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VIP Backpacker cards / Hostel World Cards

  • 31-05-2011 8:20am
    #1
    eibhling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    Hea,
    i'm planning a round the world trip very soon, and trying to do this on a shoe string budget. I have come across VIP Backpacker cards and hostel world cards on the net, and i am wondering if they are any use?

    Has anyone personal experience with them?

    Are they worth the money?

    Do you have to stay at more expensive hostels/hotels to get proper use out of them?

    All advise would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,
    e
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  • #2
    AlkalineAcid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 281 ✭✭AlkalineAcid


    Hostel World give you a free 6 month "gold card" for use online for signing up. Just found it last night. It saves you €1.50 for each booking.

    It does the same thing as the card you can purchase.

    http://www.hostelworld.com/student


  • #3
    undo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭undo


    AlkalineAcid wrote: »
    Hostel World give you a free 6 month "gold card" for use online for signing up. Just found it last night. It saves you €1.50 for each booking.

    It does the same thing as the card you can purchase.

    http://www.hostelworld.com/student

    Even better, after you have made a single booking, you get a code that will remove the €1.50 fee for life. I have been using my code for years. I never understood why anyone would buy the gold card.


  • #4
    AlkalineAcid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 281 ✭✭AlkalineAcid


    I didn't get that code last night!!


  • #5
    undo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭undo


    I just checked my old e-mails. It seems that I remembered wrong and you get the code on your third booking, not your first one. It may have been a limited-time promotion as the link that took me to the code back then no longer works. Then again, the link is from 2007 and may have changed since.

    Either way, the code I got in 2007 is for life and has been working perfectly for the past four years.


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