Credit crunch sees hostels turn from bleak to chic

No longer are hostels the drab, sparsely furnished dormitories of yester year. Hostels have finally come of age. The general public are now catching on that hostels have turned from bleak to chic.

RTW video competition - best entries so far part 2

Check out even more of the best entries to our Round-the-World video competition where the best entry is a travel voucher worth US$3,000!

RTW video competition - best entries so far

Check out the best entries to our 'Round the World' trip where the winning prize is a flight voucher worth US$3,000!

Hosteworld Travel Videos Now Available

The first of Hostelworld's travel videos, "10 Things You Need To Know About Dublin," is now available.

Around the World in 156 Seconds...The Movie

Earlier this year Hostelworld.com’s Colm Hanratty travelled around the world in 80 days, literally. Over the 80 days he visited 17 cities, 12 countries and 4 continents. You can now see where he visited in the most entertaining travel video on the web.

Mobile solutions for exploring destinations!

Want to travel and explore without being emblazoned with the scarlet letter of tourists: the fat, clunky guidebook? Hostelworld.com are celebrating an alternative and fun way to be an informed traveler by offering our users free podcasts to accompany the 25 free downloadable pocket guides to some of the greatest cities in the world.

Hostelworld.com helps MTV find travellers for new show

Hostelworld.com is helping MTV find travellers willing to have their unusual winter vacations documented for their show ‘True Life’.