Our travel bug is fatal
The hostel manager behind the amazing tunes at the Groovy Goat in Buenos Aires has failed to receive even the slightest shred of recognition for her absolutely banging Spotify playlist for the 574th night in a row.
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Every traveller has played the most legendary of all backpacker card games: Shithead. Unfortunately, they don’t always agree on the rules.
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Upon turning 30 today, travel blogger Nicholas Johnson-Winkerberg has reluctantly accepted the mantle of being that creepy older guy at every hostel he visits from now on.
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The weedy American fuckboy from the bunk above you is definitely bullshitting about getting “hella laid last night” and has
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It’s 3 am on a Tuesday in Prague, and Magdalena Polskiakova is trying to write her master’s thesis while simultaneously working the graveyard shift at a hostel in Prague.
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A hostel in Prague is today reeling after receiving a scathing two-star review after not providing its guests with expected a complimentary buffet breakfast, room service, or even a pillow chocolate.
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Despite being in a village with a whopping two bars – one of which closes at 10 – a group of Mancunian backpackers at the Dong Mao Hostel in remote Vietnam have jumped on the Monday night drinks with glee.
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Despite the vast majority of its residents being long-term working travellers in the hospitality and traffic-control industries, Fortitude Valley Funhouse Hostel expects guests to pay triple the going rate for a dorm room when the State of Origin rugby match takes place this weekend.
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Five best buds on their annual group holiday have had a grand old time reminiscing about when Sally lost her passport in Dublin, Jeremy’s unfortunate encounter with a snake in Vietnam, and the time they brutally murdered that hobo in Detroit.
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Having failed to pack his bags the night before like a reasonable person, Pierre decided to treat the room to a blow-by-blow account of his predicament at 5 am this morning.
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Sad scenes are unfolding at the Spewing Spider Hostel in Krakow, where a mass check-in of German schoolchildren is threatening to kill the upcoming weekend of backpacker debauchery before it has even begun.
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A Singaporean hostel’s 9 am check-out policy is being taken seriously by approximately 0% of guests, The Tragic Traveller can confirm.
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