Hostelling drags itself into the 21st century with Generator

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• Doug says:

  19 Apr19 April 10:37

  I’ve stayed in the Generator hostels in Copenhagen and Berlin. I’m a lot older than their usual demographic and have always booked rooms with private facilities, solo in Copenhagen and with my sons at the two properties in Berlin. The accomodation, as expected, is basic but it’s all very clean and the shower facilities were fine. All had free wifi.
  In both Copenhagen and Berlin the hostel bars were lively and competitively priced and the locations were good. For the price I paid they were a very good deal, particularly the Copenhagen one.

  • Polly says:

    19 Apr19 April 10:56

    Douglas, do you know if there is a good hostel with private facilities near CPH airport, as I was thinking about that before our HKT flights and on return. Seems like a good option for us lot on our cheapo ex EU flights. Some of the NYC ones are amazing ESP the old Vanderbilt building one. And a fab one in NY Chelsea area too.

    • JoeMcluskey says:

      19 Apr19 April 11:42

      Hi Polly,

      I would recommend Zleep Hotel Copenhagen Airport. It is absolute basic but you have your own room and it will take you 5 min with the train direct to the airport.

      You check in on a machine and its quite cheap, I think I paid around 480 dkr / 50 quid a night.

      But I would suggest staying in the city centre of CPH and its very easy to get to the airport. The metro goes to the airport and takes 15 mins.

    • TJ says:

      19 Apr19 April 14:35

      Quick Copenhagen tip – use Uber! It’s pretty new there, and the quality of the cars is…inconsistent, but the drivers were always friendly.

      The taxis in Copenhagen are VERY expensive, and have predefined rates for airport runs which make them at least 4 or 5 times the price of an Uber doing the same journey.

      Things not covered: FOREX fees on your credit card if you’re not using Lloyds, trains also run airport to central, and the fact taxis are everywhere, Uber might be a short wait.

      • Ben says:

        19 Apr19 April 20:15

        Why does Lloyds save you the forex fees?

        • Rob says:

          19 Apr19 April 20:19

          Because there are no foreign exchange fees on the Lloyds Avios Rewards cards (not the old-style Lloyds Avios cards).

• Doug says:

  19 Apr19 April 11:37

  Can’t help with other hostels I fear as this was my one and only visit to Copenhagen. If you don’t mind the trip to the centre the nearest metro station to the Generator hostel, about 5-10 minutes walk away, is on the line from the airport and takes about 15 minutes on the train.

  • Polly says:

    19 Apr19 April 18:20

    Thanks all for CPH tips, may well go into the city if the metro is that easy.

• Blackberryaddict says:

  19 Apr19 April 12:05

  Very timely post. I now have kids that go interrailing (they got fed up having to come with mum and dad on CW redemptions 😉 ), so I’ll forward this post to them.

• sandgrounder says:

  19 Apr19 April 12:49

  Student halls of residence offer good value in the holidays. http://www.lsevacations.co.uk is worth a look for the budget traveller to london who wants a bit more privacy than a hostel bed, but would still like to meet other young people. I spent a good twelve months on the pool table at Rosebery a couple of decades ago!

  • Hingeless says:

    19 Apr19 April 12:57

    12 months?

    • sandgrounder says:

      19 Apr19 April 14:45

      Ok September to June so nine. Seems longer in your youth though…..

• Matt says:

  19 Apr19 April 14:45

  I’m 30 now and have always split my travelling life between nice hotels and fun hostels where you meet a lot of people.

  I would warn people though, that Generator hostels are mega party hostels so you have to expect them to be loud at night.

  • amex? says:

    19 Apr19 April 19:46

    Too old for that sh/t now but when I was a bit younger going thru Aus, I saw a few hostels.

    OK the price is right but when the bed next door to you brings back a gel and sh@gs her noisily for a wee whiley plus all the unwelcome old pants, whews, grimaces, exhalations – it does sort of poison your stay.

    That’s Labour for you, by the way.

• Justin says:

  20 Apr20 April 10:12

  Have just come back from a hen party weekend in Hamburg, where the majority of people stayed at the Generator, and spent a lot of time there – although I stayed at the Radisson Blu. Was impressed with the cleanliness and the style of the hostel though. The staff still have a hostel feel to them and everything comes at an added cost, eg towels, padlock rental, lost keys. There were a lot of stag parties there as you could imagine, but also some ‘older’ clientele as well. Perfect if you are traveling in a group, but with a private room for single occupancy at 130€ p/n it was almost half price for me to stay in the Radisson instead.

• callum says:

  22 Apr22 April 07:04

  Generators tend to be souless and generic. I can see why that would be appealing to the hotel crowd but I don’t think they’re great for actual backpackers.

  They certainly aren’t worth highlighting anyway (though I appreciate you know nothing on this topic so had to rely on the press release!).

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