<p>S, who will graduate from HS this June, is planning a European trip with 2 friends over the summer and plans on staying a various hostels. Two of them are already 18, but the third friend will not turn 18 until October. We have found some conflicting information online about hostel regulations: some appear to require guests to be at least 18-- others state no lower age limit.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any experience with this? Obviously, we’d hate for them to arrive, only to find out the younger friend is denied accommodations.</p>
<p>I just check the website for The Flying Pig Hostels in Amsterdam (as an example), and it does say that guests must be between the ages of 18 and 40.</p>
<p>Yes, I came across the Flying Pig website too-- just wondered if this was a general regulation for hostels of if the over 18 rule was particular to this one hostel.</p>
<p>I would check with STA travel, since they are more familiar with hostels that are abroad. They would probably have more info regarding rules and regulations. You might also want to post/check CC’s Study Abroad section as well. I would hope that there are some hostels that allow under 18-year-olds. It sounds like it depends on the location.</p>
<p>look for family hostels, not just “youth hostels”…some are limited to the “youth” crowd, while others are more flexible…I mean where would i stay? so yeah, jsut keep looking</p>
<p>its worth going to the book store travel section, there are several books about hostels</p>