Youth Hostels
Rucksack Ventures began as one backpacker’s dream to someday open his own youth hostels. As the vision for the company broadened in order to reach more people and to ensure financial stability, the intensity of the hostel dream grew with it. Today Rucksack Ventures is conducting extensive market research in the youth hostel industry in order to realize that dream. We are traveling the world collecting ideas for services that we can provide for our guests, investigating creative uses of space to maximize the benefit for travelers, scouting out possible locations to open new hostels, and networking with the pioneers in the industry who have already made significant contributions to the betterment of hosteling worldwide. We will use the information that we collect to determine how today’s hostels are falling short of fulfilling the needs of independent travelers and what can be done to address those needs within the financial limitations of the organization.
Once the research has been completed we will design our ideal hostel to serve as a new industry standard for backpacker accommodations. By taking our place among the ranks of the world’s leading hostels and setting a higher standard, together we are attempting to raise the expectations of budget travel accommodations across the board. This project will have a direct impact on backpackers all over the word, as previously inadequate hostels will be pressured to improve in areas such as safety, cleanliness, and atmosphere. All budget travelers, therefore, stand to benefit as a consequence of these improvements.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Have you stayed in a great hostel, a mediocre hostel, or a hostel that should have been condemned? What made it so amazing, bland, or utterly repulsive? What could they have done to make it (even) better? We would love to hear your feedback, suggestions, concerns, or any experiences that you would like to share with us related to hostels and hosteling.
Please send all comments to hostels@rucksackventures.com.