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Hostel Packing Checklist
Just booked your first hostel stay and not quite sure about what to include in the packing? Don’t sweat! Here is The Dictionary’s ultimate packing check list for the ultimate hostel visit.
1. Leave the suitcase at home.
I know it might sound better to have a suitcase with wheels than have to carry a backpack with all your packing but trust me on this one; a good backpack will be your best friend.
2. Do not pack to much clothes.
I need to admit that I’m not the best when it comes to this point. I can never decide what I want to wear and I always feel like that extra dress or another pair of shoes might be good to have “just in case”. If you’re better than me when it comes to this you will thank me when you finally arrives at the hostel when you see how much suffering your dorm friends have to go through just because they didn’t follow my advise.
3. Invest in travel sized toiletries.
Your shoulders will thank you for not making them carry that extra weight of the big bottles, you will be thankful for that extra space you have in your backpack and your dorm friends will be thankful when you don’t take up all the space on the dorm sink. Enough said.
4. Leave the towel and bedding at home.
If you are staying at The Dictionary, all the bedding is provided and prepared before you arrive and you can rent a towel at most hostels you stay at so you don’t have to put a damp towel with all your other things in the backpack. If you insist on not paying a little extra for it, do not bring the nice, big and fluffy one, the smaller the better (as long as you don’t plan to run around the hostel in your towel).
5. Travel adaptor and chargers.
I guess you are exactly like me, feel half naked without your phone and other devices?
If yes, this point should be quite obvious but avoid bringing all devices that you own, never carry more than essentials.
6. Ear plugs.
You never know when you will have to share dorm with a snoring orchestra.
7. Headlight (and maybe an eye mask?).
Just to avoid being the annoying roomie who turn on the lights in the middle of the night, a head light or a small torch is good if you feel like you need to find something after lights out. An eye mask might be good in case you have dorm friends who aren’t as thoughtful as you are when it comes to sleeping hours.
8. Padlock
If you’re unlucky you might have some unpleasant dorm “friends” so it is always good to keep your valuables safely locked up when you’e not around. If you are staying at The Dictionary you can always buy one in the reception when you arrive if you don’t have one already.
9. Leave your goat at home!
Happy backpacking!
Kim