It’s true! HostelBookers are now even cheaper than Hostelworld according to the latest study conducted by Reed Business Insight.
The price comparison survey found that HostelBookers is now, on average, 8.7% cheaper than Hostelworld, across 784 properties in 77 destinations which is great news for you, our customer, as you can now save more money than ever before by booking with us!
Save £££s
A two night stay booked through us in a private double room for two people in a London hostel from 4-5 September is £14.75 cheaper thanthe same room booked through Hostelworld.
The same room type booked through HostelBookers over the same time period in Edinburgh will save you even more of your hard earned pennies- £19.67 more to be exact.
The savings don’t stop at the UK- you’ll save almost £40 in Venice and £19.67 and £11.24 in in Florence respectively.
The biggest savings can be had in Reykjavik where we are a massive 50.8% cheaper than Hostelworld! That’s a total save of £161.28 and means you would be able to have double the length of stay through us and still have change for a pint!
How the survey was worked out
Reed Business Insights based their survey results on the price of a double room for two people for two nights during the period 4th-5th September 2010 in 77 destinations around the world.
The RBI looked at between 2 and 6 properties in each destination and the results found that we were, on average, 8.7% cheaper than Hostelworld.
Find out more about the Hostelworld price comparison.
Lowest Price Guarantee
We didn’t want to stop at being cheaper than Hostelworld- we wanted to be the cheapest accommodation provider on the net to help you get away for less this summer.
That’s why we’re offering you the lowest price guarantee on all 16,000 of our properties to guarantee we are the cheapest and will refund double the difference if you can find the accommodation for less on another website!
That means if you can find a London hostel £5 cheaper than our advertised price we will refund you £10!
So what are you waiting for? Stop looking and start booking by heading over to HostelBookers.com now to save money on your accommodation this summer.
Newsflash! We’ve had a great few years here at HostelBloggers, keeping you guys up to speed on the world of budget travel. But change is afoot. We’re all grown up and we’ve got ourselves a brand spanking new site over at http://blog.hostelbookers.com/!
You’ll still get the same top quality articles and budget travel advice, but the redesigned blog has a much prettier layout, and helpful features like drop-down menus and a search facility to help you find what you’re looking for, as well as handy sections on top destinations.
Of course we don’t want to totally abandon our loyal readers who’ve made it here over the years, so we will be popping up the occasional post from time to time. But log on to http://blog.hostelbookers.com/ for all our latest travel tips, and start seeing the world for less!
2009 marks an important date for the HB HQ – our first half-decade! Have a look at what we got up to celebrating HostelBookers 5th birthday…
It’s been an amazing 5 years – we’ve gone from 800 properties and five staff to 14,000 hostels around the world and 73 people…
As part of the celebrations, we wanted to give a little something back to our customers; so we’re running a fantastic summer offer – beach hostels for 5 cent a night!
We’ll also be giving away 20 great ‘birthday presents’ to our customers – including £500 cash, an Asus 701SD Travel Laptop, a Northface Backpack and a Canon Ixus 85 Digital Camera. Runners-up will receive a rucksack filled with handy travel supplies.
Check out the hostel holiday competition page for full details.
‘Recession’ is the word on everybody’s lips – but how will it affect your travel plans this year?
It seems the idea of a holiday isn’t being abandoned just yet, but hunting out the best budget deals and keeping costs to a minimum is becoming rather fashionable….
If you’re looking for the cheapest accommodation online, here’s the scoop: HostelBookers are now offering a ‘lowestprice guarantee‘ on all their 12,000 properties and 2,500 destinations…
Basically, HostelBookers are so confident that they’re the cheapest accommodation provider on the web (Read the results of EyeforTravel’s research on HostelBookers)that they will refund the total difference if you can find the same accommodation for less on another website!
With summer on its way (and recession still the flavour of the month), this is great news for backpackers and holiday-makers looking for the cheapest deals guaranteed to keep them traveling!
We try to avoid blowing our own trumpet over here at the HB HQ, but…we’re really excited to have scooped an award from Wanderlust, one of our favourite UK travel mags.
HostelBookers picked up the Silver Award for ‘Top Travel Website’, with an overall 94% score based on customer satisfaction.
And seeing as the Oscars aren’t too long gone… here’s a weepy acceptance speech…
A big thanks to everyone who nominated and voted for us. (And for giving us an excuse to celebrate down the pub – Ed.) There were so many other great travel sites in the running (a whopping 420!) that we’re really pleased to have come 2nd and, more importantly, to know that what we’re doing makes you guys happy!
Now we’ve got a taste for the limelight, we’re figuring out how to go for gold next year! Not that we’re competitive or anything…
HostelBookers saw off stiff competition from Anglophiles Academic, David Beckham Football Academy and the Educational Cultural Exchange’s Medieval Encampment Experience to win the category. Our fearless leader and CEO David Smith said, “This is a fantastic accolade and one we have worked very hard for.”
But there’s more to it than just the motley crew pictured above - a million thanks go not only to everyone in the industry who voted, but also the hostels who work along side us. And, most of all, to you guys; the travelers and the backpackers! Its your ratings and reviews that allow us to offer such an effective travel service, and ultimately be the best at what we do…
Ping. It’s the sound of a Google alert last week. This one’s not your average day-to-day alert, though. Neve Black runs a blog called ‘Neve Black’s Black and Blue Erotica’ of a somewhat, um, sexual nature. However, she also seems to be something of traveler and (naturally) a HostelBookers fan, too. Anyway, in last week’s post (entitled Hostel Hookers and more) she suggests we change our name to ‘Hostel Hookers’.
We can’t say we’re seriously considering such a radical change to what we do… But Neve – ‘Hostel Hookers’? Doesn’t ‘HookerBookers’ have a far better ring to it?!?!
Keep us posted on how you get along in Florence, by the way!
A two night stay booked through us in a private double room for two people in a London hostel from 4-5 September is £14.75 cheaper than the same room booked through Hostelworld.
Reed Business Insights based their survey results on the price of a double room for two people for two nights during the period 4th-5th September 2010 in 77 destinations around the world.
We didn’t want to stop at being cheaper than Hostelworld- we wanted to be the cheapest accommodation provider on the net to help you get away for less this summer.
Ping. It’s the sound of a Google alert last week. This one’s not your average day-to-day alert, though. Neve Black runs a blog called ‘Neve Black’s Black and Blue Erotica’ of a somewhat, um, sexual nature. However, she also seems to be something of traveler and (naturally) a HostelBookers fan, too. Anyway, in last week’s post (entitled 
