International Youth Hostel Handbook 1./Guide International des Auberges de la Jeunesse 1. /Internationales Jugendherbergs-Verzeichnis 1. 1984/85

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INTRODUCTION (English)
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YOUR HOSTEL TRAVEL GUIDE
This handbook is intended to help you plan your hostelling trip abroad, and is based on
information supplied by national youth hostel organizations last autumn. A new edition is
brought out each year.
WHAT ARE YOUTH HOSTELS?
1. Youth hostels offer low-cost accommodation to young people on their travels.
2. They vary greatly from country to country and even within a country. Some hostels are in old houses or castles, or modern buildings which have been built specially, but you will also find hostels which only provide the most basic accommodation.
3. They provide separate sleeping accommodation and washing and toilet facilities for men and for women. Accommodation is usually in dormitories (generally bunk beds), sometimes with as few as 4 beds, sometimes as many as 20.
4. Usually there is a common room, where hostellers can meet each other on an informal basis.
5. There may be facilities for guests to cook their own meals.
6. Hostels are supervised by "wardens" or "hostel managers", who in many cases provide economical meals. In larger hostels there is often a cafeteria.
7. In smaller hostels guests are often requested to share in duties around the hostel (cleaning, sweeping out their room, etc).
8. Youth hostels do not usually offer hotel standards of comfort and service, but many do provide quality accommodation and facilities.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH HOSTEL
FEDERATION
In each country listed in this handbook, there is a national youth hostel Association which runs the hostels in that country. Through the extensive network of hostels, young people can be helped to appreciate the tourist attractions in towns and cities as well as the countryside. The national Associations are members of the International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF), whose aim is to facilitate international travel and understanding among young people.
WHO MAY USE YOUTH HOSTELS?
You will need a valid youth hostel membership card to use youth hostels.
1. IN ORDER TO USE THE YOUTH HOSTELS OF ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, YOU WILL REQUIRE A MEMBERSHIP CARD ISSUED BY YOUR YOUTH HOSTEL ASSOCIATION (PROVIDED THAT IT IS A MEMBER OF THE IYHF). IF THE CARD CONTAINS A TRIANGLE WITH 'IYHF' IN IT, PLUS THE CURRENT YEAR, IN A RECTANGLE, YOU WILL NOT NEED ONE CARD TO USE YOUTH HOSTELS IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY AND A SECOND ONE TO DO SO ABROAD.
2. IF YOU LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A RECOGNIZED YOUTH HOSTEL ASSOCIATION, YOU CAN OBTAIN AN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH HOSTEL GUEST CARD FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF THE COUNTRY YOU ARE VISITING. IT IS VALID IN ANY COUNTRY WHOSE YOUTH HOSTEL ASSOCIATION IS AN IYHF MEMBER (OR CORRESPONDING ASSOCIATION). FOR 1984, IT COSTS THE LOCAL CURRENCY EQUIVALENT OF US $12.00. THIS CARD IS VALID UNTIL 31 JANUARY OF THE YEAR AFTER THAT SHOWN ON THE STAMP ON THE CARD.
3. ASSOCIATIONS WILL ALSO ISSUE AN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH HOSTEL GUEST CARD TO ANY FOREIGNER WHO HAS NOT OBTAINED A NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP CARD BEFORE GOING ABROAD. Vissza