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After four years of being together, we have been travelling all around and staying in all sorts of accommodation, from amazing and luxurious hotels to classic Airbnb. The accommodation has always been a priority for our trip, since the beginning of our blogging adventure.<\/strong> But now that we are focusing more on backpacking in Europe, and essential travelling experience. We experimented with the concept of staying in a hostel dorm as a couple<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before that time of our travelling career, the idea to stay in a hostel has never come up in our minds. Until recently when we had the chance to visit Berlin<\/strong> and stay at the St. Christopher\u2019s Inns Hostel in Mitte<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a challenge to understand how we can react to share a dorm room as a couple, how other people will react to that as well. This is for us a forced step to embrace a major challenge in our unplanned yet big trip to Southeast Asia anytime soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a Hostel?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hostels are well known as the best accommodations for backpackers and on budget travellers. It is a cheapest way to afford your next trip and is a compromise between Couchsurfing and a classic hotel room.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The setting of a hostel is ideal for socializing. Open spaces like bars, communal areas, desk coworking spaces make you feel welcome to carry your laptop and catch up with work and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many hostels like ours in Berlin offer one of the few rooftop spaces in the whole city. It is ideal for summer when they place a DJ, Barbecue and pool for an amazing time with friends. Other hostels have also swimming pools working even in winter, and amazing outdoor gardens.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can book your tour of the city, participate in a pub quiz, beer pong nights or start your pub crawl. I have heard so many stories of people finding new buddies or even love in a hostel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are Hostels Safe?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hostels are safe, but you have to be aware that your belongings are at risk. In order to make your bed dorm safer, or at least to avoid thieves, you should take into consideration precautions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the hostels offer a locker, some of them are electronic which is safer, others need your personal padlock to be locked.<\/strong> Usually hostels have mixed dormitory or female only rooms. This kind of accommodations are the ideal way to explore places and travel for longer periods with low budget. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can explore Europe backpacking<\/a>, taking advantage of Hostels, which are budget friendly and often close to the city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some safety tips worth to follow while staying in hostel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n