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Hostels, why do I pay more (or less) than my room
Hostels, why do I pay more (or less) than my room mate?
I am sitting here in a hostel in Florence in Italy and after spending a few minutes close to the reception, I am asking myself, how...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 05:25:51 Average Rating:  | Views: 60 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Backpacking: Diversity and Change (Article found o
Backpacking: Diversity and Change
Erik Cohen
The Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem
Backpacking, a relatively little studied form of tourism, is a...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 05:39:42 Average Rating: | Views: 46 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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What is a hostel?
For those who like to find out what a hostel is, and for those who like to find out more about traveling and backpacking, the following links are interesting....
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 05:47:44 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 51 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Pasta for 260 Euro
Pasta for 260 Euro
Just came the news.
8 Japanese tourists had each one plate of pasta and one soda, the owner of the restaurant in Pisa/Italy charged them 260 Euro (about 406$US). The...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 06:56:43 Average Rating: | Views: 54 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Rude Hostel, polite Traveler, new Friend
Rude Hostel, polite Traveler, new Friend
Did it happen to you that you booked a 6 bed dorm at a hostel in a major city and payed a bit more just to avoid staying in a 10 or even 12 bed...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 07:21:22 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 40 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Article about Lonely Planet, found in the IHT
The following article about a cheeding writer who is working for Lonely Planet was found in the International Herald Tribune
An author for the Lonely Planet travel guidebook series has claimed...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 09:38:45 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 39 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Article by Rick Steves about budget traveling on t
(Tribune Media Services) -- Just when I was getting used to the idea that a euro should cost $1.20, our dollar plummets 20 percent, and now a euro costs $1.50. Don't expect our dollar to recover...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 15:42:21 Average Rating: | Views: 133 | # Comments: 1 | Tags:
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