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Caribbean, St. Lucia, Tips, Planning and Packing, Travel

Staying with a Local Host Family in St. Lucia

Traveling through the Caribbean is not cheap, especially if you're looking for accommodation. It might be cheap by some standards, but by backpacker standards everything can be a bit pricey. There's no $2 rooms like in Southeast Asia and virtually no hostels to be seen. We found our best bet was to look on websites like Couchsurfing.com, which we didn't get a chance to use, and Air BnB, which we used in Tobago and St. Lucia. Lucky for us we found an amazing host in St. Lucia, who welcomed us into her home like we were family. I had never before stayed with a loca[...]

Tips, Planning and Packing, Travel

The Benefits Of Staying In Hostels

“Aren’t you afraid someone is going to steal all of your stuff?” “What if you get murdered in your sleep?” “People there are just so… dirty.” “You’ll end up with bed bugs!” “Haven’t you seen that movie?!” I have heard it all, every negative remark regarding hostels. People think that hostels are dirty, smelly, unsanitary and unsafe. Stained bed sheets, bed bugs, filthy bathrooms; the list goes on. Thankfully, they never stopped me from trying it out myself. When I was planning my first trip, hotels didn’t even cross my mind.[...]