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Glasnow has gone on at least one, and sometimes two, major trips every offseason for a decade or so, often traveling solo and staying in youth hostels during his minor league years before upgrading his accommodations as his big league income grew.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
After all, youth hostels have been around for over a century.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
Lucy Josephs’s online search last year for lodging on the Adriatic coast led her to a youth hostel in Kotor, Montenegro, that stood out for exceptionally high online ratings from thousands of satisfied customers.
—Harriet Torry, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
Eager to follow in Elon’s footsteps, James left South Africa, briefly living a nomadic lifestyle in youth hostels before pursuing a higher education at UC Berkeley (for which Elon paid).
—Kylie Robison, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
On that trip, McNally explored the island by bicycle, sleeping on the beach in Menemsha or in youth hostels.
—Kate Betts, ELLE Decor, 13 Apr. 2023
That place wasn’t communal the way a lot of youth hostels were.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2023
This chapter of the saga was made more complicated after a father and son whom Granda knew then sued both him and the Falwells, saying they were promised a stake in the Miami Beach youth hostel the Falwells purchased in exchange for a hand in helping put the business together.
—Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 24 Aug. 2020
Luxembourg City’s youth hostel, which is just one of more than 3,000 locations within the Hostelling International network, was extensive.
—Erin Henk, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
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First Known Use
1929, in the meaning defined above
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“Youth hostel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/youth%20hostel. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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