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How to Meet People While Traveling Alone with Hostelworld's Social Pass

How to Meet People While Traveling Alone with Hostelworld’s Social Pass

One of the biggest concerns for solo travelers, especially first-timers, is figuring out how to meet people while traveling. There are plenty of ways to make friends on the road, but Hostelworld just launched a new feature that’s about to change the game.  Most travelers know Hostelworld as the world’s largest hostel-booking platform. However, its […]

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Paolo, Nadine's dog on the beach in the North Coast, Egypt

Sahel Explained: A Foreigner’s Guide to the North Coast, Egypt

Locally referred to as “Sahel”, the North Coast, Egypt, is a premier summer destination that foreigners know almost nothing about. It’s an annual social phenomenon that Egyptian beach-goers experience every summer; one that’s notoriously difficult to explain to tourists, but I’ll do my absolute best.  To paint the picture, city dwellers escape Cairo’s brutal heat […]

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