Buying a backpacker hostel during a pandemic is not an obvious investment choice, but a Victorian couple are hoping they can make it work. With international borders still shut, backpacker hostel ...

Cost-conscious young travellers, who have no qualms about sharing rooms with strangers while on vacation are boosting revenues of backpacker hotels, especially in Mombasa, Diani and Malindi. The ...

Travel etiquettes are the set of guidelines and customs that one must follow while traveling. With technology and digitisation blurring boundaries and connecting the world like never before, it might ...

An old home built almost a century ago, a toy store’s warehouse, a lighting company’s combination storefront and warehouse, and an old office building. All of these quirky, charming structures feature ...

If you can find the right location and keep your overhead down and your prices low, it's possible to make a pretty good living out of running a backpacker hostel. Although most backpackers travel on a ...

Backpackers may have a reputation for over-indulgence, but are more sustainable than you might think. Siim Teller/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA With a reputation in Australia for public drunkenness and ...

In these temporary communities, each new encounter with someone great and surprising feels like an incredible fluke Some years back, at the Naughty Squirrel backpackers hostel in Riga (twice winner of ...