After our experience as receptionists (and also travellers) we have some tips for you to make your trip more enjoyable.
Before your trip you have to consider some things (even if you do not like planning).
FIRST ONE
PLEASE, check your reservations: dates, destination and number of people.
You won’t believe us but we have seen people who…
- … book the wrong dates (one day before or after the date they wanted). Pay attention especially at the end of the month: remember some months have 30 days and others 31.
- … book the wrong month. We once had a family who arrived in April to the hostel and they had reservation for June. Remember that in Europe we write DD/MM/YY. If you want to book 6th of April 2010, please do not book 04/06/10.
- … book the wrong destination. One day, two girls at the hostel asked me for a station that I didn’t have any clue where it was. They had a train ticket from Barcelona to Milan. After searching the internet we found that the station they booked to depart from was a bit far: in Sicily (Italy).
Finally and most important, book the right hostel. It means book at helloBCN hostel. We have had people arriving at the hostel, thinking they have booked here and realizing that they made a terrible mistake and the reservation that they thought was here was in another hostel. So, remember, this is helloBCN hostel, the one and only.
These are our tips for today. (You can also forget about everything we wrote and live your own adventure).
Before your trip you have to consider some things (even if you do not like planning).
FIRST ONE
PLEASE, check your reservations: dates, destination and number of people.
You won’t believe us but we have seen people who…
- … book the wrong dates (one day before or after the date they wanted). Pay attention especially at the end of the month: remember some months have 30 days and others 31.
- … book the wrong month. We once had a family who arrived in April to the hostel and they had reservation for June. Remember that in Europe we write DD/MM/YY. If you want to book 6th of April 2010, please do not book 04/06/10.
- … book the wrong destination. One day, two girls at the hostel asked me for a station that I didn’t have any clue where it was. They had a train ticket from Barcelona to Milan. After searching the internet we found that the station they booked to depart from was a bit far: in Sicily (Italy).
Finally and most important, book the right hostel. It means book at helloBCN hostel. We have had people arriving at the hostel, thinking they have booked here and realizing that they made a terrible mistake and the reservation that they thought was here was in another hostel. So, remember, this is helloBCN hostel, the one and only.
These are our tips for today. (You can also forget about everything we wrote and live your own adventure).
1 comment:
Great post! Hostels can be great, only if people follow the rules. Check out my latest review on hostel etiquette - I did a quick etiquette guide about living in hostels, highly recommend checking it out: http://bit.ly/dIi7gc
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