Hostels are way nicer than I thought they would be

My first and favorite hostel experience was in Australia when a couple in another bed stopped having really loud sex because they realized they both had a mutual love of a German football team (I think it was Bayern Munich). Neither of them were from Germany. They continued talking about the football team for hours; their discussed scores or particular games, the players, everything. I hope it worked out for them, they were literally perfect for each other. It was super weird overhearing it all whilst trying to get to sleep, but it was still hilarious haha

I'm a musician and I love hostels so much that I'm currently doing an entire tour performing only in hostels! I just posted the first video from the tour, which was also at a Hostelling International hostel, but in NYC! It's been so so fun.

I’ve stayed in hostels in 3 different continents and I looove it. I’m just watching this video because I really want to travel and this is my way of calming my travel bug until I am able to do so

I just stayed at my first hostel in New Orleans solo. It was definitely different but in a good way. It was a great way to people watch and observe the comings and goings of people and how different we all are.

This is a perfect intro video for hostels!!!! Thanks, Mari!

My husband is 40 and I am 39. We hope to travel the world in the near future! This is most helpful!!!

The first night I stayed in a hostel I awoke to a guy peeing on a girls face on the bunk below (he was drunk and the girl was his girlfriend), thought I'd share😂😂

Lovely videos thanks,all of them !! Im a Kiwi and still havent had the chance to see all of my country.

Very beautiful video. Nice creation. Great work friends.

Reason why I watch KZfaq instead of TV! I had no idea this existed until today! I was watching another KZfaqr and she mentioned something about going to a hostel. I got curious and started searching for hostel videos and that’s who I found yours! Thank you so much🙏🏽this sounds so interesting 🧐

Thanks for the insightful video about the Hostels life.

I stayed in several different hostels several times, but It was for school trips and voluntary organization, usually for 2-3 days. And, well, it was nice and all, there are enough room and beds for everyone (usually 3-4 people in one room, of same gender, of course), plus shared bathroom/shower (though only room for one, so it's taking turns). Yeah, there were some noisy people here and there, but nothing really to spoil my experience. As for free time, sometimes parties, sometimes malls and shopping. In short, it was nice, nothing really too fancy or too sleepy.

One of the best backers in NZ is Noah’s Ark at Greymouth. My myself and my wife always stay their on our trips to the west coast. They cater for 20-70 year olds. Don’t forget to pat Cosmo the dog. :)

im leaving to do a 2 year travel adventure and this is great, thankyouu

Very clear, and casually explained. Made the thought of moving into a hostel, less daunting. Thank you gorgeous! 💄

Only if I knew about videos like that when I stayed in a four bunk dorm in backpackers. First time was different compare to staying in single room. Got use to it after a while and didn’t mind.

Very useful thank you!

Hi Austin is one of my Favorite Hostel it's near University in a great modern City. The employee's are friendly and the accomodations are Traveler Friendly. It's a great place to share in a friendly setting.

very smart video, thanks.

great video stayed in bunch of them in New Zealand

Hi Mari! Great video...we stayed in NZ for 6 weeks in 2018 and used YHA all over both islands. The one in Wellington was super nice, like a nice hotel. We stayed in a twin ensuite and it was full of amenities. The YHA hostels in NZ are better than anyplace on earth! We also joined YHA for $25/year to receive the 10% discount every time we booked a room. Oh, and there was a school group on our floor, but I put on my best teacher (retired now) voice and the kids went straight to their rooms. 😆

So far in Thailand, I spent the first few weeks in shared dorm hostels which worked out well in Bangkok, for only $6 a night. As a solo traveler, I met so many people from all over the world in such a short span of time. It's a great way to meet other travelers and find new friends to do things with. Now that I am on Koh Samui Island, I have been splurging a bit and staying in a private room by the beach for $15 a night. After living in a car for almost three years, I am really enjoying a private room, real bed, my own bathroom, refrigerator and my own AC that I can set however I like. It's totally worth the extra money to be right next to the beach and to have a place where I can just leave all my stuff set up when I head out on adventures for the day. I wash my laundry by hand in the sink, and that works much better in a private room too. In a dorm setting, you have to do a little planning about what you can leave out and what you have to lock up. I prefer the top bunk because it easier to leave out clothes, or have them drying without people trying to sit on your bed all the time. You have to think about the times you are coming into or out of the room and limits on sounds and the space you have. So, it takes a bit more effort to stay in them. But the dorm style hostels are nice and work well, especially when you're in transit to new areas or destinations and just need a quick place to crash for the night, or want to socialize a bit. I've seen people from age 18 to 70 staying in dorm rooms, but I've heard some places have age restrictions. Haven't seen any of those yet, though. Cheers!

this one looks nice.... very informative ...

It is enjoyable and interesting video! Thanks a lot for this love from south korea😃

Oh my god, such a cute video! YES, I was thinking it would be comfortable enough and not spending extra costs when you're low budget. I enjoy learning new cultures and traveling to different places. Used to plan a trip around the world while I was young! With my own money, so eye opening and full of learning. Frees you from cultural bias and small world. Inspires you for the rest of the world! Like the gap year stuff......

Great video

I love YHA, always stay in a YHA hostel whenever I can find one :)

Reminds me of college years!!!

New Zealand has the best hostels and the nicest people. I especially like the smaller places with independent travelers. The big bus tour groups tend to congregate together. Research online and then book direct. Get a Countdown grocery card for deals on food to cook yourself. Intercity or Skip buses (budget arm of Intercity) are a good deal. Mari is the ultimate NZ expert! Thanks.

Thanks for nice video. ...👍

Hi Mari, I just recently started following. You have talked about YHA hostel before. They look fantastic. When I come to NZ I will certainly use them. Here is the US I have never been at a bad or dirty one, but none this nice. The worse one for me was a Male only with 20 beds and only one bath and shower to be shared. That one was tough I. The morning, you can only image what I mean,haha.

I am from Bangladesh🇧🇩 and i love this video👌👍

Thankyou

Your Hostels are so much nicer than any I've stayed at...I've stayed at the worst one in Paris...filty, discusting...it was awful! Contrastly, I stayed at a really cool one outside of Barcelona that was really great but still nothing like the one in your vid...fun to watch though!

WOW! ❤🧡💕 may I how much is the stay per day? Thanks much for this vid!💛

So informative. ^___^

I been traveling to staying in Hostels for 8 years now. I love it. Staying in Hostels really save me money from staying in Hotels. I stayed in 32 Hostels overall trust me love the experience when your traveling and meet people in this

Hy really nice video, I was looking for a video about hostels in NZ and its because I am about to start one hostel in NZ I already had a successful hostel in Bali before the Covid, so now looking for new areas. If you have a further information on NZ hostels or a personal ideas please share with me. Thanks

Pretty informative Mari Thank you …. You are very beautiful and gorgeous ❤️

thanks

Hi people! I am looking for a recommendation for a hostel in Auckland. I will be coming in off a 14 hour flight from Canada. I assume I'm going to want to sleep for a day. Should I get a private room at a hostel? Or would I be better off staying at an Airbnb until I get myself sorted. Thanks!

Which hostel is that? Which country? Price for those rooms? Do we need to pay separately if we use those activity areas like bars?

Hostels are Great Places to Stay and Meet other Travelers !!!! Great way to meet others make life long friends.😀👍😧👉👉🌲😶😉😐 easy way to share with others online. A Hostel is a good place to learn about good Hygiene and to keep clean at a low price.

Like this hostel

Hi,just wanna asked how much it would cost that private room a month?

Wow, those are nice accommodations! As an older couple, I can see staying in a private room. Do you see people of all ages? Thanks for this!

YHA Hostels tend to accommodate school groups. For me super annoying. Very important to know.

nice video,,,

Nice

☼ I SUPPORT & ENDORSE THIS VIDEO! 🔥🔰✨🦄-

Where do you keep your stuffs when you go out? Mainly the passport.

تلخيصات عمار تحييكم خزنة للادوات : مهمة جدا للامان، جيب قفل معك للاحتياط شنطة عدة الحمام : عشان ما تزعج الناس لما تروح، الحمام في الصباح المطبخ : تحط اسمك على اكلاتك

Hi Mari, Where is your bag from?

Hi Mari, Thanks for sharing your interesting and informative video. I have never stayed in a hostel, but I have visited a couple of them. A friend of mine was actually staying in one here in Melbourne some years ago. Believe it or not, he was actually from Christchurch as well, which is quite a coincidence. That locker is similar to the locker I had at work years ago when living in Sydney. I have often wondered if first arriving in the dark late at night with no lights on and everyone sleeping, how do you find your bed? I suppose, I could always poke around and the bed where no one said "ouch", I guess that would be mine!!! Okay, you have sold me on the hostel private room, when can I come??? LOL. Love the idea of keeping all your needed things in a bag. I will definitely keep that suggestion in mind when travelling in the future. Actually, before you ever came to a hostel, you should have contacted me and I could have sent you a link to this video...er...just thinking, I would have probably needed to rent a time machine to actually do that successfully!!! Anyway, wishing you all the best. Robert.

Mari just been to get one of your beanies, your out of stock 😪. Are you getting anymore in??? (Oh and I had to chuckle at the grab bag for early morning risers, there is always one person who decides to pack for a hike at 5am in the morning!!)

I really love how this presenter is so down to earth. very natural looking

Nice video! Was just curious about hostels. Still not for me. My luck everyone would be snoring when I'm trying to sleep. lol

how long can you stay at a hostel???

Hey Mari, you make lovely videos. Where do you get the information if there’s a locker? Because on the internet it doesn’t always tell. Cheers!

thank you for the video

🎉 well I messed up and miscalculated so I sleep for a verry long time and I didn't head in before around 23 and now I know I can't actually go to sleep as I'm gonna need to have just a lot of alarms going of at 4 since I'm in the first flight in the morning 😂

I would prefer a privite room

What’s the point of staying at a hostel if your doing the private room

Have you expressed survival bag

I will be travelling solo and I need to be on a budget. So if I can hostel, I really want to hostel. But I have challenges. 1) I'm 6'2" and about 240 lbs. Frankly those beds look too small and maybe even too weak. 2) I'm 57, I use a CPAP and on long busy days I need a cane. 3) I like live music in bars and pubs so have been known to stay out late. I think everyone involved would be a *_LOT_* happier, if I had a private room. How can I be assured to have access to a private room?

I wonder how I could set a morning alarm in a shared room without waking up others?

Would I be able to stay alone in one room in hostels

I would like to stay in a hostel but im worried because i snoring 😢

Tis 4 your ago video....I want right now

Hi

U didnt telll hw to book wat is the price..wer lokated

My mom is gonna put us in a hostle im little scared tho

Make Sure You always have an escape bag. Always

Are there any age limits for staying at a hostel?

You looked like a filipina. 😘

This has just confirmed for me that I would never stay in a shared room hostel. How you gonna sleep in a room with up to 20 other people you don't know at all

I rarely see hostels in USA

Went to this one hostel in Slovakia a few years ago. My roommates seemed cool at first but I think they drugged me cause when I woke up I was in a torture chamber with some rich scumbag who was about to cut me open for his own sadistic pleasure. Thankfully I escaped and gave them a very negative Yelp review. 0/10 won’t be giving them my money again.

Hey is hostel is the perfect place to meet woman to eat and go sight see and etc.

idk how i can sleep with another person that I don't know in another room that's creepy as fucc

Do you get a discount for not saying the word "hostel" correctly?

How much charges for Indians.

I like you. Like, like you like you

I am 24, am I too old?

Just don't go to the one in Slovakia

Hellz no.

Good God it's like a bed for a baby. Im way to talk for that

Id rather stay at a motel atleast them some rich business man won't pay people to have me tortured

Beautiful Mari Johnson, why are you are getting skinnier ask your hubby to cook more for you XD but still you look super super gorgeous and shiny bright like a sunshine *_* anyways another good video. Greetings from Malaysia. PEACE!

All I have to say is no way. 😬

i would never sleep in a room with strangers you all seem to have a deathwish or idk...

How much did you get paid to advertise or is this your place!! Your not a reveller

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I really had fun listening to your video I had a project about it😅soo I just wrote what you said about it Complete posting fun thing and don't give up😍🫶🏻✊🏻✊🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻