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This is the beginning of a HostelManagement.com Wiki. It is intended to be a community-written set of information and resources that are helpful for running hostels and starting new hostels. Feel free to jump in and start creating and editing pages. This Hostel Management Wiki is currently in a "beta" (testing) stage.
To edit pages just visit a page and click the "edit" tab. If you register and login before editing and adding pages there are more features. Either way, every version of every page is saved and can be viewed/reverted later if you make a mistake.
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Topics (in Progress)
To create a new page, login and click "edit" and then follow the formatting rules. To edit a page, just login and then visit the page and click "edit". Full instructions on how to edit/add pages can be found on the help pages.
Starting a Hostel
- Start a Hostel - Our community-written "Start a Hostel" Guide.
- Where to Open a Hostel - Areas that might be good for new hostels or not so good.
- Hostel Business Plan - Guidelines and framework for writing a hostel business plan
- Hostel Zoning Information - links to resources about zoning for hostels in different
- Providing Internet Access - how to setup Internet access terminals and a wireless access point
Running a Hostel
- How to Improve Hostel Reviews - How to improve the experience of your guests at your hostel(s)
- Reputation Management - how to monitor online reviews
- Hostel Marketing - a category page that lists other pages about marketing hostels
- Hostel Blogs - how to start a hostel blog
- How to Reduce Spam - how to make the daily task of sorting through spam more bearable
- Front Desk Manual - this will be a sample outline for a front desk procedure manual that hostels can use to develop their own front desk training manuals
- Computer Security - how to control virus and malware attacks on hostel computers at the front desk, Internet cafe, and backoffice
Hostel Trends
- List of Hostel Chains
- Hostel Trends -- links to articles and studies about backpacking trends
Stubs
Stubs are placeholders for pages that haven't been created yet. A list of stubs by category can be found here. Please feel free to jump in and edit pages.
