Hit 30 nights in hostels this year and I'm over the private room hype

Everyone says pay extra for a private room to save your sanity, but after 30 nights in shared dorms across four countries, I actually sleep better with strangers snoring around me. The social vibe keeps me from doomscrolling at 2 AM and I save $15-20 per night easy. Anyone else weirdly prefer the bunk bed chaos?

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jamieperez14d ago

Last summer in a hostel in Budapest I had this guy in the bunk below me who snored so loud it sounded like a lawnmower, but somehow it became my white noise machine. I actually missed it when he checked out (weird, right?).

lily39414d ago

It's funny how our brains just latch onto weird rhythms like that. Kind of like how I always find myself missing the sound of the train tracks near my old place even though I used to complain about it. There's this whole thing with humans getting attached to background noise that's both annoying and predictable. It's like our brains treat consistency as safety, even if that consistency is a lawnmower snore.