I'm not trying to bait but I get a shudder just looking at that picture. How can people sleep like that surrounded by total strangers with zero security? I take no pleasure in spending $100 a night when I travel but it's worth it for an en suite and a locked door.
Some people are just that poor and have very low standards for their surroundings; these "establishments" allow them to experience travel as well, be kind.
I can easily afford hotel rooms but traveling solo gets lonely and boring after 2 days - at least for me it does. Half the fun is meeting other travelers from all over the world.
Imagine going to foreign countries only to hangout with other smelly hostel homosexuals who by and large never engage with locals and only communicate in English
Meanwhile, RTs learn or attempt to learn the language, avoid tourists and hostel homosexuals, engage with locals, get invited to private parties, get immersed in the real culture, bang multiple women who are shocked by how well you assimilate with their people, carry yourself with body language that indicates you belong where you are, get approached by real people, rarely get approached by people trying to sell you shit, get invited over for dinner with the family, travel through the sketchiest part of town to be introduced to an underground music scene no one knows exists, get free party favors without being drugged, get offered a place to crash if you party too hard, make real friends you stay in touch with and see again, and too many other things to list.
>if you have never experienced these things youre not really travelling you're basically just experiencing the same shit that is everywhere in the world just with different coordinates.
like oh look downtown, oh look a hotel, oh look tourists, oh look a bar, oh look a tourist attraction, oh look a restaurant, oh look a mall, oh look other homosexuals from my home country,
yeah I'd rather just stay home if I travelled like you fricks
nope. all legit. also randomly hope on the back of scooters to get to the beach in Cartagena tip them dos mil pesos for the ride, reward candy and coins to poor kids playing the street and not harassed by them, have hotel employees go pick up my laundry, chicken dinner, and party favors while I guard the front desk and let guests in, pay a cab driver the equivalent of $20/day to drive me anywhere and look at cool apartments with me, get offered free food but insist on paying street vendors, chill on the street corner with my phone out while a legit gang of street hoodlums ignore me and leave me in peace,
I just love writing this bc it reminds me that I am doing what I love and doing it perfectly. not as good looking as I used to be, not ripped, wear shitty clothes on purpose, 0 fricks given
See you in Cali in a month or so
2 years ago
Anonymous
>dos mil pesos
bro yo también sé hablar español. Ain't nuthin to brag about.
2 years ago
Anonymous
It just came out typed that way guy tranquillo jajaja
2 years ago
Anonymous
Well come on now I thought you were going to actually interesting far out places with a hint of authenticity when you mentioned "real culture". But you're just talking about Cartagena, which is basically cancun nowadays.
So you were surrounded by locals who create a safe space for you to larp like you're having an "adventure", like they do for every american who comes there.
I just love writing this bc it reminds me that I am doing what I love and doing it perfectly. not as good looking as I used to be, not ripped, wear shitty clothes on purpose, 0 fricks given
>>if you have never experienced these things youre not really travelling you're basically just experiencing the same shit that is everywhere in the world just with different coordinates.
Frick this hits hard. Those people talk same shit everywhere like their “adventure” I don’t give a flying frick, languages, clubbing, cringe philosophy talk, nearest beach and mountain. There is a different level of say hippieness at each hostel though everywhere is same. You’re based if you are experiencing those things
security doesnt matter when you travel
you have like 3 shirts, 2 pairs of jeans and a couple pairs of underwear in your bag anon, aint nobody wanting to steal that.
security's ironically worse in hotels because richgays who stay in hotels do so with their $10k laptops, $4k iphones and other goodies worth stealing
about the only thing that'll get pinched at a hostel is if you're dumb enough to keep beer in the public fridges without hiding it
t.worked in hospitality in both hostels and hotels for 10 years
based schizo
Not everyone is out to get you, just don't stay at the cheapest possible place and don't be a moron and leave valuables out in the open. No one is going to jump into your bed and rape your buttholes.
It's hard to say because it depends on what you're looking for.
A lot of hostels these days have pretty nice kitchens, a pool, concierge service, private bars and generally really nice interiors. But of course these hostels can cost more than the one that's just a shitty building with bunk beds and a bathroom.
In some parts of the world, the price difference between a shared room and a private room is huge (Sydney), in other places, it's only a few bucks (Hanoi). In some parts of the world, hostels aren't even a thing, some countries just don't have them because not enough tourism or the culture doesn't really like the idea of shared accommodation.
Generally hostels are still the cheapest option, but I feel like the price of a (shitty) private hotel room or AirBnB just keeps going down, so the gap is closing. For me, it's also about meeting people, so the hostel is the obvious choice everytime.
>$100 a night when I travel but it's worth it for an en suite and a locked door.
the hundred wagie hotel staff with a master key don't bother you? If you cared about security you'll stay locked in your basement.
this is the most moronic post I have seen in some time. The only time the wagie hotel staff bother me is when I press the button on my phone to get some more steak delivered. Cope harder poorgay, only teenagers stay in hostels
Note the anon you're referring to but I have an anecdote. My card got cloned in a hotel in Thailand. Luckily I leave a dummy wallet with some dead, empty bank cards, library cards, a few notes etc at the very top of my bag or suitcase and keep the ones with cash on loose in my pocket and sleep in shorts. Hotels aren't as locked as you think they are.
This hostel is actually nice because they went to some length to give you privacy. If you shut the curtain and wear ear plugs you might as well be alone.
Yea yea it’s not as a good as your own hotel room but whatever
That's not nice at all, that's the bare minimum I expect from a hostel. If anything, it's nice when they make them into capsules because you get more soundproofing and privacy.
Had my first experience with hostel solo (not renting a whole room with friends) and was amazed at the fact that the 2 other guys we're just sitting in their bed on their laptop when i came back past midnight
knew a guy like this when i was in new york. literally every time i walked in the room he was on his nintendo ds or his ipad, and i would go in and out at basically every stage of the day. only guy not to say hi to me when i entered the room
Because there's no such thing as an NPC and you're a lonely, pretentious bitter man. People go to hostels because it's cheap and an easy way to socialise with strangers, usually in English.
Nah, I like to mix in nice hotels too if it has something to offer besides a bed, shower and toilet. No way I wasn't staying in Marina Bay Sands. People in nice hotels generally want to be left alone, people in hostels generally want to chat. Just avoid the ones popular with 18 year old gap yahs.
90% of travellers aren't rich and hostel people usually have a few days of good conversation in them.
Based on the manner in which you speak I sincerely doubt you have conversations with many people IRL.
because they are in their own world and are treating you as the NPC. their socially programmed small talk is just to pass social requirements and inconsequential to you or them.
Not at all hostal stories are just bullshit larp that isn't real. I recently stayed in one during my travel to hawaii and it was the stupidest shit ever.
What hostels are suppose to be >drunk 24/7 parties >hot babes you can frick in the shower at ease >free booze from the fridge for all >chill people >easy to find drugs and stuff
What hostels are really like >bunch of middle age and college dudes dicking around on their phone and laptops >women who while foreign aren't even that hot compared to what you can get anywhere in San Deigo that isn't slums >no free booze and free shit in the fridge is just half eaten slop >stuck up europeans acting poor >shit showers and beds >unfriendly leftist morons >sex isn't possible unless you are a giga chad >people falling to sleep too early and snoring
Fricking sucks why would anyone subject themselves to this level of room temperature IQ NPC's. I'd rather meet people in a greyhound bus or amtrak station for a better time at least they probably have some weed to sell.
>What hostels are suppose to be >drunk 24/7 parties >hot babes you can frick in the shower at ease >free booze from the fridge for all >chill people >easy to find drugs and stuff
did you just time travel from 90's Thailand?
hostels havent been like this for decades
who're u tryin to impress w ur tall tales of doing crazy stuff, nobody cares how other people like to do things when travelling if they have a nice time so wat
because most people don't know when they are too old for staying in one
13-16, what it's meant for your summer get away with youth in you
16-19, prime golden years
20-24, getting old but can do it if you're good looking
25+, way too old you should be getting ready to settle down and should have a job to pay for a hotel during holiday
Depends what hostel, I went to a homosexual “digital nomad” hostel called Nomads and it was all NPC, other places they have more personality than anywhere else.
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Met a like 19 year old British kid in the last hostel I stayed at in Rome and I guess the night before some homosexual kept talking about how he was sure the British kid was gay and kept coming onto him all night. Kid was rightfully mortified and pissed, it was his first solo trip anywhere and of course he gets some gay in the same room who he's worried about is going to slip into his bunk at night and explore his Churchill War Room.
I don't mind staying at hostels abroad on occasion. I've met some great people, had some memorable times, but at the end of the day I can only do it a few nights a week. It's not worth being tired all the time while traveling because Britbongs stumble into the rooms at 4am or some chink decides to turn the lights on and pack up everything including the kitchen sink for a 530am flight.
That said, American hostels are the fricking absolute worst in the world as a lot of people staying in them are down on their luck Americans or those barely hanging onto not living on the street. Never again, I will pay hundreds of dollars on an overpriced American hotel room than stay in a hostel in that country.
>be asian man >stay in private room with my white girlfriend, not in stinky socket sharing room for homelesses >wear Rolex >use iPhone 13 pro max >make out in front of broken white loners and pajeets >they can't hide the upset >this was our only object of staying at shitplace >mfw
Half the time hostel people only talk about traveling, since that’s the only thing that unites them. Other than that everyone’s never gonna see each other again so as long as you live within social bounds you can be as detached and cynical or extroverted and uninhibited as you want, which is so fricking different from being around friends and family
Hostel hopping was fun.
I got into some excellent adventures with some amazing randoms.
I think you must be the NPC in this situation.
Y’know, the mindless shut in that wants peace and quite on Saturday night and travels to the other side of the planet just to eat at McDonalds and drink Starbucks.
BTW that looks pretty comfy for a hostel.
I'm not trying to bait but I get a shudder just looking at that picture. How can people sleep like that surrounded by total strangers with zero security? I take no pleasure in spending $100 a night when I travel but it's worth it for an en suite and a locked door.
Some people are just that poor and have very low standards for their surroundings; these "establishments" allow them to experience travel as well, be kind.
i'm actually a crypto millionaire (not even joking) i'll probably stay in hostels time to time this summer because being lonely sometimes hurts.
met two american millionaires in hostels last time i was in istanbul
makes sense. hotel rooms are depressing if you are alone.
True, glad to see other people sharing the sentiment, I've always hated staying in hotels
I can easily afford hotel rooms but traveling solo gets lonely and boring after 2 days - at least for me it does. Half the fun is meeting other travelers from all over the world.
I don't get lonely, you're all normalgays
>right
Imagine going to foreign countries only to hangout with other smelly hostel homosexuals who by and large never engage with locals and only communicate in English
Meanwhile, RTs learn or attempt to learn the language, avoid tourists and hostel homosexuals, engage with locals, get invited to private parties, get immersed in the real culture, bang multiple women who are shocked by how well you assimilate with their people, carry yourself with body language that indicates you belong where you are, get approached by real people, rarely get approached by people trying to sell you shit, get invited over for dinner with the family, travel through the sketchiest part of town to be introduced to an underground music scene no one knows exists, get free party favors without being drugged, get offered a place to crash if you party too hard, make real friends you stay in touch with and see again, and too many other things to list.
>if you have never experienced these things youre not really travelling you're basically just experiencing the same shit that is everywhere in the world just with different coordinates.
like oh look downtown, oh look a hotel, oh look tourists, oh look a bar, oh look a tourist attraction, oh look a restaurant, oh look a mall, oh look other homosexuals from my home country,
yeah I'd rather just stay home if I travelled like you fricks
forgot to mention shooting guns on a farm, riding with a police escort to the airport, flying in a helicopter from one roof top to another
the frick's an RT
exactly why you're ngmi and never will
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Real Traveller. Who apparently stays in locations short enough to warrant using a midrange hotels and not negotiating a month for a flat on AirBNB.
Real troony
Xyr, you forgot to turn your projector off
U are a pretentious homosexual
Maybe but my life is fricking awesome
Bragging on SighSee is a sign of being happy
based and true
based never thought about vacations this way
Manic megalarp
nope. all legit. also randomly hope on the back of scooters to get to the beach in Cartagena tip them dos mil pesos for the ride, reward candy and coins to poor kids playing the street and not harassed by them, have hotel employees go pick up my laundry, chicken dinner, and party favors while I guard the front desk and let guests in, pay a cab driver the equivalent of $20/day to drive me anywhere and look at cool apartments with me, get offered free food but insist on paying street vendors, chill on the street corner with my phone out while a legit gang of street hoodlums ignore me and leave me in peace,
I just love writing this bc it reminds me that I am doing what I love and doing it perfectly. not as good looking as I used to be, not ripped, wear shitty clothes on purpose, 0 fricks given
See you in Cali in a month or so
>dos mil pesos
bro yo también sé hablar español. Ain't nuthin to brag about.
It just came out typed that way guy tranquillo jajaja
Well come on now I thought you were going to actually interesting far out places with a hint of authenticity when you mentioned "real culture". But you're just talking about Cartagena, which is basically cancun nowadays.
So you were surrounded by locals who create a safe space for you to larp like you're having an "adventure", like they do for every american who comes there.
An expertly crafted, high-level bait with small bits of truth but a general vibe of moronation and pretentiousness.
Based if true, I'm happy for you, anon.
>>if you have never experienced these things youre not really travelling you're basically just experiencing the same shit that is everywhere in the world just with different coordinates.
Frick this hits hard. Those people talk same shit everywhere like their “adventure” I don’t give a flying frick, languages, clubbing, cringe philosophy talk, nearest beach and mountain. There is a different level of say hippieness at each hostel though everywhere is same. You’re based if you are experiencing those things
Stop being such a pansy.
Lock your shit up and just kindly decline any invitations to talk or go out if you just want to relax and be by yourself.
security doesnt matter when you travel
you have like 3 shirts, 2 pairs of jeans and a couple pairs of underwear in your bag anon, aint nobody wanting to steal that.
security's ironically worse in hotels because richgays who stay in hotels do so with their $10k laptops, $4k iphones and other goodies worth stealing
about the only thing that'll get pinched at a hostel is if you're dumb enough to keep beer in the public fridges without hiding it
t.worked in hospitality in both hostels and hotels for 10 years
wut?
horrible LARP. you're saying none of your guests brought laptops and iphones and expensive cameras to your hostel
ok fake hostel manager
>imagine LARPing as a hostel employee
I use a motorola I bought for for $150 back in 2018. if it gets stolen I'll buy another $150 motorola.
AND WHAT IF YOUR CREDIT CARD GETS STOLEN TOO, YOU STUPID homosexual?
You cheap and i like the best, damn it must feel good to pay less.
based schizo
Not everyone is out to get you, just don't stay at the cheapest possible place and don't be a moron and leave valuables out in the open. No one is going to jump into your bed and rape your buttholes.
Genuinely curious, are hostels genuinely still the cheapest option? I feel like AirBnBs in big cities are pretty cheap too
Typically, yes. In SEA you can stay in a decent hostel for less than $10 a night, and if you want to risk the anal rape maybe like $2 or $3.
Cheaper rates AND get free sex? Sounds like a good deal to me.
In sea you can get a private room for less than 10 dollars
It's hard to say because it depends on what you're looking for.
A lot of hostels these days have pretty nice kitchens, a pool, concierge service, private bars and generally really nice interiors. But of course these hostels can cost more than the one that's just a shitty building with bunk beds and a bathroom.
In some parts of the world, the price difference between a shared room and a private room is huge (Sydney), in other places, it's only a few bucks (Hanoi). In some parts of the world, hostels aren't even a thing, some countries just don't have them because not enough tourism or the culture doesn't really like the idea of shared accommodation.
Generally hostels are still the cheapest option, but I feel like the price of a (shitty) private hotel room or AirBnB just keeps going down, so the gap is closing. For me, it's also about meeting people, so the hostel is the obvious choice everytime.
that IP2 guy who just got bummed by Andy Dick would beg to differ.
>No one is going to jump into your bed and rape your buttholes.
>$100 a night when I travel but it's worth it for an en suite and a locked door.
the hundred wagie hotel staff with a master key don't bother you? If you cared about security you'll stay locked in your basement.
this is the most moronic post I have seen in some time. The only time the wagie hotel staff bother me is when I press the button on my phone to get some more steak delivered. Cope harder poorgay, only teenagers stay in hostels
Note the anon you're referring to but I have an anecdote. My card got cloned in a hotel in Thailand. Luckily I leave a dummy wallet with some dead, empty bank cards, library cards, a few notes etc at the very top of my bag or suitcase and keep the ones with cash on loose in my pocket and sleep in shorts. Hotels aren't as locked as you think they are.
well if we're going by anecdotes I've been to dozens of hostels and I've never had anything stolen
This is your brain on modernism
You're mentally ill. Probably american.
Humans are social animals. You're the weird one.
>You're mentally ill. Probably American.
why are dumb third worlders like this
>imagine being a grown man who is this afraid of other people
You walk in the street surrounded by psycho homeless men every day. At least the barrier to entry into these hostels is a fricking passport and money
Yeah but I'm not asleep moron
You have eyes in the back of your head too when you walk the street dipshit?
This hostel is actually nice because they went to some length to give you privacy. If you shut the curtain and wear ear plugs you might as well be alone.
Yea yea it’s not as a good as your own hotel room but whatever
That's not nice at all, that's the bare minimum I expect from a hostel. If anything, it's nice when they make them into capsules because you get more soundproofing and privacy.
>that asian kid that does nothing but sit in his bunk playing video games
actual unironic NPC
Had my first experience with hostel solo (not renting a whole room with friends) and was amazed at the fact that the 2 other guys we're just sitting in their bed on their laptop when i came back past midnight
knew a guy like this when i was in new york. literally every time i walked in the room he was on his nintendo ds or his ipad, and i would go in and out at basically every stage of the day. only guy not to say hi to me when i entered the room
Because you'll have to be dead inside to want to stay in a hostel
Because there's no such thing as an NPC and you're a lonely, pretentious bitter man. People go to hostels because it's cheap and an easy way to socialise with strangers, usually in English.
a cheap way to socialise with cheap people
I have plenty of good conversations at the rooftop terrace at the Sheraton
you're just a broke gay
Nah, I like to mix in nice hotels too if it has something to offer besides a bed, shower and toilet. No way I wasn't staying in Marina Bay Sands. People in nice hotels generally want to be left alone, people in hostels generally want to chat. Just avoid the ones popular with 18 year old gap yahs.
90% of travellers aren't rich and hostel people usually have a few days of good conversation in them.
Based on the manner in which you speak I sincerely doubt you have conversations with many people IRL.
people dont want to talk at hotels except depressing alcoholics at the bar
>larping as a richgay on SighSee
pathetic
Young people don't really know what they're doing and get memed into things easily.
Then they get old and meme themselves into being unlikeable and self-important cranks. That's life.
because they are in their own world and are treating you as the NPC. their socially programmed small talk is just to pass social requirements and inconsequential to you or them.
Imagine PAYING to sleep when you can just couchsurf or bring a tent
Imagine being so poor you have to sleep on a stranger’s couch or live in a tent like a toothless drug addict. Pathetic
>not just sleeping in a bush or taking overnight transports to your next destination
anyway, here's wonderwall
>why do hostel people look like NPC's and not real?
Because you autism and have difficulty understanding the nuance social interaction between normal people.
Not at all hostal stories are just bullshit larp that isn't real. I recently stayed in one during my travel to hawaii and it was the stupidest shit ever.
What hostels are suppose to be
>drunk 24/7 parties
>hot babes you can frick in the shower at ease
>free booze from the fridge for all
>chill people
>easy to find drugs and stuff
What hostels are really like
>bunch of middle age and college dudes dicking around on their phone and laptops
>women who while foreign aren't even that hot compared to what you can get anywhere in San Deigo that isn't slums
>no free booze and free shit in the fridge is just half eaten slop
>stuck up europeans acting poor
>shit showers and beds
>unfriendly leftist morons
>sex isn't possible unless you are a giga chad
>people falling to sleep too early and snoring
Fricking sucks why would anyone subject themselves to this level of room temperature IQ NPC's. I'd rather meet people in a greyhound bus or amtrak station for a better time at least they probably have some weed to sell.
>What hostels are suppose to be
>drunk 24/7 parties
>hot babes you can frick in the shower at ease
>free booze from the fridge for all
>chill people
>easy to find drugs and stuff
did you just time travel from 90's Thailand?
hostels havent been like this for decades
You're on the money I can't lie really
who're u tryin to impress w ur tall tales of doing crazy stuff, nobody cares how other people like to do things when travelling if they have a nice time so wat
because most people don't know when they are too old for staying in one
13-16, what it's meant for your summer get away with youth in you
16-19, prime golden years
20-24, getting old but can do it if you're good looking
25+, way too old you should be getting ready to settle down and should have a job to pay for a hotel during holiday
If true: terrible attitude.
If bait: average bait.
You can't even stay at most hostels when you are under 18 and most quests in the hostels are early to late 20s in my experience.
>didn't even visit 4 countries by 10 years old
Ngmi
Depends what hostel, I went to a homosexual “digital nomad” hostel called Nomads and it was all NPC, other places they have more personality than anywhere else.
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because like many poor young men on this website you are an asocial shizoid with a superiority complex
I spent money on the "high end" hostels when I backpacked through Europe, and I met some very cool people that I'm still in touch with today.
When you start getting into "cheap" hostel territory, that's when shit gets realllly weird.
Im kinda afraid of homosexuals sleeping in same room. Like im not against gays but strangers that potential want to have a piece of my ass. No thanks
Met a like 19 year old British kid in the last hostel I stayed at in Rome and I guess the night before some homosexual kept talking about how he was sure the British kid was gay and kept coming onto him all night. Kid was rightfully mortified and pissed, it was his first solo trip anywhere and of course he gets some gay in the same room who he's worried about is going to slip into his bunk at night and explore his Churchill War Room.
Like i can just ask for a change of room. But then i aknowledge that i look gay to others.
Get over it
Get over what you seething fricking homosexual
I don't mind staying at hostels abroad on occasion. I've met some great people, had some memorable times, but at the end of the day I can only do it a few nights a week. It's not worth being tired all the time while traveling because Britbongs stumble into the rooms at 4am or some chink decides to turn the lights on and pack up everything including the kitchen sink for a 530am flight.
That said, American hostels are the fricking absolute worst in the world as a lot of people staying in them are down on their luck Americans or those barely hanging onto not living on the street. Never again, I will pay hundreds of dollars on an overpriced American hotel room than stay in a hostel in that country.
It's one of those systems that seem like they could work, but the existence of Black folk wasn't factored into the feasibility studies.
You mean a homeless shelter?
Poors don’t have the spark of the creator
>be asian man
>stay in private room with my white girlfriend, not in stinky socket sharing room for homelesses
>wear Rolex
>use iPhone 13 pro max
>make out in front of broken white loners and pajeets
>they can't hide the upset
>this was our only object of staying at shitplace
>mfw
I'm sure it sounded amazing in your head, chang.
ok incel
Hello? Based police?! I'd like to make a report!
Making out in front of people is just gross and uncomfortable, nobody's jealous
Half the time hostel people only talk about traveling, since that’s the only thing that unites them. Other than that everyone’s never gonna see each other again so as long as you live within social bounds you can be as detached and cynical or extroverted and uninhibited as you want, which is so fricking different from being around friends and family
> Other than that everyone’s never gonna see each other again
i still talk with a girl from my hostel room
Hostel hopping was fun.
I got into some excellent adventures with some amazing randoms.
I think you must be the NPC in this situation.
Y’know, the mindless shut in that wants peace and quite on Saturday night and travels to the other side of the planet just to eat at McDonalds and drink Starbucks.
BTW that looks pretty comfy for a hostel.
Hostels make it difficult to coom, unless you like fricking bawdy, unwashed western hippy-chicks with unshaved armpits.