Starting a Hostel
We run a Web site called HostelManagement.com, a free online resource to help new hostels get started.
For information on how to start a new backpackers hostel, we recommend reading our community-written Start a Hostel Guide.
We also have an active hostel forum where you can ask questions about opening hostels. Here are some of the latest topics in the hostel forum:
- How High Can You Stack Dorm Beds?
- Updated: Hostels on YouTube
- US Government to Require Tourists to Ask Permission in Advance to Enter the USA
- Hostelworld is Times Online 'Site of the Week'
- YHA (UK) Interested in Opening a Hostel in Elizabeth Castle (Jersey)
- YHA Black Sail Hostel Has Bright Future (Lake District)
- YHA New Zealand Planning a New Hostel on Stewart Island (Rakiura)
- Hostelworld's Hostel Conference in South America
- Inaccuracies in Google Analytics
- Welcoming a Hostel in Poznan, Poland