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Dorms as Single Hostel Rooms
Wake Up London Hostel Room picture

Wake Up London Dorm Hostel Room

© Kathleen Crislip
We've been looking at some pretty precious private hostel rooms, but not all single hostel rooms are going to be fabulous bedrooms with great accouterments -- sometimes, paying for a single hostel room just gets you a normal hostel dorm to yourself, as was the case at the Wake Up London, above, when I stayed there in 2007 (and is the case at many hostels offering single hostel rooms). Having a dorm room to yourself is fine -- if your object in getting a single hostel room is simply privacy and added security, you're all set. Many hostels offering single private rooms have a completely different arrangement for their single (or double) rooms than they offer for dorms, though, like double beds, nightstands, and the works... see some of those kinds of arrangements on the preceding pages. And no matter where you stay within a hostel, know that you're going to have a great time -- hostels are hard to beat for the sheer fun factor!

Above: a normal dorm hostel room being used as a single hostel room at Wake Up London -- see more photos from Guadalajara's Hostel de Maria and read a review, or go back to the first page for more private hostel rooms photos and info.

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