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Why You Should Stay In a Hostel In Europe, Not a Hotel

Cities like Lisbon, Budapest, and Krakow have turned to hosting clean, stylish hostels to entice frugal young travellers.
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A standard bedroom at Lisbon's Home Hostel

*This was originally published on Kolby Does Europe...

Talking to a friend today, we realized the only difference between a hotel and a hostel is the letter 's'. (He gets credit for the line, not me. His name's Mike Reed, and he's wherever he is all week.) But while that sounds like a compliment – and I mean it to – it's misleading, as well.

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