YHA London Central Hostel Vid
Wednesday April 30, 2008
You should check out a piece posted from the UK Times Online ("Whatever Happened to Youth Hostels?") on YHA's newest London digs, the YHA London Central, in order to see the video, which is a great view of life in a modern hostel. The reporter seems surprised at the luxurious life possible in backpacker central West End, but this is the way 
new hostels in Western city centers are rolling: more en suite rooms (with bathrooms), wifi, nice kitchens and common rooms. Worth checking out to see how a spendy (18 GB pounds per night for a dorm) London hostel shapes up in the 21st century.
And in reference to other centuries, the vid's voice over does some back in the day stuff when discussing how hostel guests once cleaned the whole joint, and the final line delivers an interesting judgment: "I can't see this lot reaching for the duster" (shot of typical hostel guests looking normal, but perhaps pampered slackers in the editorial thinking here).
Related reading:
Photo (Bunk Brisbane hostel pool) © Kathleen Crislip | Sydney YHA photos | Katoomba YHA Photos
new hostels in Western city centers are rolling: more en suite rooms (with bathrooms), wifi, nice kitchens and common rooms. Worth checking out to see how a spendy (18 GB pounds per night for a dorm) London hostel shapes up in the 21st century.
And in reference to other centuries, the vid's voice over does some back in the day stuff when discussing how hostel guests once cleaned the whole joint, and the final line delivers an interesting judgment: "I can't see this lot reaching for the duster" (shot of typical hostel guests looking normal, but perhaps pampered slackers in the editorial thinking here).
Related reading:
Photo (Bunk Brisbane hostel pool) © Kathleen Crislip | Sydney YHA photos | Katoomba YHA Photos
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