Dealing with weird or creepy roommates in cheap hostels
Staying in the cheapest available hostel dorms often exposes travelers to unsettling and bizarre behavior from other guests, such as strangers silently watching them without invitation. This makes it difficult to feel safe or comfortable in the room, turning what should be a cheap place to sleep into an intimidating experience.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1leaving the hostel in the middle of the night
- 2sleeping outside or under a bridge
- 3avoiding staying in hostels altogether
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I was pretty short on money so I bought the cheapest hostel I could find on hostel word which was about 10 Euros, I to the location but struggle to find the entrance because it was an unmarked, graffitied security door which lead down a hallway to the room”source ↗
“Had a weird german guy just come into our dorm and sit in the corner watching a mate and I watch a skateboard film on my laptop.”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
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- 6How to handle tenants who demand compensation for every little thing
- 3How to stop unwanted small talk with a plane seatmate
- 4Previous owners coming over uninvited after selling the house