Travel Questions?

Planning your next trip is more than just fantasizing, organizing, making, lists, and acting crazy. Sometime you really need the know what the plan for the budget, how much remote buses costs or potentially existent boats charge, or are confused by which visa you need or whether you need a return ticket or not. In that case...

The travel forum at http://www.minihostels.com has a plethora of knowledgeable people behind it. Experienced travelers, backpackers and budget conscious people can give you advice and tips.

The travel forum at Lonely Planet is a great place to ask questions, get advice, and talk to people who live where you want to travel and really know what's up.

The travel forum at minihostels page on Facebook is to backpackers, from backpackers, by backpackers, and will get you trip on track!

Argentina-Brazil World Cup Match!

ARGENTINA is playing BRAZIL in the World Cup Qualifier Match in ROSARIO tomorrow, September 5 2009!!! Ok, so tickets were insanely expensive, and I can't go, so I'll be watching it on the big screen of my local bar here in Buenos Aires, but for those of you lucky enough to have managed to snatch up a ticket, you may want to consider staying overnight in Rosario!! Traffic will be backed up all day getting there, and then after the game, I'm sure the streets won't clear till the early morning...and if we WIN, who knows when you'll be able to get back on the road? Your best bet is to drop off your stuff at a hostel in the afternoon, chill until the game, HAVE A BLAST while the rest of us grumble and watch on TV, and then party the night away! You can take a bus to and from the stadium so you aren't stuck in your car when it starts. Then go home to your hostel, get a good night's sleep, and make the trek back to good ol' BA on Sunday. Cool Raul Hostel is a super awesome, fun, hip hostel in Rosario with really cool, young staff and guests. No WAY are you NOT going to have the time of your life if you stay here!! If you want something a little more calm, check out the two really cool, great location hostels in Rosario at Minihostels.com Have fun, and make sure to wear your country colors!!!!!!

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Costa Rica Baby!

Cost Rica is a lush paradise of jungle, gorgeous beaches, waterfalls, cool animals and birds, amazing sunsets, and relaxed, fun people. A full quarter of it is protected land and the country is one of the greenest countries in the world! It's a rare privilege to hike through virgin jungle and watch the monkeys play. The people are well known for being friendly and helpful, and the surfing is great! Minihostels has just added over twenty new hostels all over Costa Rica, and is adding more as our scout there finds more cool, unique hostels for the savvy budget traveler like yourself. Check out our awesome new hostels and travel guides to Costa Rica on the Minihostel site!

Planning Your Next Trip

There are a lot of great resources on the web for planning your next vacation. Take advantage of the online forums where you can post questions that other travellers who have been there done that can answer also check out MINIHOSTELS, you can book your hostels and find out info about all the destinations! They're also hooked up with language schools, shops, restaurants etc. that will give you discounts with the MiniHostels card!

Those Random Moments that Make Traveling What it Is

We all know that we love travelling when we are standing in front of some sort of natural wonder or historical monument, but I feel like some of the most powerful moments for me are in the transit. So many times I have been on buses or trains or even planes and all of a sudden I get this exhuberant moment (usually accompanied by a great song on my Ipod) where it all makes sense and being on the bus with my head pressed against the window heading into the unknown feels right.
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Why we LOVE Staying in Hostels

Hostels are definitely cheap, and that is a lot of peoples main reasons for crashing in them, but even if I had a million dollars I would still reside in a hostel. Why? The atmosphere of course. In a 5 star resort you´re not going to sit around, share a beer and swap stories with your travelling companions or meet some people and cook up a big meal for everyone in the shared kitchen. Also, usually hostel owners are locals or there are at least some locals hanging around that can give you insider tips to the area. I also feel like hostels understand what every backpacker is pursuing, that slightly mystical essence of travel that the standardized bigger hotels just don´t get. Minihostels gets it to, we´re hooked up with hostels that are all about the travel philosophy and are run by travellers. Make your next reservation with our site MiniHostels.com!