The How To Travel Series

It's not common to everybody - some need a little help

Recently we have been sitting together at wombat's head office and had a chat about good old times.

9 out of 11 officers have a vivid wombat's history, having started at wombat's as a receptionist or bartender. We all know how to hostel and how to travel.

Everybody can come up with a silly story or with a top ten of stupid questions. It's shocking how many people don't know how to do the most basic things in life, when they are already out there exploring the globe. For years we have been wondering about people who came up to reception and tried to make us believe, that their duvets wouldn't fit into their covers. Only to find out, that they tried to stuff them into the pillowcase. Once five guys came to the hostel bar paying drinks and cheering for a sixth guy, who turned out to be a Marine. Bartenders thought it was a stag do or a birthday party, but it turned out this guy just helped the others to make their bed, as they were struggling hard.

Laundry, please?

All of us had a moment when we were surprised by somebody in his twenties, confessing that he had never made his bed before.

The tons of questions regarding laundry. Or more specific the simple use of a washing machine. Some guests attempted to bribe receptionists to do the laundry for them. We once had a guy who spent a whole day waiting in the lobby and everytime he noticed, that somebody was changing money for the laundry at reception, he jumped at them and asked if they could do his laundry too.

He broke into tears when our receptionists kindly told him to do his laundry himself and even offered him detailed instructions. He was just too afraid to shrink his clothes.

How to travel

Yet there are also less particular questions and topics, that our fellow travellers need some explaination for. Questions like 'How does public transport work here?' or 'Which is the strongest Cocktail in your bar?' or 'What's the easiest way to see most of the sights here?'.

So we decided to dedicate part of our video content and a whole section of our Youtube Channel to this help content. Subscribe and we'll keep you posted and entertained with little help videos. Our coworkers won't run out of funny hostel stories to tell.

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