Showerthought: my hostel bunk bed collapse in Prague taught me a lesson

I was in a 12 bed dorm in Prague last summer and the top bunk just gave way at 2am, dropping me onto the guy below. Turns out the frame was held together with zip ties and hope, and I spent the rest of the night on a lobby couch with a half-eaten baguette. Anyone else have a hostel disaster that made you rethink the $15 a night deal?

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alice_hart13d ago

Actually I've gotta push back on the "half-eaten baguette" part. You're acting like that's a bad thing but honestly a baguette and a lobby couch sounds like a great story. Hostels are supposed to be messy and unpredictable, that's the whole point. If you wanted a perfectly clean room with no chance of a bunk bed collapse you'd pay $200 a night for a hotel. The zip tie frame thing is part of the adventure you signed up for. You got a free upgrade to a lobby couch and a midnight snack out of it, most people pay extra for that kind of experience.

patriciah5113d ago

Start by saying I completely disagree (respectfully, of course). A broken bunk frame isn't "part of the adventure" it's a safety hazard. You could have gotten hurt when that thing collapsed, and a free lobby couch doesn't make up for a bruised back or a lost night of sleep. Hostels are about meeting people and saving money, sure, but they also need basic working furniture (like a bed frame that holds you up). Asking for a bed that doesn't break isn't the same as expecting a hotel room with turndown service, you know?