youth hostel

Meaning

This is a budget-friendly accommodation option designed primarily for young travelers, backpackers, and students. It typically offers shared dormitory-style rooms and communal areas, making it an affordable and social place to stay. While originally for youth, people of all ages use them today.

Examples

• We stayed at a cheap youth hostel during our backpacking trip through Europe.

  We stayed at a cheap youth hostel during our backpacking trip through Europe.

• The youth hostel organizes daily city tours for its guests.

  The youth hostel organizes daily city tours for its guests.

• You can meet travelers from all over the world at a youth hostel.

  You can meet travelers from all over the world at a youth hostel.

• Is there a kitchen where we can cook our own food at the youth hostel?

  Is there a kitchen where we can cook our own food at the youth hostel?

• She booked a bed in a six-person dorm at the local youth hostel.

  She booked a bed in a six-person dorm at the local youth hostel.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I spent my vacation in a young hostel.

  ✓ I spent my vacation in a youth hostel.

  The correct collocation is 'youth hostel' (using the noun 'youth'), not the adjective 'young'.

• ✗ We booked a room in a hostel of youths.

  ✓ We booked a room in a youth hostel.

  'Hostel of youths' is a literal translation from other languages and is not used in English.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Staying at a ___ is a great way to save money when you are a student.

  💡 A cheap, social accommodation for travelers.

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  youth hostel

• The ___ we stayed at in Berlin had a very friendly atmosphere.

  💡 A budget lodging with shared dorms.

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  youth hostel