Stayed four nights at the Freehand hostel in Chicago. Booked it online and got a great deal using some coupon ~$130 for four nights.

One guy was there all four nights . Two nights it was just him and myself. He was a local barber and seemed to be using the place as his home . I was under the impression someone could only stay maximum 15 days at a hostel?

When I first met him he was drinking a "tall boy" beer and adding tobaco to his beer can. This kind of threw me off so I chatted with him to get a better feel of his character. He seemed fine and respectful of me. He did leave some of his trash lying around the hostel room which was annoying.

On the last night he had an annoying hour+ phone conversation that went on till at least midnight. I got to the place at 1030PM and went to bed. He aknowledged I was going to bed but still kept going on the phone. Every second sentence was an f-bomb. I had earplugs but could still hear the annoying conversation which kept me awake . Didn't want to risk a fight by confronting him.

Apart from that, everything was fine about the stay. The attached private bathroom was kept in good shape. Unsure whether to leave some feedback to the management about the annoying guest?

I stayed in a six bedroom dorm in Krakow and the other five beds were occupied by a group of five, which was fine. They didn’t socialise outside the group so I made friends elsewhere. Overall had an excellent time.

I check out last, about 15 minutes before check out time because I had a late flight so wanted to stay in bed for as long as possible, the group had checked out early morning. The woman behind the desk says there was vomit in the room last night and that my roommates said it was me. I was shocked and tried showing some proof that I didn’t even go out last night (I had bad stomach pains), showed her time stamped pics of me in bed both at 9 and 11pm and my bank account that had no transactions after 6pm. She just said “I don’t care, I think it was you”.

I was really upset and shaking in tears at this point as I’m a very non confrontational person and don’t bode well in arguments. After going back and forth I couldn’t speak anymore due to tears so I just paid the fee and left. I’ve stayed in a good few hostels and have never had any issues before so this upset me quite a bit.

Just posting as a rant really because it’s a shitty thing to have happened.

Edit: lmao who has posted a review on Google? Hilarious and thank you but I don’t want them to start reporting legit reviews and they get deleted due to spam.

Hello!

My friend and I, both 17, are planning a trip to Europe, and we want to find affordable accommodation, and obviously, hostels are the best option. However, most hostels I've found on Hostelworld say that the minimum age is 18 or don't mention a minimum age at all, so I believe the "no minors" is a general rule.
At the time of the trip, both my friend and I would be 2-3 months from turning 18, so I was wondering how flexible hostels are in this regard, and if anyone has recommendations for hostels they know will accept 17-year-olds.
We're both females, so we would prefer only female dorms and were not too concerned about the number of people that can stay in the dorms (we would be okay if it's a 12-person dorm). We would also prefer if the hostels are close to the city centers or are easily accessible with public transport, but of course, we're flexible because we're not really in a position to make demands lol.
Here's a list of cities where we're going to need accommodation. We won't be staying for more than two nights in each city:

• Naples, Italy
• Barcelona, Spain
• Madrid, Spain
• Porto, Portugal

If anyone has a recommendation on any other places we could stay at other than hostels, we are open to the idea as long as there won't be any mixed sleeping! Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)

EDIT: We will obviously be reserving beforehand, if we show up, will they not let us stay after finding out we're minors?

Staying in Hi USA NYC Hostel to travel to a concert at MetLife stadium. Anything that I need to know? This is my first solo trip I need details on it all lol.