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daft
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Posted 15 years ago

If I don't make it in time to a hostel which I have booked (e.g. missed train), do the majority of them just keep the deposit or make you pay for the first night or all the nights?

Thanks in advance.

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Peter
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replied 15 years ago

in general you can cancel your booking up to 24 hours in advance - sometimes you even need to do it 12 hours in advance. if you do not cancel your stay, they will charge the first night.
Peter :)

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TonyQ
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replied 15 years ago

Can a couple use only 1 single bed and pay only for one bed? If there r no beds, are the hostels eager to do this off the record, too?

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Peter
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replied 15 years ago

maybe in a small private hostel you can do this. but in general this won't be the case. so I have to say NO - that's my personal experience.
Peter :)

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k_e_r_o_u_a_c
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replied 14 years ago

Hi :)

I’have a big question that I hope you can help me with that… :|
I'd like to book more than a hostel in different cities, in a row. The problem is that on HI site I can do it at one time: make my own itinerary and book all of them simultaneously and just pay the booking fee [b]once[/b].
However, when I try to book on [ux]https://rail.shop/hostelworld[/ux] , I just can book a hostel at once, so that means I’ll have to pay the service charge for each hostel I book, right?!…
There is other way to book them all and just pay the service charge [b]once[/b] on these websites? How??

Thanks in advance!

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Peter
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replied 14 years ago

hi...
on booking sites for private owned hostels like [ux]https://rail.shop/hostelworld[/ux] you will always have to pay the fee for every hostel - as every hostel is private owned.
the HI hostels all belong to one company - they are all one project. that's the difference.
Peter :)

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k_e_r_o_u_a_c
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replied 14 years ago

:os

makes sense! :p
thank u!