the complete review