http://thetuxinbackpack.com/2009/04/hostels-and-flashpackers-part-1/ All about Flashpacking Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:55:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://thetuxinbackpack.com/2009/04/hostels-and-flashpackers-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-48 jamesjohnston Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:27:38 +0000 http://thetuxinbackpack.com/?p=434#comment-48 hostels accommodation has improved a lot in recent years, partly due to the help of hostels and budget accommodations booking websites like <a href="http://www.hostels247.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hostels247.com/</a> they helped to bring the hostel business to the type of customers like me that would not normally stay in a hostel, but are still looking for a cheap but comfortable accommodation now stay in hostels. More and more hostels are opening up in many cities to serve a growing budget accommodation market. So Hostels are no longer just for backpackers and students, hostels are now for everyone, thats why there are private rooms and more and more facilities in hostels. hostels accommodation has improved a lot in recent years, partly due to the help of hostels and budget accommodations booking websites like http://www.hostels247.com/ they helped to bring the hostel business to the type of customers like me that would not normally stay in a hostel, but are still looking for a cheap but comfortable accommodation now stay in hostels. More and more hostels are opening up in many cities to serve a growing budget accommodation market. So Hostels are no longer just for backpackers and students, hostels are now for everyone, thats why there are private rooms and more and more facilities in hostels.

]]> http://thetuxinbackpack.com/2009/04/hostels-and-flashpackers-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-44 HostelTraveler.com joins hostelmanagement.com forum - Page 2 - Hostel Management Forums Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:29:22 +0000 http://thetuxinbackpack.com/?p=434#comment-44 [...] for hotels to ride the popularity of hostels. A longer explanation of why I think this is posted here and here. I think these are important posts: What is a [...] [...] for hotels to ride the popularity of hostels. A longer explanation of why I think this is posted here and here. I think these are important posts: What is a [...]

]]> http://thetuxinbackpack.com/2009/04/hostels-and-flashpackers-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Definition of a Hostel - Page 7 - Hostel Management Forums Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:54:28 +0000 http://thetuxinbackpack.com/?p=434#comment-36 [...] Originally Posted by Goofys In the UK, due the the strong association with the YHA, the term Hostel can have something of a stigma attached to it (think sandals, cardigans, beards, some remote part of the Dales) - not as cool as it's backpacker/surf lodge cousins. It was this article in the Guardian that made us more comfortable with the realisation that Goofys was a Hostel. If you haven't read it yet, see my interview on Tux in Backpack about the recent articles on boutique hostels:part I [...] [...] Originally Posted by Goofys In the UK, due the the strong association with the YHA, the term Hostel can have something of a stigma attached to it (think sandals, cardigans, beards, some remote part of the Dales) – not as cool as it’s backpacker/surf lodge cousins. It was this article in the Guardian that made us more comfortable with the realisation that Goofys was a Hostel. If you haven’t read it yet, see my interview on Tux in Backpack about the recent articles on boutique hostels:part I [...]

]]> http://thetuxinbackpack.com/2009/04/hostels-and-flashpackers-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Hostels and Flashpackers: Interview with HostelManagement.com (part II) | The Tux in the Backpack Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:50:24 +0000 http://thetuxinbackpack.com/?p=434#comment-16 [...] with HostelManagement.com (part II) Posted by mcsilly On April - 29 - 2009 Twitter It!In Part I of this interview we asked Josh Cohen, the man behind HostelManagement.com about him, his website [...] [...] with HostelManagement.com (part II) Posted by mcsilly On April – 29 – 2009 Twitter It!In Part I of this interview we asked Josh Cohen, the man behind HostelManagement.com about him, his website [...]

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