Entropy4 actually made a pretty good summary. So, to make it short, staying in hostels only makes sense if:
- You want easy lays with other tourists staying in the same hostel;
- You feel uncomfortable on you own, and need to have a bunch of people with you when you go out for drinks;
- You're traveling on an irrationally tight budget;
- Living in a dorm room and sharing the amenities with a bunch of people with different sleeping and hygiene habits is something you can tolerate;
So, if you're yourself an obnoxious party guy whose main interest while traveling is getting wasted cheap and easy lays (an image typically associated with Brits, btw), then yes, staying in hostel makes sense. If not - then it makes little, if any sense at all.
- You want easy lays with other tourists staying in the same hostel;
- You feel uncomfortable on you own, and need to have a bunch of people with you when you go out for drinks;
- You're traveling on an irrationally tight budget;
- Living in a dorm room and sharing the amenities with a bunch of people with different sleeping and hygiene habits is something you can tolerate;
So, if you're yourself an obnoxious party guy whose main interest while traveling is getting wasted cheap and easy lays (an image typically associated with Brits, btw), then yes, staying in hostel makes sense. If not - then it makes little, if any sense at all.