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I'm pushing half a century soon and i'd like to do some more international travel. i used to rent a car and sleep in the back when i traveled previously, but that can make for some uncomfortable evenings. so for the bucks and does on here who don't want to spend $300 a night on a fine star hotel, let alone even 100, how do hostels work for middle-aged people? is it even a thing?

I'm pushing half a century soon and i'd like to do some more international travel. i used to rent a car and sleep in the back when i traveled previously, but that can make for some uncomfortable evenings. so for the bucks and does on here who don't want to spend $300 a night on a fine star hotel, let alone even 100, how do hostels work for middle-aged people? is it even a thing?

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[–] • 1 pt

Fuck no.

The last straw was a nightmarish night in a hostel in Cork, listening through the paper-thin walls to two dudes whine about how they couldn't get fucked, before the fire alarm went off and we all got to stand outside in the rain at 2 am. (For 2 hours.) I won't get into the bed bugs we picked up in Brussels.

Definitely a hard no from me.

AirBnB and other online rental places. Cheaper than hotels. Fewer amenities but also fewer hassles. You can have problems, but they have been rare for us.

[–] • 2 pts

No kidding. Wow that sucks. I did the camping one in Reykjavik, Iceland and then another time in Sweden with a woman I was dating. we got a single room for 70 bucks. Other than that I've never stayed in one. I've showered at the one in Moab, Utah a dozen or so times. I've seen older people there but I never really thought much of it all.

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Camping would probably be safer, for sure. In-city ones are hit and miss and I'm too old to put up with the misses.

Er, no pun intended... But she did complain so much that I couldn't even consider it anymore.

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That's kind of what I am feeling as well. That's what I do now and I've been doing it for years and years. I'm not much of a city guy but I know you have to start out in cities anytime you go anywhere.