What ever happened to Home hostels ?

[Flash Light]

They where everywhere in the 1970s cause cool people wanted to open there homes to world travelers now the few that are left cost as much as a B&B.

 

[benjysirois]

For the same reasons bottled water exists...your money...

Also might have to do with society's idea that if you have money...you're a better person.

 

[wizehop]

Maybe it morphed into couch surfing:

https://www.couchsurfing.org/

 

[Tude]

Yeah I heard that stuff when I was in early college. Nowadays - it's couch surfing ... well in my world.

 

[travelin]

id like to do it but im far from having a facility I could offer like a hostel. at this time anyone who makes it to the gate gets fed and gets to sleep out of the weather. it might not be fancy, maybe nothing more than a barn floor, but the offer is there. problem is, im far off normal traveler paths. im not in line between any of the big cities.

 

[benjysirois]

Yeah I heard that stuff when I was in early college. Nowadays - it's couch surfing ... well in my world.

I never had any luck with couchsurfing. The people who use it always responded to me 2 weeks to a month late.

 

[Deleted member 20]

I use couchsurfing but it does require a substantial amount of online legwork, patience & luck.