Backpackers

I went to see another hostel, “Backpackers Hostel” as I really needed to find a hostel, first of all, and a hostel that was more comfortable by my standards as well as economical. The London Equity Hostel on Paddington was costing from 25 to 30 pounds on Friday and Saturday. I found the ‘Backpackers” online that charges thirteen pounds and one pound extra daily for the lock box if you want it. So, to stay at the Backpackers is roughly 14 pounds including the lockbox. Backpacker’s does not rent towels, but you can buy a towel for 3 pounds, and the internet is free, with the internet café, where you can use the phone, being only a convenient short walk around the corner.

Interestingly, unlike the London Equity hostel, where the storage Locker is inside the room and only a foot from your bed and is free within the payment of the hostel room. I realized that at the “Backpackers hostel” the renting of the storage locker is separate as well as located apart from the hostel room, in the hallway. The storage lockers at the Backpackers are secure and available to be rented, even if you don’t have a hostel room at the back-packers hostel at the time. This storage tip can be very accommodating if you are searching for a hostel room during high season and do not want to drag your luggage around with you. You can simply pay the small fee, in which to travel light, with your bags safely stored and secure at Backpackers, until you locate your next hostel.

 

Mixed Room

The only hostel space open and available for me to secure at the Backpackers at the time was a ‘MIXED’ room. I had never stayed in a mixed room, so I was feeling a bit uncomfortable, and at the outset, I decided not to take it.

A mixed room means that, of course the costs is less, but the room will have males as well as females staying in it. I always thought this was a sort of strange arrangement, I mean I just did not understand it. Eventually after asking some questions of the hostel desk attendant, in reference to safety, I reluctantly accepted that I would try the mixed room for one night. I figured that, if I did not feel comfortable to sleep in the mixed room, then at least I had a place to keep my luggage, as I could also consider sleeping with my head on a table during the day to catch a catnap.

 

Backpackers London Hostel

      Backpackers has that real old style of hostel living where people are more laid back and dress very casual, and yes, you actually see boots here at this hostel. This is where you see backpackers checking in with extremely dirty worn boots and clothes and gear that if you dare to look closer you would find that many of these travelers gear and clothes are of high quality.

At the Urbany Hostel, you might not see any boots, but sandals and cute shorts and relaxed casually dressed clothing, in gear for the evening social where the Sangria is served. At the Equity you might see a few boots as well, worn as the casual clothing.

At the Barcelona Sea hostel you might not see any boots, but instead bikinis inside/outside of the hostel along with sand at your doorstep surrounded by vegetarian eateries adjourning the hostel establishment.

You do not see a lot of the younger crowd here at the Backpackers hostel. You find the more experienced Backpacker staying here and this is where I learned about the culture of the mixed room. You find people in the mixed room, most travelers are sleeping in their street clothes and maybe one or two in their actual undergarments, and of course a few in pajamas.

The mixed hostel room at Backpackers is a judgment free zone. The Backpackers hostel houses that serious, intelligent cool minded traveler as the Backpacker-hostel offers exactly what most travelers are looking for … especially during high season … reasonable affordable … prices … for a safe comfortable night’s stay. I TIP MY HAT

 

… Thanks For Being There,

Backpackers!