backpacker hotels in new zealand

why dont you want to stay at the backpackers hotel like all the other foreigners in new zealand?

because they are lame

but it's the norm, young travelers here are expected to stay at the backpackers hotel, didn't you hear?

actually i did hear it, but it's still lame, I'm not gonna pay for sleeping, at least not for sleeping in a filthy crowded place, for that i can just sleep on the street. when one pays for a hotel one pays for privacy, if you're not gonna get that why paying in the first place?

as i said, social conventions dictate that they HAVE to stay at the hostel, share the room with many people, and socialize with them of course

that's non-sense, I don't want to socialize! what am I supposed to talk about with all this people?

I don't know, you'll think of something

and what if I can't afford it?

in that case you borrow money from someone and stay there anyway

crazy, do you even know how expensive those places are?

yeah, anything between 20 and 35 dollars for a dorm room depending on the city

alright lets say its 30, that's almost a thousand dollars a month for a dorm room, it's just too much

well you're not in asia anymore

regardless of the country, lets say it costs 25 per night, and they have 15 rooms with 4 beds each, that's more than 40.000 net profit a month. and they don't pay taxes, they give you no invoice, they don't pay their employees because they always have someone working for accommodation, they charge you for things that are provided free in any other country, like internet and towels. There's is not one hostel or backpackers hotel in new zealand that provides free internet and that's like the very basic thing they should provide for travelers, well besides the bed of course.

how do you know so much about this places if you don't use them?

alright alright, i did go to one in auckland when just arrived in new zealand, they said it was 32 dollars and then they said it was 5 more per day if i wanted internet.

alright, they are a bit overpriced, but i think most people who stay there don't really pay for the bed, but for the experience, they get to meet so many people in a very very short amount of time

like speed dating

exactly like speed dating, you know they are young, they are on holidays and they want to have fun. what is 30 dollars if you can meet 50 people of the opposite sex in a relaxed environment and hook up with some of them

I see, so they pay to hook up. that means I've been doing it wrong all this time.

it's ok you didn't know, you thought they were just paying for a place to stay because they are rich and too good to sleep on the streets

well, whatever, I'm not all that into promiscuity anyway

you don't have to, you can also meet that special someone there and you know you can actually find so many free stuff there, things people left behind like tents, sleeping bags, laptops, lots of clothes and gadgets

who would leave their laptop behind?

they just forget them or get tired of carrying them around so they leave them there

so if i pay 30 i can get a girl, new clothes, tent and laptop

and more, sometimes people left behind food and shoes,

food, girl and laptop? really?

really

but still, 30 dollars, oh man

you could always sneak in, worse case scenario they kick you out, they're not gonna call the police, doors are always open and the staff doesn't know most of the people staying there

you and me? sneak in together?

yeah and him

him too?

yes

alright, this trio could work!