The Wayfaring Buckeye Hostel

I have stayed at hostels before, so I was expecting multiple beds in one room. This hostel has a private room, as well as groupings of three and five. I selected the grouping of five for the very low rate of $34, three miles from the Hyatt convention center. I was pleasantly surprised that there were two beds in my room, there was a keypad lock on the door, and that my roommate was also a woman. Later I realized the other three beds were upstairs, and my room the corridor. I did commit to a five bed room, so I really wasn’t flustered. The bedding smelled fresh, like it had been laundered with bleach, and the three bathrooms were very clean. I like hostels b/c it is a chance to meet people around the globe. My roommate was Brazilian, I made breakfast alongside a man from India, and at breakfast exchanged thoughts about travel and public transportation in Europe vs the U.S. with a young man from Austria. This particular hostel offers bicycles to get around the city. It was a cheap, affordable place to stay, but staying requires a flexible mindset. You don’t get the bathroom to yourself & sometimes there is a line, the bedroom door does open & close as people move through the room. There is a level of trust to sleep with strangers. I gave it three stars as “ average” b/c it is much like hostels I have experienced in the past.