Backpackers’ inns

There has been a huge upturn in backpacking hostels as a business model in many parts of the world. Recognising the demand for cheaper bed space, not just from the youth of today necessarily, hostels are becoming more and more popular. As a business model it is very easy to make more money per room from a hostel than it is from a single hotel room. The demand for
backpacking hostels is not going to lessen in the foreseeable future. Students are always going to want a cheap place to lay down their heads without the necessity of an expensive hotel room. Though in the past, hostels have been seen as low-quality accommodation for less wealthy travellers, at least one Australian study has shown that backpackers (who typically stay at hostels) spend more than non-backpackers, due to their longer stays. Backpackers make up as much as 10% of international visitors in countries like Australia.

Backpacking hostels are here to stay, and whereas some of the earlier hostels may have left much to be desired, there is a growing trend in many larger cities towards newly built hostels. Some newer hostels include en-suite accommodation with single, double or quad occupancy rooms, though to be considered a hostel they must also provide dormitory accommodation. In recent years, the numbers of independent and backpacking hostels have increased greatly to cater for the greater numbers of overland, multi-destination travellers (such as gap-year travellers, and rail-trippers). The quality of such places has also improved dramatically. While a few hostels do still insist on a curfew, daytime lockouts, and/or require occupants to do chores, this is becoming a rare exception rather than the rule, as hostels adapt to meet the changing expectations of guests.

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