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Couple O' Days Backpackers Reviews

18 Peninsular Drive, Surfers Paradise, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

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70%Overall Rating

From 23 ratings
  • 70%Character
  • 67%Security
  • 77%Location
  • 80%Staff
  • 69%Atmosphere
  • 58%Cleanliness

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97%

the staff were very friendly...great location wasnt to noicy just a good hostel to stay at i do recommend it!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 20 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Female 25-30
  • (2 reviews)


57%

Run down, needs a serious deep clean would never eat from the kitchen.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 16 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Couple 18-24
  • (1 review)


70%

around 10-15 mins walk to surfer's paradise and quiet in the residential area. not so big hostel with good atmosphere, quite a self-service hostel and kitchen close by 8PM.


77%

This hostel is quite small, which in my opinion, is good, because you really get to know the people who are there. While the location is great and the staff is amazing, my only complaint is with the people I was sharing a room with. Because they were here for a long time (about 2-3 months), they basically made the 4-person hostel room, their own. They were quite inconsiderate, as they had to wake up early in the morning for work, and threw their stuff around the room.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 26 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 25-30
  • (5 reviews)


80%

We loved this little hostel. Manager was lovely and very helpful with our questions surrounding the area and the theme parks. Small kitchen but no problem for cooking. Dirty though. Stayed in 12 bed dorm, nice cosy room. En suite a bit old though, needed a bit of sprucing up, girl came in to clean it and was gone within 5 minutes, not a decent enough clean! Great location by supermarket and small walk to beach.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 04 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Couple 18-24
  • (14 reviews)


100%

hello, i stayed few days at couple o days and it was the best hostel since i travell in australia...it is clean, cheap and close to the city and the beach...the staff is nice, friendly and really helpful with everything...even the facilities in the hostel are better then everything i saw before in other hostels...everything works...washingmashines, microwaves, dryer etc...i wish i could have stayed longer in this hostel...

  • Novice Nomad
  • 03 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


77%

I love that place. I ve got a private room and it was really good. The staff....AMAZING. Location...AMAZING.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 16 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Italy
  • Male 25-30
  • (3 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you so much! We're pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay.

77%

Nice hostel, very good location, staff were great. They held an awesome saint Patrick's day party!


57%

it was not really clean.

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi Sebastian. I can see that you've rated our staff very highly, thank you so much for that. We hope that if something is not clean that you can tell us during your stay so we can do something about it.

87%

Nice hostel with a lot of great people, not to mention the staff! Keep up the good work guys


67%

positiv:- small kitchen in the rooms with fridge and toaster negativ: - for cooking, you have to get the stuff from the staff kitchen and then go in the customer kitchen positiv: - on it's one it had a nice character (because they have some old flar/funiter), but it has to get renovated and they doing the painting, while people are stying in the hostel.. positiv: - the owner/manager is very friendly, the rest so so.. negativ: room where quite hot and no rea aircondition to cool them down

  • Avid Traveller
  • 02 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 18-24
  • (10 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi Andrea, Yes we were painting the common areas while you stayed with us (laundry, TV room and kitchen). We only paint the bedrooms when they are vacant and I do apologise if you were inconvenienced in any way due to the painting. We do keep all the plates and pots at reception as we have found that if they are left in the kitchen people tend to use them without washing them and if they get them from reception we can keep track of who has what and ensure that the kitchen is kept as clean as possible. I do understand that this is a short walk from reception to the kitchen and am always open to other suggestions for how we can best manage this. Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback and the positives of your stay with us as well.

57%

Kitchen shouldn't close at 8 already. clean abit more, change sheets with holes in it, clean up the yard. We got groceries stolen, because they didn't keep their open/closing hour.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 16 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Denmark
  • Couple 25-30
  • (2 reviews)


77%

Staff was very nice and hostel was very cute, not too noisy. Only negative thing is the cleanliness. U should clean more often the rooms, our room floor was very dirty. I lovet that we had our own bathroom and kitchen in our room :)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 09 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Finland
  • All Female Group 18-24
  • (3 reviews)


67%

Very helpful and friendly staff, but the room and facilities were dirty. The whole place is in need of refurbishment... Good location and free parking but would not stay there again.


57%

nice hostel. old building and rooms/showers and toilettes. security locker for 1 $ per night or laptop at reception. In my opinion a little bit too expensiv.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 18 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)


63%

Good location, the rooms are ok but not really clean. But it is rather quiet at night and there is a nice little garden with bbq.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 03 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Austria
  • Female 18-24
  • (2 reviews)




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