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Trekkers Backpackers Resort Reviews

22 White street, Southport, Queensland, Australia

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73%

The linen is dirty, and there are many mosquitoes in the room.. Except cleanliness, this hostel is comfortable to stay in. I think it is time for a thorough cleaning. Yet, staff is friendly, keep it up!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 24 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Hong Kong
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)


70%

We really love the staff,they were very passion

  • Novice Nomad
  • 22 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Taiwan
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


83%

Nice place to stay.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female 31-40
  • (1 review)


56%

The staff are wonderful as they are all backpackers but Cliff - the owner - is crazy and full on. He makes everyone really uncomfortable and can be a lot to take on. He gets aggressive really easily and tries to force you to buy things off them. If it wasn't for the rest of the staff then it would've sucked. All Cliff cares about is money.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 03 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


26%

It was the worst hostel that I stayed. Kitchen, swimming pool and bathroom totally dirty, unorganized, noisy and the employee's Trekkers morning until 3am talking and laughing too loud, I could not sleep. The breakfast cereal with a little milk, which due to poor cleaning, I prefer not to eat. I'd definitely prefer to sleep in the car because the price was not cheap (AUD$80/night). I recommend that you research well before you book any hostel.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 02 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)


63%

you cant call your breakfast breakfast..thats embarassing!!! air condition is missing!!!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 22 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


76%

We were very pleased with our stay - it was definitely value for money. We were especially impressed with the friendly staff who always greeted us with lovely smiles and excellent service attitude. The location was good - just 2 minutes walk to the nearest bus stop, and we could get tickets to many attractions, as well as transport to and fro the hostel , which was very convenient. Our room, however, looked like it hadn't been swept. The shower facilities were clean, on the other hand.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 19 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Malaysia
  • Couple 25-30
  • (1 review)


43%

The room was nice. The bathroom was disgustingly filthy! The other guests were totally abhorrent, and had absolutely no respect for other people in the hostel who were attempting to sleep.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 10 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female
  • (2 reviews)


70%

Great friendly hostel with great kitchen facilities and colourful rooms. Need to fix the leaking shower though. Cheers.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)


36%

Somebody stole my shaving razor and bathing towel. Totally un-understandable.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 15 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • South Korea
  • (Gender undisclosed)
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
HI there. Firstly we would like to say thank you for choosing Trekkers as your preferred backpackers hostel. Sorry to hear that your shaving stuff was missing but sometimes things get taken by mistake which is why we have signs asking you to take your toileteries out of the bathrooms. Hope the rest of your trip goes well and we look forward to your return to Trekkers in the near future. KIndest regards Trekkers crew.

63%

I didnt think this hostel was that crash hot for the amount I paid. I would have been happy if I paid around $20 for the stay. Linen was clean and there was parking but toilets/showers were small, no hand soap, no free wireless, no lockable lockers which I was really surprised about. I asked for a mixed dorm and paid accordingly but the girl that was in my room was asked to move to another room so rude!

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for choosing Trekkers as your preferred backpackers hostel. And thank you for taking time to give us some feed back so we can improve our service. We are pleased to see that you had a great time with Trekkers and we look forward to meeting you again in the near future. Kindest regards Trekkers crew.

76%

Very homey hostel! Great atmosphere. But they keep trying to sell you tours....

  • Novice Nomad
  • 16 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Netherlands
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for choosing Trekkers as your preferred backpackers hostel. And thank you for taking time to give us some feed back so we can improve our service. We are pleased to see that you had a great time with Trekkers and we look forward to meeting you again in the near future. Kindest regards Trekkers crew.

83%

I've been to this place twice this year and have found it to be friendly and hospitable.Reasonable rates and did like the 4 bed female dorm better than the 6 bdorm ed male/female dorm.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 29 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female 41+
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for choosing Trekkers as your preferred backpackers hostel. And thank you for taking time to give us some feed back so we can improve our service. We are pleased to see that you had a great time with Trekkers and we look forward to meeting you again in the near future. Kindest regards Trekkers crew.

60%

I expected the most friendly people, and the best hostel in Australia or something. That's what they were offering, saying they had won some prizes for that, and to be honest, the hostel is WAY TO FAR from the beaches and the nightlife, the staff was not as friendly as they were supposed to be and it smelled bad. Would not recommend staying here.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 21 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Chile
  • Male 18-24
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for choosing Trekkers as your preferred backpackers hostel. And thank you for taking time to give us some feed back so we can improve our service. We are pleased to see that you had a great time with Trekkers and we look forward to meeting you again in the near future. Kindest regards Trekkers crew.

96%

This place has a great character, the owners have heaps of knowledge on what to see and do and are genuinely interested in you, really nice people. The staff are also friendly and the people that stayed there when I was there were also heaps of fun. They organise really good value functions and day trips. I would stay there again when travelling up the Coast.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 21 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for choosing Trekkers as your preferred backpackers hostel. And thank you for taking time to give us some feed back so we can improve our service. We are pleased to see that you had a great time with Trekkers and we look forward to meeting you again in the near future. Kindest regards Trekkers crew.

83%

I loved it. Honestly I hate being home =S

  • Novice Nomad
  • 20 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for choosing Trekkers as your preferred backpackers hostel. And thank you for taking time to give us some feed back so we can improve our service. We are pleased to see that you had a great time with Trekkers and we look forward to meeting you again in the near future. Kindest regards Trekkers crew.

96%

the host is friendly place to go, and everyone loves the BIG NIGHT OUT everyweek

  • Novice Nomad
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Taiwan
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
G'Day Ku Thank you for choosing Trekkers as your preferred backpackers hostel. And thank you for taking time to give us some feed back so we can improve our service. We are pleased to see that you had a great time with Trekkers and we look forward to meeting you again in the near future. Kindest regards Trekkers crew.

100%

Great fun little place with excellent staff that are always willing to go the extra mile

  • Novice Nomad
  • 12 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • New Zealand
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for choosing Trekkers as your preferred backpackers hostel. And thank you for taking time to give us some feed back so we can improve our service. We are pleased to see that you had a great time with Trekkers and we look forward to meeting you again in the near future. Kindest regards Trekkers crew.

53%

Get new matresses!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 18 Aug 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Male 31-40
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
G'day Florian. Firstly we would like to say thank you for choosing Trekkers as your preferred backpackers and for taking time to give us some feed back so we can improve our service to travelers. I am surprised you asked for new mattresses when you over slept and missed your bus as you must of been in a deep sleep. And our service to help you get on another bus was great!! We wish you well on your travels and look forward to meeting you in the future. Trekkers crew.

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  • 79%Character
  • 71%Security
  • 74%Location
  • 80%Staff
  • 73%Fun
  • 67%Cleanliness

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  • 24 Jan 2012 (73%)
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