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Hostels and Accommodations - Hostels, Homestays, Camping

Hostels and accommodations -- hostels, homestays, camping and campgrounds and more about student accommodations, including personal hostel reviews and hostel photos, and how to find campgrounds and hotels student travelers like.
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Hostels 101 - What You Need to Know About Hostels

Hostels, or backpackers', are the place for student travelers and backpackers to stay. Learn about hostels, reservations, booking hostels, how hostels work while you're staying in 'em, see best hostels lists and photos and read reviews of hostels. What are hostels, anyway? Read and know all.

Top 10 Frequently Asked Hostel Questions

Hostel FAQ: What you want to know about hostels!

Reader Feedback - Have You Tried Couchsurfing?

Reader Feedback - Have You Tried Couchsurfing?

Homestays Abroad and in North America

Homestays are a wonderful way to immerse yourself in a culture. Learn where to find hosts in North America and abroad and the etiquette of being a homestay guest.

Sleeping in Airports

Circumstances may force you to sleep in airports or bus and train stations. If so, find some tips on how to find comfy spots and more here. And read some funny stories!

Cheap Caribbean Floating Hotel - Yep, a Cruise

Cruise the Caribbean for $16.20 a night with no-frills cruise line Easy Cruise. Barbados, St. Vincent, Martinique, the Grenadines, Grenada and St. Lucia - cheap Caribbean cruise ship deals. easyCruise is a great cheap floating hotel for island hopping.

Hoscars -Top 2005 Hostelworld Hostels - 06 Hoscars Awards

Each year, over 500,000 hostel-hopping folk award ten international hostels top dog status at Hostelworld.com - the "Hoscars," hostel ratings based on character, security, location, staff, fun and cleanliness, according to Hostelworld.com's Hoscar hostel ranking criteria. And the 2005 top ten hostels to sweep the 2006 Hoscars awards are...

Best International Youth Hostels 2004 - Top Youth Hostel Picks

Top ten international youth hostels 2005 - the vote at Hostelworld.com - the "Hoscars" hostel ratings winners are...

The Art of Travel: See the World on $25 a day or Less

An free ebook on economical European and world travel. Focuses on backpackers, but delivers plenty of tips: verbal and nonverbal communication, hostels, backpacker hotels and palapas, cheap airfares, passports and visas, money, bargaining and beggars, hitchhiking - it's packed with valuable info and *free*.

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