worst hostel i've stayed at
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 11/20/06
I have stayed at numerous hostels around the world and never had such a bad experience.
First off, the hostel isn't even in Boston. it's way out in a suburb, and it'S a 20$ cab ride downtown (not so fun when the subway is closed)
When we arrived, they shipped us to hostel #2 to our surprise. I expect taht when i book a hostel, i'd actually be staying there, not somewhere else. when we complained about this, the receptionist told us that next time we may want to do research, because it's the busiest weekend all year (not my problem). They could have told us that on the phone when we called. Hostel #2 was ugly, hospital-like and extremely noizy. I slept a total of 2 hours.
they charged us 40$ when the site states 30$. when asked about this, he replied, "well, why didn't you book online?". I said, "'cause i saw a phone number and decided to call in instead". He told me that was my problem, and that i should book online next time.
the staff was extremely rude and patronizing.
we asked for a refund for our second night and found someplace else to stay.