Additionally, those same hostels offer male-only dorm rooms. If traveling as a family with a spouse and/or kids of different genders and booking a shared room at a hostel, ...

Prices in Paris at the Yves Robert hostel are even less, running $33.65 per bed, per night for shared room, while the Berlin Youth Hostel International asks $27 a night for single beds in a dorm room.

The biggest hostel safety tip is staying vigilant and remembering to lock your stuff and your room. Here's how to keep your things safe in a shared space.

By staying in over 45 hostels by myself, I've seen people make mistakes like booking a small, private room or not following some unspoken etiquette. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

A woman looks through a window in a dorm room of the Jacques Brel youth hostel in Brussels. Robert Wielaard / AP file / Source: The Associated Press ...