About HostelBookers
The journey
HostelBookers began in 2003 with a very simple idea – to provide customers with a way to book the best budget accommodation all over the world with absolutely no booking fees! It had never been done before, and independent travelers looking for budget accommodation had come to expect a booking fee as the norm.
But here at HostelBookers, we felt that our customers deserved better value. And so, buzzing with enthusiasm and new ideas, we set off to introduce the world to the first free hostels and budget accommodation booking website – which is exactly the way we, as travel enthusiasts ourselves, think it should be!
Since then, HostelBookers has gone from strength to strength and our team now has over 70 people! And as our business has grown, so has our offering; now, we have over 10,000 properties available in more than 2,500 locations worldwide. We also provide our customers with an ever-increasing range of accommodation, from camping, self catering apartments and guesthouses to hostels and budget hotels.
Although we're based in London, we are proud to say that we hail from all over the world and our friendly office is made up of nationalities from as far afield as the Philippines and Argentina! Every day we learn something new about the places we have visited or are yet to visit; and this makes what we do all that much more of an adventure.
By sharing this first–hand local knowledge, along with our years of experience in the travel industry, and combining this with our passion for travel, we can channel our ideas straight back into our work: All of which means we can honestly say that we love what we do!
Our values
Even as we've grown, we've maintained our focus on two very important things: working hard, and having fun while we do it!
We work hard to ensure that we can offer our customers great accommodation, wherever they are in the world, but what has always made – and will continue to make – HostelBookers unique from other booking services is that we charge no booking fees.
And so we can provide quality budget accommodation worldwide to independent travelers, with absolutely no extra cost to them – which we think is fantastic!
Here at HostelBookers, we think that professionalism and reliability is key and it's our dedicated staff, positive attitude and solid relationships with our customers and suppliers that have enabled us to achieve what we have today.
Here's to the future
Well, what can we say...we're so thrilled about our past, how can we fail to be excited about our future? We're so happy with all that we have achieved over the past few years that we cannot help but be delighted for the new challenges ahead!
We can't thank all our customers and accommodation providers enough for helping us with our success. We look forward to working together in the future, bringing our customers new and better services and making this growing business even more successful than it is today.
Thanks for all the support, and here's to the future!
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