I'm 33. While I've had little problem on my last trip finding at least a couple mature people to hang with, I think I am getting to the age where I'm feeling a bit out of place as "youth" hostels.
For the guy traveling alone and on a budget, you can't beat hostels as far as price and ease of quickly meeting new people to eat, drink, tour and socialize with. Plus hostels girls are often way easier to hook up with than the local women, or maybe you're in a place(like Bolivia) where you don't bother with the local women anyhow.
I've stayed in hotels before when hostels were booked and found it a lonely way to travel, though I enjoyed the clean, private bathroom.
For the older guys, those over 30 or rapidly approaching 30, what are our options? Most of us can no longer relate to the 22 year old Brits and Israelis looking to get trashed and party 24/7. Yet paying minimum $50 a night for a hotel makes extended travel unfeasible. Has anyone figured this out? Couch surfing?
For the guy traveling alone and on a budget, you can't beat hostels as far as price and ease of quickly meeting new people to eat, drink, tour and socialize with. Plus hostels girls are often way easier to hook up with than the local women, or maybe you're in a place(like Bolivia) where you don't bother with the local women anyhow.
I've stayed in hotels before when hostels were booked and found it a lonely way to travel, though I enjoyed the clean, private bathroom.
For the older guys, those over 30 or rapidly approaching 30, what are our options? Most of us can no longer relate to the 22 year old Brits and Israelis looking to get trashed and party 24/7. Yet paying minimum $50 a night for a hotel makes extended travel unfeasible. Has anyone figured this out? Couch surfing?