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Pippi Longstocking Festival

The Pippi Longstocking Festival is held in Velenje, just 50km from Maribor the European Capital of Culture 2012. Pippi Longstocking is famous and well known for her mischievousness, two red pigtails, freckles and colourful socks.The Pippi Longstocking Festival is held

Photo of the week: Dubrovnik in Croatia

Dubrovnik in Croatia is the beautiful setting for this week’s winner of our Photo of the Week. We caught up with Neil and found out how this great photo came about.

San Diego Art Show – Going Beyond Beds

Our Downtown San Diego hostel is hosting a series of unique art shows focusing on local artists from the San Diego area. More than 50 artists is be exhibiting. Our Downtown San Diego hostel is hosting a series of unique

How to avoid paying for excess baggage

Excess baggage charges can increase the cost of your holiday significantly. Here is our first travel tech article which focuses on a product we believe will help you avoid these charges. Excess baggage charges can increase the cost of

How to stay fashionable while travelling

Living out of a backpack is not an ideal why to look and feel stylish however guest blogger Lauren O’Connor has given us her top tips on how to stay fashionable while travelling. Living out of a backpack is not

12 tips for safe travel

Traveling can be an extremely rewarding experience full of new adventures but many experienced travellers will tell you that it comes with its own challenges and difficulties. We’ve put together 12 tips on how to stay safe when you travel

A walk through Lisbon’s streets

Guest blogger, Erika Martin tells us about her personal experiences when she visited Lisbon, Portugal. She provides an insight into some of the history and culture she discovered as well as a few photos of what to expect.

15 ways to save money while traveling

Here is a collection of tips for travellers to save money while they travel. From cheaper flights to cutting your food bill we have put together 15 we believe should help.

Photo of the Week by SupperBri

The winner of this weeks’ Photo of the Week goes to SupperBri who sent in the wonderful photo of Brick Lane in London. We asked Bri to tell us a little more about the photo. The picture was taken at Brick

Competition Time on HI Argentina Facebook Page

Today is competition time on HI Argentina Facebook Page! Visit HI Argentina on Facebook and all you have to do is Like their page and say why you deserve to win! The prize will be ten free nights at any

Piknic Electronik: Montreal’s unique weekly event!

Piknic Electronik is a weekly summer celebration in Montreal, Canada that combines the very best of hedonism and discovery. It’s a great discovery of electronic music through the ages in a beautiful outdoor setting.Piknic Electronik is a weekly summer celebration

Sampa Hostel in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sampa Hostel is a great place in the very heart of Sao Paulo, at Vila Madalena, a charming, cosy and cultural district of São Paulo which is full of bars, restaurants, discos, art galeries, and much more.Sampa Hostel is a

HI Newsletter: Great Deals and Travel Tips

The HI Newsletter is one of the easiest ways to keep up to date with everything that is happening within our HI global organisation – from new hostel openings, to the latest sustainability projects and of course all of our