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What is the point of youth hostels?
Philip Whiteman:
Until relatively recently, I used the YHA/SYHA religiously, believing that they offered reasonable cheap accommodation with the flexibility of kitchen facilities, drying rooms whilst lacking the constraints of B&Bs or hotels. Not any more.
A perusal of the SYHA accounts shows their future as terminal. This year alone they have shut a further five hostels. There existing stock is increasingly delapidated and prices have increased.
Today, I decided to investigate self catering accommodation versus Crianlarich SYHA as a location for a week's munro-bagging. At £420 per week for two of us, the SYHA lost. Instead we secured a four star cottage for two at £330.
Sorry SYHA but if you wonder why you are in terminal decline, this is just one example of why.
hellymedic:
My partner and I have just spent a week in an excellent self-catering cottage in Somerset.
They didn't accept kids uncer 12.
Maybe Youth Hostels are for younger people...
Kim:
Youth hostels are for schoolkids by the coachload, aren't they?
jogler:
Youth hostels have changed the demographic to which they aim themselves.They seek to provide price based competition to B&Bees for family accommodation.
They are moving away from cheap 'n cheerfull hosteling of the type favoured by cycle tourists.For this reason I cancelled my membership last year & rekindled an interest in lightweight camping.
John Henry:
I don't know whether it was the YHA that changed, or me... Their policy of closing all the hostels within a day's ride of my house annoyed me, as did the gradual steep price increase and neglect of their estate, which made many other accommodation options look like better VFM.
But, and you can call me 'Princess' if you like, I think I got to an age and level of material wealth where voluntarily sharing a dormitory with a bunch of sweaty, snory, farty blokes lost its appeal.
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