What is the average rate for European hostels?

Question

I'll be traveling to Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Rome, Venice, and assorted small towns in the Europe. What is a general price that is acceptable for a hostel? If traveling with three is it better to just book a cheap hotel and split it?

Answer 1

Hostels are vary cheap and range in price based on how popular the cities are. I have not been to France and Spain but they are more expensive than ones in Poland, Austria, Czech. They range all over the board.

However the prices ranged from around $3 (in eastern europe) to around $10 (for Berlin). Some of them were rooms with 2 beds. Some were large rooms like at summer camp with roughly 20 bunk beds. The average seemed to hold 6-8 people. Nearly all of them had lockers for you to lock your stuff up while you were gone.

I do not think it is possible to book a cheap hotel in Venice or Rome. I think hostels are definitely the way to go. Like I said, this is not the case in the real touristy places but in the smaller cities the hotels cost a lot more and are absolutely no different than the hostel. I went with some girls to Sweden (just right on the coast of the Baltic) and they rented a hotel. Divided in 3 it was still close to $40 a person. I stayed at the hostel next door for $5. When I went over to visit I was shocked to see they had the exact same beds--these weird rectangular, stuffed pallets that looked more like a bench cushion than a bed. They had a bathtub in the room--I had to share mine with the other people on my floor. That w/e there was only 5 of us on the whole floor. The rooms were identical, the location was identical and yet that room was about $115 more.

I'm sure in a really nice city like Rome the hotels would be quite luxurious. But if you are going to be traveling a long time, I'd save up and splurge on a nice hotel the last couple days of your trip.

Answer 2

E20 euro is the usual price for a bed in a 4-6 bed hostel dorm.

Try somewhere like www.hostelbookers.com to get an idea of specific hostels available and prices.
Its often better to book a few days ahead via the internet in the busy season.

Answer 3

I'll give you a few links to some hostel websites so you can look at them. There are some hotels in them too so it will give you something to look at.

I think hostels will be cheaper for 3...I was travelling alone and found unless I shared it was cheaper for me to go to a hotel than get a single room there.....rooms with more bunks or shared rooms will be cheaper for more people than one!!

Different cities will be more expensive than others and its not necessarily the bigger ones being more expensive!

Answer 4

Hi! Portugal has some Hostels!
http://experienceportugal.blogspot.com/