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Old 9th February 2009, 20:47
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A backpacker writes about her first two hostel experiences:
http://marquettejournal.org/2009/02/...o-hostel-life/

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I stayed at my first hostel two weeks ago in London....

Both the ... hostels may have been creepy, and dirty, and smelly, but they were a great place to acquaint ourselves with the backpacker way of life....
I thought it was an interesting read...
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And it mentions this commercial...

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It's interesting that they made an ad with a hostel in it...
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I canīt open the link :S
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I canīt open the link :S
Sorry about that, they moved the page. I updated the URL.
http://marquettejournal.org/2009/02/...o-hostel-life/
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It's interesting that they made an ad with a hostel in it...
its a start - at least they figure there are enough people out there whove had a hostel experience to make an ad for.
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It's interesting that they made an ad with a hostel in it...
I noticed the ad is marketing to that young,hip,tech savy Y generation. Not only will this generation be our guests but also future employees as well.I think as an Industry we should be paying alot of attention to this group.
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