Should backpacker hostels have an age limit?

Should backpacker hostels have an age limit.

I have been saying in hostels since 1986 and I have also been working in hostels for several years. From time to time, it’s being discussed whether hostels should have an age limit or not. Here are my 5 cents about age limit in hostels or not.

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Where will the next stop be?

Where will the next stop be?

When I travel, I prefer to have very loose plans and not plan every detail. The freedom of not knowing what will happen tomorrow if probably the single most exciting thing about traveling for me, when I travel alone.

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I travel all the time.

I travel all the time.

Don’t you feel rootless when you travel all the time? Are you never going to live a serious life? Why do you travel all the time? aren’t you soon done with seeing the whole world? These are questions I get all the time.

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Some travel related books that I like.

I just thought I would write a little thing about 5 travel related books that has really inspired me over the years. I thought I would do mostly books that are not that world famous. but I have one in at the end that is quite famous, because most of you probably just saw the movie and never read the book.

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Press the EUR 200 on the bottom left in this case. The other one will cost you an additional 9 EUR.

To avoid the ATM scam, press the EUR 200 on the button left in this case. The other one will cost you an additional 9 EUR.

In recent months I have noticed that banks are trying to get you to pay them extra fees when you draw out money on an ATM. This ATM scam is spreading like wildfire. And I see it all over the world. So watch out when you draw cash from an ATM. It’s perfectly legal. But it’s still a scam. So watch out.

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