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As a male, I’d recommend booking a private room or a public 2-4 female only room if possible. Hostels are a ton of fun.
Make sure the hostel vibe is up your alley (party oriented or not), having done solo trips in my 20s I loved them, have a back up hotel (or another hostel) you would go to the next day if it isn’t your cup of tea
You look it up.
There is a high chance you will be that creepy older woman since the average hostel dweller is very early 20s. Then there is low standard the accommodations and personal hygiene of your fellow hostelers! I took a 6 month solo journey and found cooking classes, group tours, and meet ups/FB groups a more meaningful way to meet new people.
I’m leaving this weekend, I’ll give updates!
What did you end up booking?
I’d only do it in a single room and in a hostel with air conditioning if visiting over the summer. Even in Scotland. It might be impossible to find a hostel with ac there…but I’m a hot head.
Hostels can be a lot of fun. Usually plenty people to do activities with.
Update: I did the hostel route. Very good variety of ages and I am having a great time!
Stayed in dozens and dozens of hostels in my life. They absolutely vary in cleanliness, safety etc.
Most hostels have bunk rooms that are female only - you could have 5 other 21 year olds partying till 2am or 5 other 60 year olds snoring all night. Bunk rooms are always a roll of the dice. Booking.com and Hostelworld.com usually have pictures of the rooms/ facilities.
If you’re social and can handle a little grunge it can be really awesome. If you’re a light sleeper/ travel with a ton of valuable etc I would get a private room
I don’t find hostels are a great way to meet people as a woman in my upper 30s. It’s primarily young-20s, and that feels too far out of my age range to make friends. I do still stay in them periodically as I enjoy having community spaces to sit in and a kitchen. And every once in a while I’ll meet people. For me the sweet spot is a room of 8, or I’ll do a single. Much larger than 8 and weird things often happen. Smaller you’ll sometimes experience things like 3 people who know each other booking the room and just hoping no one else books.
I decided to go ahead and just do it - staying in a 8-bed all female room in Old Town Edinburgh. If it’s bad, I know I can afford a hotel nearby but this has been something I’ve been curious about and wanted to try!
If you can afford a hotel, you should stay in a hotel and find other opportunities to meet local people, especially as the hostel folks aren’t (generally) Scottish.
How was your experience?