A Helping Hand with Hostels

Planning your trip through Europe is a lot of fun to do. Choosing the countries you really want to see and when your 'on the road' you just see where you'll end up on the way! One thing that a lot of you are blogging about is how to find a good hostel or a camping site.

I was thinking about how I could give you more information about this topic. It actually starts with doing your own research online. I'll give you some usefull popular sites which are used a lot to book a hostel.

Picture taken by (takethebiscuit)

For example:

• Hostelling International http://www.hihostels.com (tip)
  
• Hostel Bookers http://www.hostelbookers.com
• Hostel Club http://www.hostelsclub.com
• Hostel World http://www.hostelworld.com/

With these four sites you'll be well on your way to book a hostel. In the summer period it's usually recomended to book your hostel in advance.

Summer is a very busy time and most hostels will be fully booked. So if you want to be sure of a nice place to rest your head, make sure you book in time!

If you want to travel really low budget, sleeping on camping sites is a great solution. Although the camping sites are usually further away from the centre, they're much cheaper and will give you a true outdoor feeling! I've just been surfing the web to find good camping sites and so far I've found one for Portugal. You can book a campingspot for 6 euro's a night.

If you have InterRailed before or you're going InterRailing this summer, to give eachother a helping hand, please let me know about the hostels and/or campsites you're staying or stayed at!

Sheena

Picture on the right taken by (Pleribus)