Are there age restrictions to stay in some hostels?
I was recently talking to a friend about plans to visit Europe in the next year or two, and she asked where I would stay. I said I will probably stay in hostels, as I've had good luck with that in Mexico and the U.S. She acted surprised, and said that she thought you could only stay in a hostel if you were younger than 25, or so.
While it may be more common for young, cash-strapped travelers to stay in hostels, I have never heard of such a restriction.
Are there such restrictions in some countries, or perhaps more likely, at certain hostels? Perhaps there are student-only hostels in some localities?
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There are certain "hostel networks" that have an age limit (Thorsten already gave an example). Those are usually connected with youth associations or are governmental initiatives to young people. In the private market I have never seen any limits.
A limitation that I´ve seen more than once was the maximum allowed time to stay in an Hostel. These limits are usually large, but you may want to keep that in mind if you plan to stay for some time in a place. The limits I've seen were always around 3 weeks. I can only assume that this limitations exist just to avoid people from start living in hostels more permanently.
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While there are age restrictions in some areas, if you use some standard sites such as hihostels.com or hostelworld.com they mention the age restrictions for each hostel. You can book accordingly.
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