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BANANA BUNGALOW Hollywood Youth Hostel in Los Angeles
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offers a lot for the international backpacker. The two main spots for hostels in Los Angeles are Hollywood and Venice Beach. Of the Hollywood hostels the Banana Bungalow Hollywood has important amenities that other hostels just don’t have. Most of the dorms have kitchens and cable TV right in the rooms. Wireless is free throughout the building and if you don't have a lap top there are plenty of mac computers that offer free high speed internet access. There is free breakfast, a basketball area, ping pong, coin laundry, a tropical Tiki garden with sunbathing and barbeque area, a billiards lounge with our famous karaoke stage and a huge courtyard for gatherings and socializing that includes free barbeques, dinner parties and live music.
The Hollywood Banana is connected to the Banana Bungalow West Hollywood and Orbit Hotel and Hostel in West Hollywood Los Angeles offering many bonuses such as discount tours and group activities. We will shutttle you to our other hostels for all kinds of fun activities and events. More than just a funky cool hostel it offers everything an international traveler needs at budget prices with discounts and free amenities.
A European style youth hostel with a fun atmosphere that offers discount accommodation for international travelers on a budget centrally located in Los Angeles. Originally built in the 1950’s and called the “Movie Town Motel” it has groovy retro charm with funky design and an interesting crowd of people. More than just a motel with dorms for backpackers it offers weekly discounts and is a great place to make a home base near Hollywood’s walk of fame, Kodak Theater and the Hollywood Sign.
Our shared accommodations feature dorm rooms with funky retro décor and design offering a hip option to Hostelling International, HI or other Los Angeles youth hostels.
WHAT IS A HOSTEL? A hostel is a unique type of hotel or motel that rents beds, instead of rooms, to Backpackers or international travelers. Typically, each room contains a number of beds (4 to 6 is the norm), usually in bunk bed style. Travelers share the room with other travelers from around the world. Nearly all hostels have a common room and common kitchen. Common rooms serve as a focal point to meet other travelers and a venue for the cross cultural exchanges of ideas, information and differences. Hostels attempt to provide international travelers with a friendly, comfortable, inexpensive environment in which to live, meet, and base their experiences and local explorations.
The Hostel Handbook is an excellent guide to hostels and budget travel where you can get an extensive list of hostels around the world in addition to news and info on hosteling and budget travel.
What are Backpackers ? The tourism industry's marketing channels have developed rapidly since the jet age of the 1960's to primarily cater to the "package tour" tourist. However, as the fears of travel are dispelled by the personal experience of much of the world's population, the average traveler is increasingly demanding greater flexibility and independence from the established industry norms. One such market segment is the Backpackers!
The Backpacker market is one of the fastest growing sectors of world tourism, but also one of the least understood. In less than a decade, backpackers have grown from small numbers of independent travelers to an international phenomenon affecting all aspects of tourism.
The average Backpacker is a Foreign Independent Traveler (F.I.T.), traveling through multiple countries, staying at hostels, for a period of 2 months to a year or more. Studies have shown that 75% of Backpackers are between 20 and 29, 53% between 20-24, with an average age of 25. Over 50% stay for 6 weeks or more before moving to the next country. With an average of 15 years of school, backpackers are very well educated. Seventy three percent attended college or some post high school education, and an additional 32% have post graduate education . The most common travel motivations for Backpackers are seeking excitement t and adventure, meeting local people and fulfilling a lifelong dream. Their trips are often seen as a socially acceptable "sabbatical" from their careers, enabling them to develop temporary lifestyles characterized by spontaneity, flexibility and a lack of responsibility.
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