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1. Hostelworld sponsors 'Smedia' award

   posted by Colm Hanratty | 0 Comments

   

   May282010

   Now in its tenth year, the Smedias are the Student Media Awards and award everything from 'Sports Writer of the Year' to 'Newspaper of the Year'. This year Hostelworld.com sponsored the 'Travel Writer of the Year' award and I was lucky enough to judge

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2. Want to promote your hometown? Join #TNI tonight!

   posted by Colm Hanratty | 0 Comments

   

   May272010

   Do you want to promote your hometown? Feel like letting the world know the best things about where you live? Join #TNI (Travelers Night In) on Twitter tonight and you can do just that.

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3. #TNI (Travelers Night In) - when, where, how...

   posted by Colm Hanratty | 0 Comments

   

   May202010

   Later on this evening Hostelworld will be one of the hosts of this week's #TNI (Traveler's Night In), a 'tweet-up' where people who love travel join in the one conversation.

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4. #TNI - Travelers Night In (join in the conversation!)

   posted by Colm Hanratty | 0 Comments

   

   May192010

   One Thursday evening a number of weeks ago I noticed a lot of tweets made by people I follow, who are mostly people in the travel industry, had the hashtag #TNI in them. Upon doing a bit of research I discovered that this stood for Travelers Night In.

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5. Still rooms available for Champions League Final in Madrid!

   posted by Colm Hanratty | 0 Comments

   

   Apr292010

   Are you a Bayern Munich or Inter Milan fan? Planning your trip to Madrid for the Champions League final on May 21st? Afraid that you won't find everywhere is booked up? Good news - it isn't.

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6. Has your booking been affected by the volcano ash?

   posted by Colm Hanratty | 2 Comments

   

   Apr222010

   Has your Hostelworld.com booking affected by the volcano ash that managed to drift all the way from Iceland to Europe and cause mayhem? If so, here's the deal...

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7. Stranded by the ash? Here's how Hostelworld can help

   posted by Colm Hanratty | 0 Comments

   

   Apr212010

   Are you one of the thousands, sorry, millions of passengers that was affected by that volcano in Iceland? Good news and good news - the skies have reopened and we can help if you're still stranded!

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8. Hostels offering 'volcano' specials!

   posted by Rebecca Keenan | 2 Comments

   

   Apr162010

   Chances are you’ve already heard about the volcanic ash causing travel chaos. Disruptions are set to continue for a while yet but this ashy cloud has a silver lining with hostels throughout Europe offering ‘volcano’ specials.

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9. So what exactly is a hostel?

   posted by Colm Hanratty | 2 Comments

   

   Apr092010

   I know what you're thinking after reading the title to this post - "everybody knows what a hostel is". This isn't always the case! There are lots of people who still don't know what a hostel is. So to them I dedicate this post...

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10. Tips for choosing the best hostel for you

    posted by Colm Hanratty | 2 Comments

    

    Apr072010

    So you're in the process of planning your trip around Europe, South America or somewhere else and you're wondering how to choose the best hostel for you? Read on...

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