How to determine if a hostel room is a walk-through room?
This summer I stayed in a hostel in Moscow. The ratings from Hostelworld weren't that bad. I have to admit that I have seen places far worse, but one thing really annoyed me: We booked a room in a 6 bed dorm. We also get our place there, but in reality the dorm was a walk-through room for another 8 bed dorm. So judging from the noise we had a 14 bed dorm instead of a 6 bed dorm. I complained about this, but it wasn't really successful.
So I'm wondering if there is a possibility to judge before booking if a dorm is a walk-through room?
Best Answer
Don't just check one site, check all the sites that rate hostels:
TripAdvisor lets you review anything, not just hostels, and not only ones you booked through them, unlike the hostel-specific sites. It's easiest to look up each one that looks interesting by name since they mix hostels in with "specialty lodging".
TripAdvisor even lets you email people who did a review and ask them specific questions!
Here's an example for Nova Hostel in Moscow. Look for the links that say "Ask ... about ..."
Ask dizemka about Nova Hostel
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