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Tag Archives: Backpacking

Female Solo Traveler – Girl about the Globe

Solo Female Travel - Stay at Hostels

Girl about the Globe is a new travel blog to inspire women to travel independently, smarter and more ethically. One goal of Girl about the Globe is to make a difference to local, small communities in form of projects – one footprint at a time for a better world. Founder of Girl about the Globe read more »

Top Backpacker Tips for Marrakesh

Top Backpacker Tips for Marrakesh - Hostel Travelers

When you are traveling to Marrakesh, you need to read first Gomio’s top backpacker tips for Marrakesh. Find out where you can get some local food for a fair price, what to take care about, and what you should not miss!

M&J Hostel in Rome turns 18

Cheap Hostels in Rome - M&J Hostel

M&J Hostel is a famous hostel in the city of Rome. It has one of the most unique locations for a hostel in Rome. The hostel is within walking distance of all the main sights, and just a 2 minute walk from Rome’s main train station “Termin”. Opened on 11th of May in 1995, the read more »

Top 15 Travel Songs for Hostel Travelers

Top Travel Song For Hostel Travelers

Everybody loves listening to some music and suddenly, without purpose, some special songs are turning into travel songs. Songs which were played by the guy with guitar in the hostel, or the song you listened to while walking along the beaches of California. You may have some flashbacks sitting in your car and listening to read more »

Hostel Recommendation – How to find a good hostel

Hote to find a good Hostel - Hostel Recommendation on Gomio

“Do you have any Hostel Recommendation for XYZ” – this might be one of the first questions you are asking your friends when you are planning your travels. And it makes so much sense to ask his own traveler friends. Maybe they’ve been to your destination previously, or maybe they now someone who’s been there. read more »

Hostel Definition – What is a Hostel?

Hostel Definition - What is a hostel

A Hostel definition is not the easiest task. To find a well-fitting and universally valid definition of what’s a hostel can be very complicated. Simply because the fact every hostel is a unique creation by its own. It is different in their ambient, in their facilities, and in their style and design. Last but not read more »

Backpacking and staying in Hostels is fatal

Backpacking and staying in hostels is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness...

Travel is fatal! You should seriously think about it twice if you really want to backpack the world, staying in Hostels, sharing stories and culture, connect to people with different backgrounds than you, speaking several languages, trying food from different countries, and so on! Be careful, there is a chance to loose “prejudice, bigotry, and read more »

Budget like a Backpacker: Tips to Travel Cheap

Budget like a Backpacker: Saving Money on your travels

You can’t put a price on an invaluable experience like traveling, but you can do your best to keep the price down. A big part of the backpacking lifestyle is the backpacker ‘s budget, that is, trying to make your buck last all the way across the continent and back. You may be filled with read more »

Urban Design Hostel in Madrid Downtown

Awesome Hostels Madrid - Room007 Ventura

Madrid is the capital of Spain right in the center of the country,  and therefore the city of the Spanish king, the home of the famous football club Read Madrid C.F. Beside of these not really surprising facts of Madrid, the Spanish capital offers their guests beautiful squares to enjoy your caña (small beer) with read more »

3 Social Hostels on Instagram

Hostel Laguna Park Cabarete, Dominican Republic

For a full backpacking and travel experience, the social life is very important. Therefore Gomio recommends to stay at a Social hostel to connect to fellow travelers, and by chance to connect to locals. Share your stories, share and get insider tips, get some more ideas where you can travel next – so stay in read more »