A new hostel and cheap accommodation booking site launches

2009-01-06 21:33:07 - Hostels Street launches today and it promises to be a killer website for all people who are looking to travel on a budget; Hostels Street, or more simply hostels.st, allows all sort of travelers, from backpacker to families and to anybody who wants to sleep cheap, to book hostels and cheap accommodation worldwide; what's good and new about this booking site? People pay NO service charge when making a booking; that means hostels street is one of the site (if not THE SITE) where people can find and book the cheapest accommodation wherever their destination is.

WHO?

Who started Hostels Street?
Hostels Street has been programmed and lunched by three young guys from New York who share a passion for backpacking traveling, tech knowledge and marketing online expertise; these three young fellows claim to be pretty broke so they had the idea of starting a website where you can book the cheapest accommodation on earth, and help them and all other travelers to save money while globetrotting around. After the idea was fully developed and a business plan was finalized, they started programming like crazy and after 4 months of hard work and very little sleep Hostels Street is now fully functional and ready to serve the travel and budget travel community.

Who can book on Hostels Street?
With the current credit crunch, recession, numerous lays off and falling consumer prices as well as rising fuel prices, Hostels.st represents a cheap accommodation booking site that suits a wide range of people who is looking to travel on a budget. Not only backpackers will bookmark and become aficionados of Hostels Street, but also students wanting to go overseas, families, middle class employees as well as couples looking for a romantic weekend; the reason why this cheap accommodation site can fit all these consumers type is because hostels street doesn't only allow people to book hostels, but also worldwide bed & breakfast, cheap hotels, guest houses, camping sites & budget apartments. There are really few hostels (usually privately run hostels) that apply an age restriction for the stay; travelers only need to make sure to read the hostel or accommodation description before making their booking.

WHERE?

Where are the hostels and cheap accommodation located?
The hostels, youth hostels and cheap accommodation you find on Hostels Street are located all around the world; there are more than 12.000 properties you can book with no service charge on Hostels Street ; the properties are scattered over the five continents, 630 countries and more than 2.800 destinations. The hostels and cheap accommodation aren't only located in the main city center but also in their outskirts and even in minor cities. If any traveler is planning to visit Europe, then they will be able to stay, have fun and save money in one of the many London hostels, Berlin hostels, Paris hostels, Rome hostels, Barcelona hostels and many many more!

WHAT?

What type of accommodation can people book on Hostels Street?
On Hostels.st people can book different type of accommodation that have in common the fact of being really cheap and affordable; there are more than 3000 hostels and youth hostels on worldwide; the main difference is that some of them are independent hostels, privately run part or non part of a private hostel chain; youth hostels are commonly referred as part of the International Youth Hostel Association, a non-profit membership organization of worldwide hostels. In order to book and sleep at these youth hostels you will need to become a member through an HI card; becoming a member will also give people access to many discounted trip and travel activities in different countries. Moreover, as previously mentioned, budget travelers are also able to book cheap hotels, bed & breakfasts, camping sites, guest houses and budget apartments.

What do people need, to book through Hostels.st?
All people need is a website connection a browser and a valid credit card; travelers have a few option for selecting your hostel or cheap accommodation; they can either use the search form on the left side of every page and directly find the available accommodation in their chosen destination or go to the article section and read which are the best accommodation for main destinations the editors at Hostels Street are suggesting; finally travelers and backpackers can browse through the site, review the page for each individual property they want to book.

WHY?

Why Hostels Street is going to become a big thing?
The guys at Hostels Street are really committed to continuously improving the user experience; they are now working on a new website design interface and on some features to increase the site conversion; furthermore Hostels Street has the advantage of being one of the only accommodation booking site that allows travelers to book with no service charge! With the current recession trend more and more people will be looking to travel on a budget and will turn to booking sites like Hostels Street to find hostels and cheap accommodation and save money!.

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Feel free to send an email at contact@hostels.st, to the editor attention, for more information on to schedule an interview.