The expert panel
This week's question ... Which is your favourite hostel?
Top 10 boutique hostels in eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is offering better value than ever, and these boutique hostels can make a non-eurozone trip even cheaper
Capital gains
The lavish design hotel Sanctum Soho and the St Pancras hostel are two very different new arrivals on the London accommodation scene
Boutique hostels by the beach
Get sea, sun and style from as little as £11 a night with our pick of the best hostels for beach-lovers
A run for your money
The Alps for for £399? Absolutely - if you're willing to stay in a hostel, writes Jamie Doward
Hoscars’ top 10 UK hostels
Find style and comfort on a budget at the UK's best hostels, as voted at this year's Hoscars awards
The official hot hostel list
Who cares about the Oscars? The Hoscars have just been announced, honouring the world's most popular hotels, including the first British representative. Dixe Wills reports
Five best … ski hostels
Bring down the cost of your ski trip with our pick of places to call home from under £15 a night
Away in a manger
Winter walks on the doorstep, wood-burning stoves and all under £20. Kevin Rushby on the affordable way to enjoy the great outdoors
Hostels: the new green
Suddenly budget accommodation is everywhere, hogging the headlines; all shiny low-cost chic
Stockholm’s airport gets hotel with wings
Retired Boeing 747-200 to become a 25-room hostel near Arlanda airport
Credit crunch fuels a bargain holiday boom
Coach trips, hostels and cheap destinations are becoming increasingly popular
Super digs
Hamburg's 'hostel-hotel-lounge' housed in a former printworks
Top 10 hostels
Forget the Olympic village. You can experience the same cramped multicultural atmosphere at one of Beijing's hostels – only without the smell of deep heat
Everything a hostel should be
The Celica in Ljubljana is friendly, cheap and alternative, with a buzzing cultural scene on its doorstep