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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
edited January 2023 in General Chat
Sorry for so many questions regarding my iupcoming trip. I'm in Dublin for a week staying at a hostile. Should I bring my most prized posession? How safe are hostiles? Can I bring it without a fear of losing it if I leave it in the sleeping place? I looked online and it is a dorm type set up, no seperate rooms (kill me) Is it alright would you say? Its worth absoutly zero in cash to anybody at all, even the homeless crack head, but its worth everything to me.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Its spelt hostel, like I said hostile is a word meaning rude or unpleasant.

    I wouldn't take expensive electronics, but your general clothes and stuff like that should be fine. They may well have lockers you can use for expensive things.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    my_name wrote:
    Should I bring my most prized posession?

    This wouldn't be a cuddly lion friend, would it? :p;)

    Hostels are pretty safe, although there's a kind of unspoken honour-system between travellers and things do get stolen from time to time when there's an dodgy geezer about. When I was in Austria my friend had her Euros stolen from her backpack...but she really shouldn't have left them in there.

    If you're sensible and keep cash, cards, other "valuables" (as in, what others would see as valuable) with you then you'll be fine. As bongbudda said they often have lockers, though more often than not in hostels I've been in they've had a safe where they'll keep your passport, large amounts of currency etc at your request.

    If you haven't already, then it'd be a good idea to invest in some kind of padlock for your backpack/suitcase. Just a normal one would do, but you can get specialist ones from outdoorsy-type shops usually. Then you can shove all your important/sentimental/valuable items in the bag, secure them and leave them in the dorm without fretting! :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    are you gonna come over to England at any point?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'd go with most of this. Take sensible precautions and make sure your money and passport is with you all the time and it should be OK. Some of the Hostels in Europe are actually pretty nice places, I spent a fortnight in one in Paris which was great, but I'm not sure how that translates over to Ireland.
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    KimonoKimono Posts: 201 Trailblazer
    These wonderful articles might be of use to you:

    Hostels explained

    Finding a hostel

    Hostile hostels are a definite no-no...

    Bon voyage x
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    rainbow brite wrote:
    are you gonna come over to England at any point?

    or indeed Scotland.... only a short trip across the watter!

    ETA: When you off to Dublin?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think she's coming over for St Paddys day.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    briggi wrote:
    This wouldn't be a cuddly lion friend, would it? :p;)

    ! :)

    Maybe ;)

    Hey, after a few drinks he was looking at me so cuddly and cute and the question arosed to me. Unless somebody is going to steal my really neat shoes i guess I have nothing else of any value. Thanks for the info people

    And sorry, i cant spell and "hostile" just came to my head at the moment :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    if it means that much to you, don't bring it. Its not worth taking the risk of it being lost or stolen.

    I hope you do come to england, love to see ya ;-)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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