Travel in style on a budget with these fun design hostels around the globe. Hostels are more fun! Would you like to explore cities with like-minded people when you travel? Live the local life, and take part in communal activities? A new wave of hostels is emerging that offer just that, with an extra shot of service and comfort. From outdoor swimming pools to rooftop dinners, co-working spaces to Spanish cooking lessons, the services and facilities on offer are outstanding. And all can be enjoyed from the convenience of a private room. The Grand Hostels will provide you with insights beyond just price and location. The hostels featured are perfect for foodies, outdoors-types, and digital nomads alike, as well as for short city breaks. Award-winning journalist Kash Bhattacharya, a.k.a. BudgetTraveller, reveals his secret tips on where to find luxury hostels across the world, and how to eat out, party or unwind like a true local. Turn your travels into experiences to remember for a lifetime! “From India to Peru, all these places offer boutique-hotel touches at budget prices.” ― The Guardian “As the number of savvy global travelers skyrockets, it’s little surprise that hostels have had to grow up in the design department.” ― Architectural Digest “BudgetTraveller (aka travel blogger Kash Bhattacharya) turns his skilled skinflintery to sourcing the world’s snazziest hostels in this hand-picked selection of the world’s most luxurious places to bed down a budget.” ― NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER “Travel blogger and author Kash Bhattacharya (…) who was National Geographic Traveller’s ‘Blogger of the Year 2016’, has curated the great and the good of hostels around the world into this hardback guidebook, which is beautifully bound and as pleasing to hold as it is informative and inspiring to read.” ― TRAIL MAGAZINE “The Grand Hostels includes the best accommodations of the kind around the world.” ― TIME OUT “Bhattacharya, author of the savvy blog Budget Traveller, shares some of his favorite budget-friendly yet design-conscious and comfort-laden hostels.” ― BOOKLIST - staying in hostels is the new back packing. - the embracing and immersive hospitality at hostels and the spirit of being surrounded by like-minded people appeals to young readers across the world. - travelling on a budget does not have to mean saving on comfort and style. - more than 140 hostels form all over the world. - includes background information, hints and recommendations for each place to stay. - author and co-editor Kash Bhattacharya (aka The Budget Traveller) operates a corresponding blog for more than 15 years and travelled all places personally. KASH BHATTACHARYA, aussi connu sous le nom de Budget Traveller, s’attache depuis neuf ans à révolutionner les expériences des voyageurs branchés, amoureux du design mais également sensibles au prix, et il a été sacré en 2016 « Blogueur de l’année » par le magazine National Geographic Traveller. Kash relate dans son blog ses séjours dans les auberges de luxe des métropoles du monde entier et dévoile au lecteur où il pourra trouver dans chaque ville la meilleure et la plus authentique « streetfood ». KASH BHATTACHARYA, aussi connu sous le nom de Budget Traveller, s’attache depuis neuf ans à révolutionner les expériences des voyageurs branchés, amoureux du design mais également sensibles au prix, et il a été sacré en 2016 « Blogueur de l’année » par le magazine National Geographic Traveller. Kash relate dans son blog ses séjours dans les auberges de luxe des métropoles du monde entier et dévoile au lecteur où il pourra trouver dans chaque ville la meilleure et la plus authentique « streetfood ».