Hostel World

I have only used this website once, but share my experience in case it assists others. I used Hostel World (via Flybe.com) to book a bungalow at a camping village in Rome. I found the website excellent to use, and there was certainly a lot of information about the camping village, including, crucially, transport information. The pricing for the accomodation was competitive, with a small booking fee of USD2, which I was quite prepared to pay for the convenience, plus a 10% deposit. I like not having to pay the full amount, as I often book quite some time in advance, plus it gives you the ... more

I have used hostel world several times to plan trips away and found it very useful and completely reliable. When you enter a destination you are given a list of hostels and cheap hotels. There are reviews and ratings from other members which is a really useful guide. You are also told details of facilities and location and there are often photos of rooms and a map indicating exactly where it is. When you log on you can see all the bookings you have made at a glance on your trip planner. You can also add notes and in major cities can book other activities through the site too. There are a ... more

Stayed at the Hoang Phong Hotel for 3 days starting May 31st 2009. Very clean, comfortable, great location, friendly,etc. We did not realise but we had left our passports in the Hotel and when we arrived at the airport the friendly young man was there waiting for us. I still cant believe that this Hotel drove out to the airport to return our passports. Wifi in room was also fast and also were given onward travel information without the hard sell. Requested a lower floor due to no elevator, no problem room reserved. Basic breakfast however enough to start the day. I noticed that some bad ... more

I booked this dump called: INTERSOF HOSTEL, SOFIA, BULGARIA with hostel world and was greeted at the hostel with a demand of a bill upfront that didnt deduct my £13 deposit, I tried to argue this with the hostel owners(which was hard due to language), but could only get the reply that hostel world takes your deposit and that I must agree to pay that £13 over what I owed. After having an arguement for about 1/2 hour with agressive bulgarians I was told to take my baggage and leave, to the words "puft deposit deposit!" then when returning to England I find card billed for an extra no show charge ... more

I used Hostal World to book into a hostal in Russe, Bulgaria. Using their website, I was able to see a detailed description, and more importantly for me, reserve the room over the internet. This meant that when I turned up at some ungodly hour in the morning, I knew that the room was mine. The room was excellent value for money, but, it wasn't really a hostal in the traditional sense, more of a Soviet era government issued flat. The owners were really nice though, and i had the run of the flat by myself for only ten pounds. I didn't have any booking issues, and the online booking service for ... more