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!

THE NEW SITE IS UP

The new MiniHostels site is up. Free reservations, shuttles, travel information - the WORKS. Go check it out!!!!

Thanks to everyone who helped us in the upcoming weeks get the site up and running.

Make your reservations now!!!

Abroad

One of our contributing writers, Evan is now touring Bolivia and other countries in South America. Having a good ole time! Take a tour of the Bolivian mines, toss dynomite with the mine workers and learn more about Bolivian travel. For more information contact: info@minihostels.com

Recession Proof Travel

You know you'll find it with MiniHostels, but what does the rest of the world think?

Check out this article about how hostels are flourishing due to the recession. We loves it!

Follow Us On Twitter

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Keep an Eye Out!

MiniHostels is preparing for some big changes. A new site, new reservations and new features. This includes offers like MiniShuttle, which we told you about earlier in the week. This means as a member you will enjoy help with travel reservations, transportation and more! Our new site launches soon - so Keep an Eye Out!

Travel News and Blogology

For some great travel info and news, check out one of our other blogs on the BootsnAll Network. Great info and travel friendly advice.

If Your Compass Could Talk

New from MiniHostels

Get used to it, we're going to be offering a lot in the next few months. But take a look at this!

MiniShuttle is the latest feature from MiniHostels. Just email or call and we'll hook you up with airport shuttles and transport to and from your hostel. Of course, members get 10% off special services!

Take the guess work out of confusing airport trips in crazy South American countries and let us do the work. For more information see our site, or email us for full details.

Buen Viaje! Well, now it can be!

Green Travel

Our South American home is gorgeous, and we want it to stay that way. Do your best to travel with sustainable and responsible tourism ideals. It does a lot for the environment and makes your traveling a positive force, rather than a negative one.

Find out more about Green Travel, here!

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European Travel

Ready for some Brats, Beers, Castles, Museums and Galleries? Are you ready for European Travel? Well prepare yourself because MiniHostels is gearing up to launch our new site with European travel information. Taking over the travel world has never been so fun!

Low Season Makes Travel More Affordable

Right now is the perfect time to take a vacation with MiniHostels. This time of year low season travel means you can even enjoy some of South America's favorite winter vacations at extremely low prices. For example, city travel is cheap because the weather isn't as warm but skiing and winter locations are still on the cusp of high season prices! This means now is a great time to take advantage of cheap travel to South America!

As a MiniHostels member, you will get 10% off each nights stay in any of our affiliated hostels AND you get to enjoy free member reservations! Become a memeber now - it's free too!

A Feature Hostel

El Tesoro de Elqui is one of our favorite hostels and it's easy to see why. And no, it's not just because they have amazing accommodations, which includes a pool. But this desert getaway in the Elqui Valley of Chile gets 320 days of sunshine a year and they have an incredible restaurant, friendly staff and offer excursions into the nearby Valley. It is an amazing travel destination for all South American backpackers and a MiniHostel favorite. Check them out!

Why They Love Us

El Corre Caminos Hostel in Salta just shared with us a little why they like being a part of MiniHostels and we thought we'd share.

The woman we spoke to said, "She liked how much we were based in Argentina and not just some big international company. " She´s also mentioned how there has been a noticeable increase in the amount of MH members coming to her hostel in the past two months.

Thanks El Corre Caminos for the love! And thank you all for making MiniHostels the best travel network in South America.