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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 many times I have been ripped off by hostels while booking and paying for my dorm bed. Of course,......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-30 05:25:51 | Rating:

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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 rapidly expanding phenomenon. This article follows the transition from the tramp to the drifter, and......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-30 05:39:42 | Rating:

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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. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostel en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpacking_%28travel%29......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-30 05:47:44 | Rating:

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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 Japanese called the police, not willing to pay that much for a basic meal. When the police came, the......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-30 06:56:43 | Rating:

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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 dormitory? And then after just falling asleep, the door of the dorm opens and the owner or receptionist......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-30 07:21:22 | Rating:

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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 that he plagiarised and made up large sections of his books, an Australian newspaper reported on......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-30 09:38:45 | Rating:

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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 anytime soon because, frankly, we're not as rich as we think we are. The euro comes with......Read More