14 Undeniable Advantages and Disadvantages of Hostel Life!

Wondering about the advantages and disadvantages of hostel life? Check out this post where I detail them all!

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Staying a hostel for the first time? Here are all the advantages and disadvantages of hostel life to look forward to!

My first ever hostel experience was hardly inspiring.

I remember it like yesterday.

The building was huge.

I’m talking monstrously big- the sort of place you look at from the outside and hope for hell there’s an elevator.

…there wasn’t.

The hostel was in Auckland, New Zealand, and sat slap bang in the center of the city.

Floor after floor of Spartan dorm rooms housed hundreds of loud, boisterous, party-loving people out for a good time on the other side of the world.

But little old me had no idea what the hell was going on!

Totally out of my depth, I felt like the new kid at school- daunted by the mass of humanity within those walls, unsure what to do or how to act.

Thankfully, the struggle didn’t last long. Fast forward to now and I love (almost) everything about staying in hostels.

Indeed, I’ll always have a soft spot for them, but there are definitely advantages AND disadvantages of hostel life worth knowing about.

Are you going travelling and want to learn a thing or two about hostels before heading off?

Well, keep reading! Here are all the pros and cons of hostel life I wish I’d been told about before that fateful introduction in Auckland. Enjoy!


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