Sharing a dorm with snoring strangers
Hostels offer the deeply overrated experience of attempting to rest in a bunk bed while a backpacker from another continent plays acoustic guitar.

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Many youth hostels across Europe enforce strict age limits, explicitly banning guests over thirty-five or forty from sleeping in their cheapest shared…
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Hostels are explicitly designed to maximize the density of human bodies per square foot, packing up to sixteen budget-conscious backpackers into a single…
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Your gap-year bunk bed has roots in a rigid German scheme to aggressively domesticate city kids. When the Youth Hostel Association gained traction in 1930,…
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Trying to rest in a shared room while a complete stranger decides two in the morning is the perfect time to slowly repack a crinkly plastic bag.
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Sharing a dorm room means listening to a nineteen year old aggressively strum an acoustic guitar at sunrise. You pay a heavily discounted rate, but the true…
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The incredibly friendly person checking you in and showing you to your dorm isn't a seasoned hospitality professional. They are likely just another tourist…
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