Jobs in Youth Hostels
Youth hostels are a budget-friendly alternative to hotels for travelers worldwide. Instead of renting an entire room as in a hotel, youth hostel guests rent a single bed in dormitory-style accommodations and share a common bathroom. Most youth hostels also have a large common room, sometimes offering internet access and an attached bar or restaurant. Due to their inexpensive nature, hostels are generally frequented by young travelers, and the communal nature of the accommodation allows guests to meet other travelers and have a shared experience. Frequented by foreigners, most hostels hire primarily multi-lingual workers, including foreign employees. Given the multi-faceted function of hostels, workers can be hired to do a variety of jobs.
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Welcome Desk
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Welcome Desk employees at hostels welcome guests, check their reservations, assign them their rooms, and answer any questions that guests may have regarding the set up or rules of the specific hostel. Most hostels provide bedding for guests, which is generally distributed at the front desk. While many hostels prefer to have a multi-lingual staff, this quality is especially important for Welcome Desk employees, as they deal directly with customers and their questions or concerns.
Cleaning Crew
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Hostels, just like hotels, need cleaning crews to maintain the appearance and cleanliness of the rooms and bathroom facilities. Most hostels provide bedding but have the guests apply it themselves to their chosen beds, so the work cleaning hostel rooms does not include bed-making. However, as hostel guests often only stay for one night or two, laundry is done frequently to provide all guests with clean linens.
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Bar/Restaurant Worker
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Some hostels have bar and/or restaurant facilities that facilitate socializing and mingling amongst travelers. Specific bar and restaurant duties vary hostel to hostel, but most call for a friendly disposition, enjoyment of a bar ambiance, flexible hours and eagerness to get to know hostel guests.
Tour Guide
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While most hostels do not employ workers with the sole job of guiding tours and showing guests around, this is not an uncommon part of a hostel worker's responsibilities. Hostel guests are travelers from different cities and often different countries, meaning they likely do not know their way around and often do not speak the language of the country. Hostel workers are often responsible for giving directions to guests, particularly to main tourist attractions and to popular bars or restaurants in the area. Some hostels even conduct guided tours to such places for interested guests.
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