Sleeping bag while hostelling around Europe in summer?
(I think) my question is simple. I'm appealing to the experience of others to ask
Would you recommend carrying a sleeping bag while hostelling around Europe in summer?
Best Answer
You can carry a sleeping bag for many other reasons but if you're always staying in Hostels my advise is no, don't bother.
In my experience most hostels provide bed-linen. When they don't provide it they will usually rent it. Using a sleeping bag is normally not allowed in such a situation.
Curious enough I once stayed in a hostel in Copenhagen and they rented bed linen. They didn't allow sleeping bags but they did allow you to bring your own bed linen.
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If you know where you are going you should ask, but for example, in Berlin in hostels it's not allowed to use your own sleeping bag, so taking it was simply a loss of space and unnecessary weight. So I'd expect that in the rest of Germany it would be similar.
But taking a sleeping bag liner would be a good idea. It's very light, takes little space, will get you more warm when the coverlet is too light, and would give you more comfort if you don't trust the bedding.
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