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08 December 2021
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08 December 2021
Hostelworld Group plc
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Hostelworld and G Adventures join forces to change the face of
youth travel
'Roamies' combines the social hostelling experience with small
group adventure travel
Hostels have long been a cornerstone of the tourism eco-system,
making travel accessible and affordable, and fostering a sense of
community and camaraderie amongst young people keen to explore
together. It's this sense of community and joint passion for
innovation that has led Hostelworld and G Adventures to join forces
to bring a new style of travel to 18 to 35-year-olds - Roamies
.
This new collaboration launches with a collection of 38 tours in
15 countries staying across more than 50 hostels, and sees
travellers exploring iconic destinations with the world's hottest
hostels as their home-base - to both hang out and kick-start
adventures. Tours start to depart on May 08, 2022 and all are
available to book from today (December 08, 2021), with between 16
and 24 travellers sharing experiences on each departure. The
Roamies collection is the start of a longer-term partnership that
will see more tours being added across further locations.
Roamies captures the free-spirited nature of adventure travel
and combines it with the inherently social side of hostels. The
collection brings independently-minded travellers together to
explore the world on tours between five and 34 days duration, with
maximum freedom and flexibility. Extra free time, with optional
activities available to book, has been built in, with all trips
having the support of an expert chief experience officer (CEO)
every step of the way.
Gary Morrison, chief executive officer of Hostelworld Group,
said the partnership presented an exciting opportunity to create a
new type of backpacking adventure for young travellers. "Our
mission is to help hostellers meet other travellers they want to
hang out with while travelling, so partnering with G Adventures to
offer a combination of hostelling and adventure travel made
absolute sense. When young people travel, they want to do more than
just see places - they want to make meaningful connections and have
new experiences that positively change their perspective on
themselves and the world".
"We truly admire G Adventures' ability to create tailored group
tours that put meeting new people and supporting local communities
as the focal point, something our customers are extremely
passionate about. With so many young people missing out on trips of
a lifetime in the last couple of years, Roamies will offer them an
entirely new type of planned backpacking adventure in 2022," says
Morrison.
G Adventures' founder, Bruce Poon Tip, says the traveller has
changed following the pandemic, and the partnership was born out of
the desire to create something entirely new for younger travellers,
many of whom have been deprived of the opportunity to travel over
the past 20 months. "We've always had great respect for Hostelworld
- it's an amazing company with an incredible commitment to the
advancement of travel, a quality we appreciate and share. The
pandemic gave us the opportunity to act like a start-up again. As
we learned more about Hostelworld's business, we realized there was
an opportunity to create something special by bringing our brands
together to create the perfect mix of backpacking and organized
travel.
"Together we're creating a new style of travel for our customers
that will allow them to have a better travel experience and support
our model of community tourism, which is based on investing in as
many local and small businesses as possible. There is no better
representation of that than in the hostel market, of which many are
family-run businesses," says Poon Tip.
Roamies trips are priced from GBP149* (EUR169*) for a three-day
trip, and countries visited across the entire current collection
include Albania, Austria, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Montenegro, the
Netherlands, Peru, Thailand, and Vietnam. Example itineraries
follow:
-- The Peruvian Coast: Seafood, Sandboarding & Dune Buggies
- Buckle up for this five-day tour of the Peruvian coast. Heading
out from Lima, stop at a small coastal town to devour fresh seafood
and to try your hand at sandboarding before zooming around on dune
buggies at sunset. Spend a couple of nights by a desert oasis with
lots of time for optional activities nearby or at the hostel and
catch a boat to the Ballestas Islands before settling into your
hostel in the bohemian neighbourhood of Barranco that's jam-packed
with trendy bars, restaurants, and art galleries. Priced from
GBP449 (EUR499) for a five-day Roamies tour featuring funky hostels
like Kokopelli Hostel Barranco in Lima.
-- South East Asia Trifecta - Vietnam, Cambodia, and Bangkok -
With awesome hostels as home bases, start things off with a street
food crawl through bustling Ho Chi Minh City then hop on the back
of a motorbike to explore the Mekong delta. Relax on a beach-bed
with a cool drink on remote Koh Rong Samloem Island before the rush
of zipping around Phnom Penh on a cyclo tour. Are markets your
thing? Because we've got them all, from the buzzing Siem Reap night
market, to the edible insects and spiders of Skun Market. Finally,
head to Khao San Road for an epic party, bittersweet goodbyes, but
non-stop good times. Priced from GBP699 (EUR799) for an 11-day
Roamies tour which includes a stay at the Lub D Siem Reap with its
Instagram-worthy swim-up bar.
-- Central Mexico & Yucatan: Mexico City, Oaxaca, Oh Yeah -
They said it wasn't possible, but we went and did it anyway: we
combined the best of Central Mexico and the Yucatan into an
incredible 13-day adventure with awesome hostels at every stop.
Discover hidden (and delicious!) corners of Mexico City before
visiting the always-buzzing cities of Puebla and Oaxaca for more
culture and cuisine. Spend a couple of days at the beach, then fly
up to Mérida for jungle bikes and cenote swims. After that, check
out the massive pyramid at Chichen Itzá before finishing up at the
beach town of Tulum. Descend into a cenote for a delicious spread
of Yucatecan cuisine for dinner cooked over the fire Meet new
friends and get social at the hostels, including the stylish Che
Tulum Hostel & Bar . Priced from GBP1,249 (EUR1,399) for a
13-day Roamies tour.
-- Gotta-See Europe: Germany, Austria, Italy - Amsterdam to Rome
- with Europe's best-of-the-best destinations in between - yeah,
this epic 17-day, hostel-based adventure really is as good as it
sounds. Get up close to Berlin's history and vibrant art scene as
well as the jaw-dropping architecture of Prague and Vienna. Walk
along Europe's highest natural rock bridge at the Pravčická Gate,
and hike around a ridiculously scenic mountain lake on the way to
Salzburg. Get immersed in Innbruck's alpine charm and live out
Italian fantasies in the Tuscan countryside. Priced from GBP2,099 (
EUR2,379) for a 17-day Roamies tour staying in awesome hostels like
the Czech Inn in Prague.
Roamies tours will be sold by both Hostelworld and G Adventures,
as well as via travel agents. For more information or to book,
please visit: https://www.hostelworld.com/roamies/
ENDS
Notes to editors:
* Prices in GBP and EUR and do not include flights. For
inclusions, see links above.
Images can be found at this link:
https://brand.gadventures.com/c/66/jgymmPMj
Roamies logos can be found at this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1f_SBAjKf88J44Xt3UlRe3eQHn7XTXyo7
For further information, please contact:
Hostelworld Group plc
Gary Morrison Chief Executive Officer
Maryline Goldman Head of Global Communications maryline.goldman@hostelworld.com
Powerscourt
Eavan Gannon Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446
hostelworld@powerscourt-group.com
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