Eat the view!
13 September 2012
Youth hostels have gone upmarket in the past few years, but the roots of the organisation are still apparent in its 'buy local' procurement policy, as Keith Brown explains
To the uninitiated, the words "youth hostel" may be synonymous with "basic", "simple" or even "spartan". But times have changed. While the above may have been true in the Youth Hostels Association's pioneering days of the 1930s, today's hostels are comfortable and welcoming. The old rules about not being allowed to arrive by car and having to do chores every morning...