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Where should you go next? It depends on three things: when you’re going, what you can spend and what kind of trip you want. So instead of one list, this page answers all three, using the month-by-month weather, crowds and daily costs in every one of our city guides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start with the big questions below, jump to a month, or scroll down to the finder and narrow it down yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf92 Best places to travel solo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The best places to travel solo are the ones where it’s easiest to meet people, and that usually means the biggest hostel scenes. Our Lisbon guide calls it the hostel capital of Europe, and cities like Barcelona, Budapest, Bangkok and Hanoi aren’t far behind. More hostels means more common rooms, more walking tours and more people in the same position as you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list below ranks our city guides by how many places to stay they have on Hostelworld right now, updated every day.<\/p>\n\n\n

[City list: solo]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wherever you go, two Hostelworld features make the first night easier. Hostel Chat lets you join your hostel’s group chat 48 hours before check-in, and Social Pass works without a booking in more than 180 cities, so you can see who’s around before you even arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcb8 Best places to travel when you’re young and broke<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our city guides each work out a daily budget on a shoestring: a dorm bed, food, local transport and something to do. The cheapest come in at about \u20ac13 a day, in Amritsar, Pushkar and Varanasi in India. Hampi and Hanoi are about \u20ac15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Europe, the cheapest shoestring days are around \u20ac17, in Kutaisi in Georgia, Ni\u0161 in Serbia, Prizren in Kosovo, Daugavpils in Latvia and Gyumri in Armenia. These are the cheapest of all our guides:<\/p>\n\n\n

[City list: cheapest]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcc5 Best places to travel by month<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The weather decides more than anything else, so each month has its own page, with our top picks and every city with good weather that month. Here’s a taste of each:<\/p>\n\n\n\n