Lower Cost travel for the young and "creative"

Youth Hostel on 11th Street NW, Washington, DC.

Today's Post has an article about hostels in the Mid-Atlantic, "Hostel Sleepover: With a mix of ages and nationalities, the least expensive lodging can also be the most fun. Hostels are a good source for low-cost lodging, and are particularly utilized by college and slightly post-college age people from around the world.

For awhile I've been thinking about "youth" and "senior" hostels as being an important element of opening a community up to different segments of tourism, especially the young, and travelers from other countries.

I think the fact that Baltimore and Pittsburgh (and Cleveland and Detroit) don't have youth hostels is a bad thing, and that part of the planning processes in these communities to enhance cultural heritage tourism would be to foster the development of such facilities.

Bank Street Hostel in Center City Philadelphia.

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