Timeline for Why do hostels require you to 'rent' bedding?
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| Sep 15, 2015 at 9:11 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackTravel/status/643713787309240325 | ||
| Sep 8, 2015 at 3:04 | review | Close votes | |||
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| S Sep 6, 2015 at 0:08 | comment | added | Ankur Banerjee | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| Sep 5, 2015 at 6:46 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | Because hostels are terrible. | |
| Sep 4, 2015 at 3:36 | answer | added | Preston | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 14:51 | comment | added | hippietrail | I have most definitely been charged for sheets at some hostels, usually in the most expensive countries. One I particularly remember was the famous Af Chapman hostel-on-a-boat in Stockholm. They were testing a new idea of paper sheets, which were much cheaper than buying cloth sheets. They were very heavy duty tissue paper and I used mine throughout my trip in western Europe. This was in 2000 when the AUD was very low. These days I work in a hostel and we have a strict no sleeping bags policy because bed bugs are very expensive to get rid of, requiring infested rooms to be close for weeks. | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 14:18 | comment | added | EvilDr | +1 for the bed bugs comment. When I was backpacking in Australia one hostel in Sydney got infested with bed bugs and lost nearly two weeks' revenue because of it. From that time while I was there, all hostels I visited on the East Coast insisted on providing hired bedding for that reason. And yes, they probably make a small profit from it too. | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 11:11 | comment | added | MmM | I think it's a valid question. There is just no good way to answer it... What can you say other than these hostels are just greedy and dishonest about their price. | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 9:10 | comment | added | Gigala | Good for me as i dont use pillows | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 9:01 | vote | accept | insidesin | ||
| Sep 3, 2015 at 4:24 | answer | added | user8803 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 20:55 | answer | added | Ian Ringrose | timeline score: 19 | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 17:32 | comment | added | traveld | The reason hostels don't allow sleeping bags is because they can get infested with bedbugs and hostels are always terrified of guests bringing in bedbugs. But nearly all hostels do allow you to bring your own sheets (which are less likely to carry bedbugs). You can also buy a "sleepsheet" or "travelsheet" on Amazon and other places. | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 16:50 | answer | added | traveld | timeline score: 53 | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 16:29 | comment | added | JoErNanO♦ |
@insidesin IMHO the on-topic question for Travel SE is: Any idea why they do this or how to pick out the ones that do from their bookings/website?. Why do hostels require you to 'rent' bedding? is clearly not. Nothing personal.
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| Sep 2, 2015 at 16:25 | answer | added | A E | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 15:11 | comment | added | insidesin | An example I searched before making this question | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 14:54 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | Are there hostels which rent bedding and also forbid sleeping bags? And I'm not claiming the base price went down - I'm saying it might otherwise have gone up (by more). | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 14:48 | answer | added | JonathanReez♦ | timeline score: 11 | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 14:45 | comment | added | insidesin | @NateEldredge A significant number of hostels don't allow (and severely restrict) sleeping bags. That's like saying a significant amount of people don't need toilet paper because they're males, so let's put a price on it. I didn't book a plane ticket because I wanted to get fed. I did however book a bed because I wanted to sleep. p.s it's not a lower price, it's a higher price. If you take something away and start charging for it's use, the original price won't (and in this case didn't) go down. | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 14:43 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | @insidein: A significant number of hostel customers are backpackers who carry their own sleeping bags. They do not need bedding and would be happy to go without it for a lower price. Of course, you can carry your own sleeping bag too, if you don't want to rent bedding. Similarly, if you don't want to pay for a meal on an airplane, it doesn't mean you have to starve: it just means you have to bring your own food. | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 14:42 | history | edited | insidesin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 2, 2015 at 14:38 | comment | added | insidesin | You guys seem to have the wrong idea, not sure where you got it from. Feel free to vote to close, this is a valid question and no where near a rant. @NateEldredge Your analogies are not similar to this question. Those are 'extras'. If you can sleep your entire life without bedding I salute you... Until then, you're the one complaining here, not I. a la carte would be them offering breakfast for a price, or [extra] towels. Pretty off the beat there. Joe, would be hard to edit out a rant that is not there? :/ | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 13:55 | comment | added | JoErNanO♦ | I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because most of it is a rant. Nevertheless a valid travel question can be found in the second last sentence of the last paragraph. I will retract my vote if you edit out the rant thus rendering the question on topic. | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 13:30 | comment | added | Karlson | @insidesin You mean beyond the obvious to make money? | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 13:18 | comment | added | AKS | For me, it sounds like you have booked camp sites ;) Every hostels I have stayed had bed sheets and blankets. You will have to pay for towels in some hostels though. Some hostels even had private toiletries, slippers, and blankets that are better that what I have home. | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 13:14 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | Is this really a question, or just a complaint? It's just an a la carte pricing model - they're very common. Why do airlines charge extra to check bags? Why does McDonald's charge extra for fries? | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 12:30 | comment | added | MastaBaba | In my life, I've stayed in hostels less then half a dozen of times (perhaps only once or twice) where I had to rent bedding. That said, though perhaps annoying, I don't really have a problem with this, if having to require to rent bedding is clearly stated at the time of booking. | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 12:28 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 2, 2015 at 11:49 | comment | added | insidesin | I have only heard from people who go to hostels that there is a good chance to pay for bedding. I have booked several hostels for my 6 week trip and just wondering how much $$$ I will be wasting on rented bedding. You've given me hope though. | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 11:27 | comment | added | Mark Mayo | (been travelling the last two months in 8 countries, used many hostels, again - didn't pay for bedding) | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 11:26 | comment | added | Mark Mayo | You're ending up at the wrong hostels! I've stayed in hostels all over the world the last 8 or so years, and don't remember ever paying for bedding...towels yes, but bedding no. Maybe consider the chain ones like YHA / HI? | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 10:43 | history | edited | insidesin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 2, 2015 at 10:29 | history | asked | insidesin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |