I wasn’t sure but is it possible that I saw you in a clip of Ranger Maddie’s vlog in 2023 ? You looked like you were really at ease and in your element there I noticed 👍.
Nice video, good information. Four hostels that I liked on my 2021 hike were: Rock n' Sol, PA; Hanover Adventure Tours, VT; The Hiker Hut and the Maine Roadhouse, ME for service, price and ambiance.
That was very informative! It answered questions I had about hostels and information I hadn't even thought about. If I ever do the AT, I'd stay at hostels, so this video was great. Thanks!
Thank you, Miss Taylor! This is the most detailed video I have seen concerning the in’s and out’s of hostels. Continued success and blessings to you and the family in 2024.
Got some LMNT drink mix for Christmas I tried the chocolate 🍫 raspberry today 😋 delicious❣️ Thank you for sharing and my spring hike will be in VT/NH❣️👏🏻😍🥾🎒🌄🏕️
Thank you so much for this video! Super helpful and informative for someone who wants to thru-hike in a few years (and definitely plans on staying in hostels/hotels!!). Really appreciate this information!
Thanks, Taylor. Great video. I think the only thing you missed was work for stay. I'm curious if that typically involves household chores or includes more strenuous activity like mowing the lawn or chopping wood.
Thanks for all the great videos and information, it really is super helpful and entertaining. One thing that I'm finding difficult is watching all your 2023 thru hike videos as the playlist is wildly out of order! Any chance of fixing the order? 🙏
Human Nature Hostel, Roxbury Maine. Yukon is a Thru Hiker and a legend on the show Naked and Afraid. I met him in Rangeley prior to the trail. He has a great story and a stellar place to stay. The night sky there is Amazing! Snowman ☃️ 2019
This was definitely your most hostel video to date….🫵🏼🥳👍🏽 Love ALL your videos, Taylor. Can’t wait to find out if you’ll be opening that outdoor gear shop.
Thank you for such great insight and information. I plan on lots of hostels stays on my trip north and your input will help as I try to decide which on to stay at.
Thanks for a very informative video. A couple of random questions: Are you supposed to tip anyone? If yes, how much? Are section hikers welcome at hostels? Did anyone ever steal anything from you at a hostel?
We own Chica and Sunsets’ Hostel in Franklin. While I can’t speak for other hostels I’ll give you our answers. Tipping is not expected nor necessary. Of course we won’t decline the extra cash :) One great way to “tip” is just to leave a review on FarOut, Google, Yelp, etc. All hikers are welcome. Oftentimes section hikers need parking and shuttles (which we provide) but a hiker is a hiker. We are a very small hostel (4beds) and experiences at larger hostels might have more of a problem, but this is our 5th year running and have never had a hiker let us know something got stolen.
Only one hostel I went to on my 2023 thru hike had a "day use fee" on top of their laundry and shower charge. Every other hostel i went to just to do chores was welcome to hikes and never made me feel pressured to me pay just to hangout.
This place should be totally boycotted by all and people in charge of it investigated by police for abusing children! I don t know how they can still be operating...probably because they re so cheep hikers think its a good thing.
The Yellow Deli is owned and managed by The Twelve Tribes which is indeed a cult. They practice complete obedience of women and children through physical and mental abuse. They are a horrible organization, and I personally helped a young woman escape from them in Manitou Springs, CO. They pick up lost young people (Phish shows, the streets, the trail) and turn them into subservient slaves. Please don't support them!
Great video Taylor! Typical here and I hope to see you at Trail Days. It’s going to be a nice reunion of 2023 hikers so let’s pray you get a spot there.
Great editing and very informative. I always liked to see a quick screenshot of whatever the breakfast looks like when you are staying at a hostel. I've had to stay in shared sleeping quarters over the years and always carry a pair of earplugs. They are tiny and weigh nothing and I just put them in to sleep if it ends up being a loud situation.
One of the things I've most like about hostels, including traveling in Europe and around the U.S., is meeting people from all over. The social aspect is really fun and it's not just youth.
I didn't stay there, but ran into Lucky looking for a hiker who was planning on staying there after Blood Mountain. It was starting to get dark and she was over 2 hours late for pick up. He went back up Blood Mountain to look for her. What an amazing man ❤
A very well done vid post. I think you we very truthful and on point . We here at the Discerning Hiker Hostel have adjusted things for our 3rd year in operation. We try to be flexible for the hikers , as we know that hiking is not always a point to point trip. When hikers ask, we try to find an answer that will help. Most hostels run on a razor thin margin. Hostels are not a get rich in any time frame buisness. Most hostels do it for the hikers not the money. We want the hikers to have a nice quiet rest and recharge before getting back on trail. We have been there and done that. Thank you again for your quality info about hostels....it was 99% accurate.
Inspiring thru hiker here. I sectioned hiking last October and I stayed at a new hostel, called the Green Dragon and Hiawassee. After doing a long section at the beginning of the AT I drove over at the Green Dragon that opened up last year and stayed and had a wonderful dinner and then they cooked a nice breakfast for us hikers. There was me and four other gentlemen. All enjoyed each other’s company and we all agree it was a terrific place. This is what you get for $60. You’ll get your laundry done, dinner, breakfast and of course, a nice shower. I also was driven from Hiawassee to Hogpen gap and I hiked to Unicoi gap. They picked me up and brought me back to the hostel, and I took one more shower and they charge me a total of $30 for dropping me off at Hogpen and picking me up at Unicoi and I thought that was a bargain. Super super nice people I highly highly recommend this place. Oh yes, one more thing they do have some resupply availability. But you have Dollar General and a grocery store not too far away and they will bring you there.
Maine Roadhouse is a must. The Barn Door hostel is a much better choice than Hiker's Welcome if you want a break before or after Moosilauke. There are three different trailheads where the owner's dad will pick up at and a trip to Walmart (best outfitter on the AT) is included. Unfortunately some people (and towns) view AT hikers as piggy banks with backpacks.
This was an incredibly informative video, and the editing was perfect. 👏 I loved all of the video examples synced with your narrative. And we got a cameo appearance from Callie. 😊 ✌️
Taylor, are you interested in a tutoring job? I would love for you to help me with setting up a TH-cam channel and going over the ins and outs of inReach. Let me know please.
Thanks so much, Taylor! This was very helpful. I’m NOBO beginning mid-Feb., and the hostel situation has been kind of a concern of late. But I know it’ll all work out when I’m out there. FarOut IS awesome! And I live in Virginia, about 18 miles from Damascus, and my sister lives more NE VA in the Lynchburg/Roanoke area, so between my husband and her, I don’t have to do hostels in most of Virginia, so that’s 1/4 of the trail lol! Money saver, too! Anyway, thank you, again, for another very informative vlog! Really enjoy your channel! 🙌🏻❤️
Great info! Thank u
Great video! Lots of useful information.
In Georgia, Hostel Around the Bend and Above the Clouds are good ones. Super friendly and supportive.
Another great video !!
Taylor what a great informative video, I learned alot from this! thanks
Enjoyed this hostel episode 👍👍👍
Very nice video. Thanks for sharing. Stay Safe and HIKE ON!!!
Good video! Thanks for doing this one - the information will be very helpful for my upcoming thru hike.
I wasn’t sure but is it possible that I saw you in a clip of Ranger Maddie’s vlog in 2023 ? You looked like you were really at ease and in your element there I noticed 👍.
Best video ever about lodging, packed with info, great job kid!!
Great video! We’re looking forward to the hostel stays and experience. 😊
Hey Taylor You do it great ❤🎉❤ Ken NC ❤
Nice video, good information. Four hostels that I liked on my 2021 hike were: Rock n' Sol, PA; Hanover Adventure Tours, VT; The Hiker Hut and the Maine Roadhouse, ME for service, price and ambiance.
Sadly your first two favorites are no longer in business
@@jefftaussig7373 😟
That was very informative! It answered questions I had about hostels and information I hadn't even thought about. If I ever do the AT, I'd stay at hostels, so this video was great. Thanks!
Thank you, Miss Taylor! This is the most detailed video I have seen concerning the in’s and out’s of hostels.
Continued success and blessings to you and the family in 2024.
Got some LMNT drink mix for Christmas I tried the chocolate 🍫 raspberry today 😋 delicious❣️ Thank you for sharing and my spring hike will be in VT/NH❣️👏🏻😍🥾🎒🌄🏕️
In 1981 I tried to go to them all. 😂 There were not as many.
Call ahead or text? Not in 1981.
Thank you so much for this video! Super helpful and informative for someone who wants to thru-hike in a few years (and definitely plans on staying in hostels/hotels!!). Really appreciate this information!
For the Yellow Deli, there's the town bus to take you to and from trail.
Thank you for the information.
Been watching a lot of videos about the yellow deli cafe man them people are nuts 🥜🥜🥜
Callie's (?) wink when you introduced her was perfect.
Thanks, Taylor. Great video. I think the only thing you missed was work for stay. I'm curious if that typically involves household chores or includes more strenuous activity like mowing the lawn or chopping wood.
Good point! I'm not sure what work for stays entail at hostels
@Navy1977 Thanks!
I'm curious if all the hostels had hiker boxes? Where you can get and put free stuff.
The yellow deli definitely wanted you to stay alright ☠️😂
Maybe the cult saw some good breeding potential with her. I was not going to stop at that place.
… Well, you’re one of our favorite thru-hikers! 😀 Thanks so much for the shout out. Looking forward to a great 2024 season! - Chica & Sunsets
This was a very helpful video. Thank you!
Thanks for all the great videos and information, it really is super helpful and entertaining.
One thing that I'm finding difficult is watching all your 2023 thru hike videos as the playlist is wildly out of order! Any chance of fixing the order? 🙏
I'll try to fix that today!
Human Nature Hostel, Roxbury Maine. Yukon is a Thru Hiker and a legend on the show Naked and Afraid. I met him in Rangeley prior to the trail. He has a great story and a stellar place to stay. The night sky there is Amazing! Snowman ☃️ 2019
This was a very informative video!
Well done - summarized what took me 5 years of section hiking to learn!
Good to see you Taylor🕉❤👍😊
This was a really good video. It has the detail info that you need and there are not a lot of places to get it. Thanks,
I watch a lot of hiking videos of many many hikers. You’re so professional in my view. You should be on a tv show. You have talent. Just saying.
Wow, prices have gone up. I got sticker shock when you went over that part.
Excellent vid on hostels Taylor. 👍👍Cali so cute looking toward camera
My daughter hates my snoring when we used to over night camping lol
We were at Nature's Inn Hostel in Flag Pond near Erwin at the same time last spring. I was the guy obsessed with their wood stove. -- Ozoner
This was definitely your most hostel video to date….🫵🏼🥳👍🏽 Love ALL your videos, Taylor. Can’t wait to find out if you’ll be opening that outdoor gear shop.
Great content, I'm not on trail but alot of valuable information here. Thanks❤
I wish you talked about gear being safe (or not) in hostels. Do people steal?
Thank you for such great insight and information.
I plan on lots of hostels stays on my trip north and your input will help as I try to decide which on to stay at.
Thanks for a very informative video. A couple of random questions: Are you supposed to tip anyone? If yes, how much? Are section hikers welcome at hostels? Did anyone ever steal anything from you at a hostel?
We own Chica and Sunsets’ Hostel in Franklin. While I can’t speak for other hostels I’ll give you our answers.
Tipping is not expected nor necessary. Of course we won’t decline the extra cash :) One great way to “tip” is just to leave a review on FarOut, Google, Yelp, etc.
All hikers are welcome. Oftentimes section hikers need parking and shuttles (which we provide) but a hiker is a hiker.
We are a very small hostel (4beds) and experiences at larger hostels might have more of a problem, but this is our 5th year running and have never had a hiker let us know something got stolen.
rattle river hostel
My major concern would be that the hostel would smell real bad, like "thru-hiker" bad. Did you find this to be a problem?
Me too…. 👃🏻
Me three!
My experience , I didn't mind the smell too much if was clean and had good facilities. Nearly all will smell like thru hiker
Certain areas for sure! Notice the large floor fan at 27:30 😬
The Maine Roadhouse was pretty great, and the Burkes Garden hostel has memory foam mattresses.
Great Video Taylor! Thank you so much! 😊
Staying at the hostels sounds like a fun part of the AT experience. Thanks!
Only one hostel I went to on my 2023 thru hike had a "day use fee" on top of their laundry and shower charge. Every other hostel i went to just to do chores was welcome to hikes and never made me feel pressured to me pay just to hangout.
Drink every time she says Hostels. Be careful though, I burnt my mouth with my coffee.
This is the only video I've seen covering this topic so thoroughly, and it's very helpful, thank you!
I’m curious what you mean about the Yellow Deli in VT wanting you to stay? Like a cult? Great video as always. Happy trails. 🤘🏻🥾⛰️
This place should be totally boycotted by all and people in charge of it investigated by police for abusing children! I don t know how they can still be operating...probably because they re so cheep hikers think its a good thing.
The Yellow Deli is owned and managed by The Twelve Tribes which is indeed a cult. They practice complete obedience of women and children through physical and mental abuse. They are a horrible organization, and I personally helped a young woman escape from them in Manitou Springs, CO. They pick up lost young people (Phish shows, the streets, the trail) and turn them into subservient slaves. Please don't support them!
I think Kylehateshiking did a whole video on them.
Always great content from you friend. How about doing an update on your elevation gain for 2023 goal you had
My third hostel would be the Losta Hostel. Though i am not sure how much business i would get as i would cater to lost hikers.
thanks n.h i set out in less than a week
Third hostel...the Rasta Hostel...more of an herbal vibe
I f I had a hostel I would name it Hosta. It would be the Hosta Hostel. It would have a lot of landscape plants with big leaves like......hostas.
Great name! The deer would love it!
My second hostel would be the Pasta Hostel.....Spaghetti specials every night.
Great video Taylor! Typical here and I hope to see you at Trail Days. It’s going to be a nice reunion of 2023 hikers so let’s pray you get a spot there.
Great editing and very informative. I always liked to see a quick screenshot of whatever the breakfast looks like when you are staying at a hostel. I've had to stay in shared sleeping quarters over the years and always carry a pair of earplugs. They are tiny and weigh nothing and I just put them in to sleep if it ends up being a loud situation.
Just what I needed for 2025 !! Thank you !!!!
One of the things I've most like about hostels, including traveling in Europe and around the U.S., is meeting people from all over. The social aspect is really fun and it's not just youth.
loved the Hostel of Main.
Above the Clouds hostel! Not only great accommodations but really support and help the hiking community. Thank you Lucky and Achilles!
I didn't stay there, but ran into Lucky looking for a hiker who was planning on staying there after Blood Mountain. It was starting to get dark and she was over 2 hours late for pick up. He went back up Blood Mountain to look for her. What an amazing man ❤
@Navy1977 yes she was fine and did end up at the hostel
Awesome.
A very well done vid post. I think you we very truthful and on point . We here at the Discerning Hiker Hostel have adjusted things for our 3rd year in operation. We try to be flexible for the hikers , as we know that hiking is not always a point to point trip. When hikers ask, we try to find an answer that will help. Most hostels run on a razor thin margin. Hostels are not a get rich in any time frame buisness. Most hostels do it for the hikers not the money. We want the hikers to have a nice quiet rest and recharge before getting back on trail. We have been there and done that. Thank you again for your quality info about hostels....it was 99% accurate.
What thru-hike are you planning next?
@Navy1977Come on man you could have just told em... instead you make him work for it!!!!😂😂😂
The Alpaca Farm owners seemed a little weird to me. Someone was always watching or following me around.
Have you ever experienced bedbugs at a hostel?
Inspiring thru hiker here. I sectioned hiking last October and I stayed at a new hostel, called the Green Dragon and Hiawassee. After doing a long section at the beginning of the AT I drove over at the Green Dragon that opened up last year and stayed and had a wonderful dinner and then they cooked a nice breakfast for us hikers. There was me and four other gentlemen. All enjoyed each other’s company and we all agree it was a terrific place. This is what you get for $60. You’ll get your laundry done, dinner, breakfast and of course, a nice shower. I also was driven from Hiawassee to Hogpen gap and I hiked to Unicoi gap. They picked me up and brought me back to the hostel, and I took one more shower and they charge me a total of $30 for dropping me off at Hogpen and picking me up at Unicoi and I thought that was a bargain. Super super nice people I highly highly recommend this place.
Oh yes, one more thing they do have some resupply availability. But you have Dollar General and a grocery store not too far away and they will bring you there.
Yellow deli, yikes. Culty .
Just a headsup.i was unsubscribed from your Chanel without my knowledge. Just seems strange.
Maine Roadhouse is a must. The Barn Door hostel is a much better choice than Hiker's Welcome if you want a break before or after Moosilauke. There are three different trailheads where the owner's dad will pick up at and a trip to Walmart (best outfitter on the AT) is included.
Unfortunately some people (and towns) view AT hikers as piggy banks with backpacks.
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Fantastic info. Thanks. I’m from the Sierra. Unfortunately, hostels not developed out here like they are on AT
This was an incredibly informative video, and the editing was perfect. 👏 I loved all of the video examples synced with your narrative. And we got a cameo appearance from Callie. 😊 ✌️
Taylor got kicked off the Wi-Fi for being a Wi-Fi hog! 😂
Yes people you're gonna have to watch till the end to hear the story...😂😂😂
Taylor, are you interested in a tutoring job? I would love for you to help me with setting up a TH-cam channel and going over the ins and outs of inReach. Let me know please.
My favorite Nahamsha video is you answering my question about how you got named and your mom’s reply. Your laugh was so uniquely shocked.
First!!!!😊🎉🎉🎉 This is a great video for those thinking about hiking the AT! Or in my case those who enjoy listening to Taylor talk...😂🥰
This is a long video, Lee!
Yes I see that! I better go to the bathroom and grab a sandwich first...
Thanks so much, Taylor! This was very helpful. I’m NOBO beginning mid-Feb., and the hostel situation has been kind of a concern of late. But I know it’ll all work out when I’m out there. FarOut IS awesome! And I live in Virginia, about 18 miles from Damascus, and my sister lives more NE VA in the Lynchburg/Roanoke area, so between my husband and her, I don’t have to do hostels in most of Virginia, so that’s 1/4 of the trail lol! Money saver, too! Anyway, thank you, again, for another very informative vlog! Really enjoy your channel! 🙌🏻❤️