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Hostels Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels

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Hostelsvary widely, withrules and regulationsdepending on the hostel, so expect to see a lot of "generally"s and "usually"s in this article. A few hostels impose a curfew, while most modern hostels let guests come and go at all hours. Some hostels impose a limit to the number of days you can stay though this is increasingly rare and usually not the case in backpacker hostels in Europe, Australia and North America. Some hostels have age limits: a minimum age (unless accompanied) and sometimes a maximum age. In a few instances, the older requirement that guests have to provide their own sheets or a "sleep sack" (a sheet folded over and sewn into a sleeping bag) still exists, though most hostels now prohibit guests from using their own linens to prevent them from bringing bedbugs into the hos

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