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02-29-2008, 03:20 PM
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Severe scarcity of beds in England right now!
I've been here for most of February, which is considered the off season, but by how difficult is to find a bed you'd think it was July! Three times already I've had to leave a London hostel because they booked up before I could extend my stay. If fact that happened just today. Since I was moving out, I tried to find someplace outside of London to stay this weekend. First I tried Bath - nothing available tomorrow night. Tried Oxford - everything full. Tried Bristol - BRISTOL! Both hostels were full. Finally the hostel in Salisbury said they have male bed for tomorrow night. You'd think this was a bank holiday weekend or something! So a warning to anyone traveling in England anytime soon - book all accommodations well ahead! Do NOT attempt to just show up and walk in, or you WILL be sleeping in the streets!
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03-01-2008, 01:51 AM
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Thank you for the update! 
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03-01-2008, 03:41 AM
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I am finding something somewhat similar in Spain. For the first time, I also was booted from a hostel before I could book it.
Also, despite the dollar plunge, I am meeting a lot of Americans traveling...way more than in my past experiences. Weird...
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03-02-2008, 12:05 PM
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How strange, I wonder what could be responsible for this?!
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03-05-2008, 09:32 AM
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The hostels tell me that they have a lot of large groups coming in, especially on weekends. Often they fill multiple rooms. Groups this size, obviously, have to book ahead. As a result, so does everybody else.
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03-06-2008, 02:37 AM
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Must be the group thing. Over here across the Channel, I've seen shit-tons of big student groups out on the weekends, and they've all got to stay somewhere. I thought the summer was the season for that, but apparently it goes on for a few weeks around this time of year, too.
Interestingly enough, here it's coincided with Fashion Week, so you see the touristy parts of Paris flooded by hordes of snot-nosed little kids as well as super-hot fashionistas.
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