{"id":48856,"date":"2017-10-10T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?p=48856"},"modified":"2026-08-28T13:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:47:20","slug":"app-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/app-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Awesome App Features Will Make You A Very &#8216;Appy Traveller!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guys, it&#8217;s 2018. Hello and welcome to the future, we&#8217;re living in it! In a world in which you can call a taxi with one click and order Chinese food without getting out of bed, why are you still searching for hostels on a desktop?<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t like to brag, but our app is pretty cool. Not only can you book our amazing selection of top-notch hostels right from your phone, but we&#8217;re also really excited to tell you about the super, awesome, crazy-fun-unbelievable app features we have for you to try out! Okay so&#8230; maybe we do like to brag!\u00a0\ud83d\ude09\u00a0But, with features this cool we&#8217;re sure you&#8217;ll forgive our lack of modesty!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a whistle-stop tour of all of the fantastic features available in the Hostelworld app! Get downloading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/hostelworld-hostels-hotels\/id348890820?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51103 post links\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/App-IOS-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"60\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.hostelworld.app&amp;referrer=mat_click_id%3Da7e362b8d8149e63507f7d1f7184f176-20171011-8816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51106 post links\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/App-google-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Hostel Chat<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-51099 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/hostel_chat-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What with Tinder, iMessage, and slidin&#8217; into Insta DMs, it seems that us millennials have forgotten how to speak to people in (*shudders*)\u00a0<em>real life!<\/em>\u00a0Have you ever wanted to have a really social travel experience and meet new people, but find that you&#8217;re a little too nervous to start up a conversation in your hostel dorm? We understand that sometimes it can be difficult to strike up a convo and so we&#8217;ve created HOSTEL CHAT!<\/p>\n<p>Hostel Chat is our brand spanking new feature and we&#8217;d love for you to test it out for us! Hostel Chat is simple, it&#8217;s an in-app instant messaging feature that lets you chat with fellow Hostelworld travellers who are staying at the same hostel as you. It&#8217;s an easy way to start a conversation and swap tips for your trip!<\/p>\n<p>You can use Hostel Chat to plan a night out, ask for local secrets and hidden gems, or even just decide what to cook for dinner! Hostel Chat is an easy way to get talking to fellow, like-minded travellers, and #MeetTheWorld. You can find Hostel Chat in the My Trips section of the app!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The juicy details:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83d\udd51\u00a0You can start using Hostel Chat 48 hours before your stay<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc4b\u00a0Set a username to let people know who you are<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0f\u00a0Chat to travellers staying in your hostel from all over the world<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udfc6\u00a0Hostel Chat is currently available in our <a href=\"#hostel-table\" class=\"post links\">50 most popular hostels<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Speak the World<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-51100 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Speak-the-world-design-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ever wanted to speak to your hostel mates only to have pesky trivialities such as language barriers get in the way? Or maybe you tried to buy milk from a local market but muddled up your <em>&#8216;leche&#8217;<\/em> and your &#8216;<em>vaca<\/em>&#8216; and ended up walking home with your new pet cow?! (True story! \ud83d\udc04)<\/p>\n<p>We know how valuable meeting new people, chatting to locals and befriending fellow travellers is to the enjoyment of a trip, and so we want to make it as easy as possible! This is why we created &#8211; drum roll please &#8211; SPEAK THE WORLD!<\/p>\n<p>Speak the World is a feature in our app that allows you to translate between languages. Select the language you&#8217;d like to translate to and from, and then start speaking&#8230; It&#8217;s that simple! Speak the World allows you to communicate in another language and might just help you out of a sticky situation! You can even turn your phone screen into a funny mouth that speaks along with the translation&#8230; because who doesn&#8217;t want to sport a cowboy mustache while asking <em>&#8216;<\/em><em>D\u00f3nde est\u00e1 el bar?&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The juicy details:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83d\udde3\u00a0You can speak in 43 different languages<\/li>\n<li>\ud83e\udd13\u00a0Speak the World is powered by Google Cloud Translate Technology<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc44\u00a08 hilarious mouth filters to choose from<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Hostel Notice Board<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-51101 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/noticeboard-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Hostel Notice Board feature works much like, well&#8230; a hostel notice board! It&#8217;s a part of the app in which hostel owners can post messages and information about events and things going on in the hostel. Everything from a BBQ on the terrace, to an organised bar crawl, or even the times of the hostel bar Happy Hour, will be listed on the Hostel Notice Board to ensure that you get the most out of your trip. So check in, and check out the Hostel Notice Board to keep your social calendar buzzing while you&#8217;re travelling!<\/p>\n<p>Your can find the Hostel Notice Board feature in the My Trips section of the app. My Trips is available for our<a href=\"#my-trips\" class=\"post links\"> top 50 most booked into cities<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The juicy details:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udfd8\u00a0Managed by the hostel owner\/staff to ensure info is up to date<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc83\u00a0The Hostel Notice Board is the best place to find out about the hostel events<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\uddd3\u00a0Download the events you&#8217;d like to attend to your calendar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Wishlist<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-51102 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Wishlist-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes you see a hostel SO great you just know you <em>need<\/em> to stay there in the future. Unfortunately, we can&#8217;t always book a spontaneous trip on the whim of seeing a breathtaking hostel&#8230; I know, bummer right?! It was this thinking that led us to create WISHLIST!<\/p>\n<p>Wishlist is an app feature that lets you save amazing hostels in your Wishlist tab to revisit, drool over, and book another day. You can create multiple lists for multiple trips and wanderlust purposes. For example, you can create a Wishlist of &#8216;Sick City Hostels&#8217; or a list of &#8216;Bitchin&#8217; Beach Hostels.&#8217; Just to give you an idea!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The juicy details:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2764\ufe0f\u00a0Store your favourite hostels with the touch of a button<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udd1c\u00a0Browse your wishlist hostels at any time in the future<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcdd\u00a0You can create multiple lists to effectively organise your wanderlust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wanna know which of our hostels you can start using Hostel Chat in? \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<table width=\"317\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"317\">1. Central Backpackers Hostel &#8211; Old Quarter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2. Vietnam Backpacker Hostels &#8211; Downtown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3. St Christopher&#8217;s Inn Gare Du Nord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4. Mad Monkey Phnom Penh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5. Generator Paris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6. Meininger Brussels City Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7. Wake Up! Sydney Central<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8.Wombats City Hostel London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9.Wombats City Hostel Vienna &#8211; At The Naschmarkt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10. Gilligan&#8217;s Backpacker Hotel &amp; Resort Cairns<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11. Funky Flashpacker Siem Reap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12. The Yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13. Hostel Alessandro Palace &amp; Bar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14. Sunshine Bedz Kl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15. St Christopher&#8217;s Berlin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16. Chien Hostel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17. Vietnam Inn Saigon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18. Mad Monkey Siem Reap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19. Reggae Mansion Kuala Lumpur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20. Castle Rock Hostel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21. Wombats City Hostel Munich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22. Lub D Bangkok Silom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23. Wild Rover Backpackers Hostel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24. St Christopher&#8217;s Village<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25. Flinders Backpackers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26. Wombats City Hostel Berlin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>27. Generator Venice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>28. Onederz Hostel Siem Reap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>29. Clinknoord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30. Deejai Backpacker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>31. Copenhagen Downtown Hostel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32. Hug Hostel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>33. St Christopher&#8217;s Inn Canal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>34. Flipside Hostel &#8211; Hcm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>35. Hideout Hostels Asia &#8211; Saigon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>36. Nomads Auckland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>37. Wombats City Hostel Budapest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>38. St Christopher&#8217;s Barcelona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>39. The Hangout &#8211; Hideout Hostels Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>40. The Happy House Zone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>41. Base Auckland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>42. Plus Florence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>43. Pariwana Hostel Cusco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>44. Generator Hostel Copenhagen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>45. The Siem Reap Hostel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>46. Meininger Amsterdam City West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>47. Hostel Downtown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>48. Bodega Bangkok<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>49. Vietnam Backpacker Hostels &#8211; Original<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>50. Stamps Backpackers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My Trips is available in these 50 cities\u00a0\ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<table width=\"317\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"317\">1. Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2. Athens, Greece<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3. Auckland, New Zealand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4. Bangkok, Thailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5. Barcelona, Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6. Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7.Brussels, Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8.Budapest, Hungary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9.Cairns, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10. Chiang Mai, Thailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11. Copenhagen, Denmark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12. Cusco, Peru<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13. Dublin, Ireland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14. Dubrovnik, Croatia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15. Edinburgh, Scotland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16. Florence, Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17. Galway, Ireland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18. Hanoi, Vietnam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19. Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20. Hong Kong, Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21. Krakow, Poland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23. Kyoto, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24. Lima, Peru<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25. Lisbon, Portugal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26. London, England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>27. Los Angeles, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>28. Madrid, Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>29. Melbourne, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30. Miami, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>31. Milan, Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32. Munich, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>33. New York, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>34. Nice, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>35. Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>36. Phnom Penh, Cambodia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>37. Porto, Portugal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>38. Prague, Czech Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>39. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>40. Rome, Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>41. San Francisco, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>42. Seville, Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>43. Siem Reap, Cambodia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>44. Singapore, Singapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>45. Split, Croatia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>46. Stockholm, Sweden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>47. Sydney, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>48. Tokyo, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>49. Venice, Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>50. Vienna, Austria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/hostelworld-hostels-hotels\/id348890820?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51103 post links\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/App-IOS-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"60\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.hostelworld.app&amp;referrer=mat_click_id%3Da7e362b8d8149e63507f7d1f7184f176-20171011-8816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"post links\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51106 post links\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/App-google-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guys, it&#8217;s 2018. Hello and welcome to the future, we&#8217;re living in it! In a world in which you can call a taxi with one click and order Chinese food without getting out of bed, why are you still searching for hostels on a desktop? 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