Joy of having a hostel

I referred 3 guests to The Hive a couple of days ago as my place does not have a private room available for them to extend their stay. This morning, when they left Singapore, they actually came over to my hostel and to thank me for the stay!

It is such a good feeling when you know that your guests enjoyed their stay with you! 

Being a fellow backpacker, I realised how important the accommodation is. If you are staying in a normal place, the joy of being in a foreign country only comes from sightseeing and exploring new places. If you are staying in a fantastic place, you can also experience joy from talking to people and it sort of makes the trip complete!

This is one of the core value of the hostel: to create a home away from home!

A great new year!

The hostel was up for 43 days in year 2009! So how have it been?

Let me just sum up the many first in 2009...

1. 1st day of opening

2. 1st customer (buying apple juice)
   

3. 1st staying guest

 

4. 1st hostelworld guest

5. 1st hostelbookers guest

6. 1st guy who uploaded his music in my netbook (first guy from the left)

   
7. 1st guests who picked the pictures to put in the room that they are staying in

8. 1st guest who helped me to write 'welcome' in his own language (Hebrew) on my wall

9. 1st month anniversary

                                                  

                                               

10. 1st guests who took pictures for me in my hostel

                                     

11. 1st present a guest had given me

                                     

12. 1st backpack requested by me to be given to the hostel (disclaimer: the guest was about to throw this away that is why I requested!)

                                                    

13. 1st christmas spent at the hostel

                                                    

I guess this is all before this entry starts getting boring. And you guys can possibly tell that I am just giving an excuse to upload pictures without much writing as I know I always prefer pictures to words!

It is a new year ahead, and I got a feeling that this will be a great year! Thank you guys for making the last 43 days of 2009 so amazing!

Happy New Year!