Hostel, limitations and access restriction

[cba]

I've booked a hostel room for me and a buddy but after chatting around I wonder whether I should've bothered.

It seems several people are assuming it will be permitted to cram more people in hostel rooms than 2 and that general access to the hostel and facilities (kitchens, showers, toilets, communal areas) will be open to all.

This is quite a concern as I feel the hostel will get quite crowded and messy very quickly. If access to the hostel facilities is permitted to unpaid guests, massive queues will be a given, kitchens overflowing and the communal areas becoming mini-pubs.

I'm not daft and understand a hostel is a hostel and accept it will be crammed to a degree by nature but assumed some sort of access restrictions would apply ensuring paid guests obtain a good level of service for their money.

Can MPUK (or a venue representative) clarify how the hostel will be managed for the event and detail all/any restrictions? If so, how will it be policed (so to speak)?

[soley]

Without wanting to steal your thread Brett I might also ask if there is a curfew for the hostel?

[cba]

Good point Tom, I assumed it was 24/7 myself O_O

[soley]

Yeh you'd assume so if it's being used for a LAN but last thing I wanted is to book a ticket and find there is some silly curfew :(

[Tsung]

To be fair, most hostels do not have curfews nowadays, instead they have a system in place for guests to get in and out at any time of the day. I would expect the one at stoneleigh to be like that. However, I'm still wondering how / if access is restricted to "hostel" guests only. With no restrictions I see impromptue late night parties happening.

[Baroness]

Good points. Loud late night gatherings in the rooms = :/

Will MPUK's security be responsible for 'policing' the hostel or is this something that is going to be the responsibility of a third party (i.e. does the hostel have separate management that will be in charge of this?)

[Mouse_On_Mars]

The red rooms are policed, don't you know? :rolleyes:

[Crappermine]

i can see the hostel + hotel being the same as the red rooms tbh

[JeRkY]

do a seperate wristband for paid up/registered hostel guests then have a checkpoint on the way in.

[WhiteKnight]

do a seperate wristband for paid up/registered hostel guests then have a checkpoint on the way in.

That doesnt stop lots of hostel guests gathering for a par-tay

[Towneh]

Well a common practise with us travelodge goers at Newbury is to get a discounted family room and then shoving 3 or 4 people in there to spread the cost down to under a tenner each a night. I don't think this may be as applicable with the onsite hostel and hotel services on offer in Stoneleigh :(

[cba]

Yeah but that's a travelodge and the rooms are considerably larger, have their own showers, room service and no communal areas and kitchens. Plus it's a sufficient distance away to make masses of lan goers without bookings flooding in to freeload on the facilities almost impossible.

Cramming in travelodges doesn't impact others in any tangible way, doing so in a hostel will cause serious issues at the expense of paying customers.

I just hope MPUK provide clear rules as to what is/isn't permissable and detail how it will all be managed and policed.

[rupertt]

can we have a mpuk official reply to this please?

[Wizzo]

We will discuss these issues with Stoneleigh management and come back to you with how we will be ensuring they do not become a problem. However, these are not unique issues to the i-series and affect any hostel/hotel with large groups. I'm sure they will have had to deal with this sort of thing before during large shows, etc.

The ultimate penalty for people found abusing the facilities I expect would be removal from the hostel without refund, as per the usual T&Cs of most hostels/guest houses.

[Scoobs]

As per Wizzo's comments Stoneleigh are very used to dealing with large numbers. The hostel has a reception which will be manned. When this is closed the Hotel, which is manned 24/7, will deal with hostel check-in or any queries. They will also have a security presense when the recepetion is closed to deal with any unwanted people.

Camping areas will have their own dedicated toilet and shower facilities, so we don't expect that to be an issue.

In terms of overcrowding, the rooms are very small and Stoneleigh have never found this to be a problem. Security will be on hand to deal with any issues.
There is ony 1 kitchen / lounge and as such the secuity will be able to manage these spaces.

The showers are very hot, all of the time :D:

[ez64]

Maybe a special tag per hostel inmate so people can be chucked out instantly or given a chance to get it from there room?

[Porkeh]

was hoping to cram 5 people into a double room =[

[Shazz]

Travelodge is cheaper ;)

[SoulWlngs]

If one person pays for the i.e Me how does my friend get his band to say he is staying in the room i have paid for?