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Ashland Hostel
15 reviews for Ashland Hostel
15 reviews in English
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Review from Marty C.
Anacortes, WA
9/16/2011
This place & staff were quite nice both times we stayed here, 1 time in the smaller private room, & once in a shared room.
And to "Libra J", what's your malfunction with being asked for ID to use your debit card? It's for the protection of you as the cardholder & the innkeeper. If you had no ID, what are you doing driving??? You're probably the type that refuses car insurance, trusting in Karma. Just the type of nouveau-hippie that's screwed up PT. I'll bet you think the PT Brewing Co was cooler than the Town Tav, too. -
Review from Kevin E.
6/11/2011
This place has improved immensely since 1999 when I was there before and stayed in the dorm-style rooms.
I stayed at the Ashland Hostel last November when I was on my way to Redding, CA to visit Bethel Church.
I was completely satisifed with my visit. The owner and staff were very friendly. The atmosphere was nice. I was hoping for a quiet time and decided on a private room, which was small, but adequate for what I needed. There weren't any other men in the dorm-style room directly outside my private room, which made it even nicer. I was offered extra blankets and a heater was put in the room to make it more toasty. There aren't any chores here other than doing your own dishes and cleaning up after yourself. It feels more like a luxury bed and breakfast except you make your breakfast by yourself.
Being in recovery I totally appreciate that there's no alcohol-allowed, which is unusual for a hostel. This place was clean and the service was very friendly. -
Review from Francesca N.
San Jose, CA
2/5/2012
Got scabies from the mattresses, the owner lady was a bitch, and they lock you out for most of the day. Seriously, there are a number of cheap hotels along Siskiyou Boulevard if you're worried about money--don't patronize this miserable cesspool!
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Review from Beulah M.
Portland, OR
2/9/2011
This hostel is in a really nice, clean, well kept house. It is pricey for a single, but well located, as it takes only minutes to walk downtown. The linens were clean, but didn't smell like perfumed detergent, which I appreciate. The bed I was given first was so uncomfortable that I couldn't sleep, but I moved to another one that was nice. During my stay, I saw four staff. Two were nice, but I wouldn't call them hospitable, just cordial. However, the other two were not at all friendly, avoided eye contact, and acted very uncomfortable talking to the guests. In a hostel being cordial is fine, but being awkward and unfriendly is just inexcusable. A large part of staying at a hostel is the social experience, which they took away from.
There is a no-alcohol policy, which I think is absurd. There are only two common use toilets, which is strange at a hostel. Also, I just found out on the website that there is a recreation room, which wasn't included in my welcome tour. Weird. The website states that: "The Ashland Hostel offers four room styles to suit each type of traveler." It tries to be so many things that it fails to provide a true hostel experience. I wouldn't say I had a bad experience at all, but it wasn't much more than a bed in a nice house, either.
A side note for travelers: The area around Ashland has some nice recreation, but the town itself is so dull that on a Saturday night the bars downtown are empty. The culture is this: wealthy self-entitled westerners who take classes so they can learn how to make and sell art, generic college students, and few others. If you want a cool place that also has art and recreation, visit Portland, San Francisco, anywhere but here! -
Review from Rebecca G.
Walnut Creek, CA
2/7/2011
This "hostel" is more like a Bed and Breakfast! It's in a beautiful old Victorian house! The staff is small, but friendly, helpful and accommodating. The hostel is very clean and feels very welcoming.
We had a 2 person room, which was located on the first floor, near the front door. Our room was cute and comfortable. We had a shared bathroom with another double room. The bathroom was located between the two rooms, and each bedroom had a private entrance to the bathroom from their room. This was pretty nice, but you do have to remember to lock two doors when you used the restroom. The bathroom was clean, and still felt really private.
The location is the best part! It is located just a short walk from the theaters and downtown! It's next door to another popular hotel, but I'd rather stay here. Behind the hostel is a residential area with plenty of unrestricted parking.
There's also a nice, clean kitchen for use. I think there was some free bread too, but I may be mistaken as I stayed there last spring.
One thing to note though is that many, many students and class trips stay here, so the entire hostel could be filled with youth. -
Review from Allyson M.
Los Angeles, CA
3/23/2011
This is definitely the cleanest, nicest hostel I've ever visited. The location is super--in the heart of the city/town, walking distance to everything. (Next door is a bed and breakfast that has rates well into $200/night.)
The place is really immaculate.
Also, I appreciated the fireplace, beautiful dining area, and the 'donation' laundry machines. The owner and staff were friendly and helpful.
I loved Ashland, and will book a bed/room at this hostel the next time I travel here. I am so happy that a hostel like this can exist--I've stayed in hostels in other countries and the US, and this was just amazing. Thanks! -
Review from Libra J.
San Francisco, CA
4/16/2011
EXTREMELEY RUDE!!! INHUMANE!!!!
I need to contact the manager of this god forsaken institution that claims to be a hospitable hostel in gorgeous Ashland, Oregon. I made reservations here in the morning and drove all the way from San Francisco (where I had a free place to stay but insisted on heading north) to Ashland and rolled in to the hostel at 8:30 pm. What does the prick at the counter do? The minute we walk in the door he rolls his eyes and lets out a puff of exasperation. Then he looks up our reservation, so far so good, then he asks for our identification. Well silly me I didn't have anything other than my bank card with me so he turns us away.
I look at him in total disbelief, and I feel all the blood draining out of my face... my eyes swell with tears and I pace around the room to avoid fainting... horrified at where we will spend the night...out in the mountains in the hail storm? On the side of I 5 in the car? Under a bridge? At an overpriced motel? Well, jerkbrain at the front desk doesn't care, he actually recommends we "head outside of town... Ashland is a very touristy town so you may want to head north to Medford where it is less touristy..." Honestly the biggest piece of dirty toilet paper I have ever encountered. Never again will I trust the Assland Hostel. -
Review from Okku K.
Seattle, WA
8/25/2010
This is a nice find in a city where accommodations fill up quickly in the summer. Before saying here you do need to understand what the hostel experience is like. Our family of four does, and we really enjoyed our stay.
We like this kind of place because our kids have food allergies, and so we find ourselves preparing most of their meals. The communal kitchen here is one of the cleanest I've seen. We had a nice family room on the top floor with its own entrance. The walls and floors are thin in this old house, and your experience here will depend in part on the rest of the clientele. We were fortunate to share the place with a quiet visiting high school drama student group (attending the Shakespeare Festival) that was away when we wanted to use the laundry and cooking/eating facilities, so no competition! Having said that, there was an air conditioner in our room, and we were there during a heat wave, so the gentle drone from the fan would have drowned out casual noise from the adjoining rooms anyway.
Staff was nice and easygoing. On our first night we were running late for a play, and the attendant offered to finish cleaning our dinner dishes for us so we could run to the theater! A big plus for this place is its location, only a five minute walk to the theaters.
If you're looking to quibble, there are flaws you could find compared to a more expensive Ashland hotel with all the amenities. One shortcoming is the tiny parking lot (though street parking is ample, free and safe). And there's no swimming pool. But this is a town where summer lodging is expensive, and this was one of the best experiences we've had here in several trips to the Festival. -
Review from Norris M.
Stanford, CA
6/19/2010
Yes, it's beautiful and homey, with a wonderful kitchen and some of the most courteous staff I have ever met. The location of the hostel is also fantastic if you're visiting for the Shakespeare Festival. Street parking is ample, free, and doesn't have a time limit. For all these things, the Ashland Hostel is a 5-star business.
I'm only giving it 3 stars because I had the unpleasant experience of developing these itchy bumps after sleeping in the bed. Don't get me wrong, the place looks very clean and I even thought my linens smelled particularly nice, but after I took a short nap before a performance at night, I found an itchy bump on my side. I thought nothing of it at first (cuz maybe it was a random bug bite, I thought) but then after a night of sleeping on the bed, I had developed 13 more itchy bumps the next morning. They couldn't just be random bug bites anymore because most of the bumps were on the right side of my body, the side that I slept on for most of the night. It was so peculiar because I don't have sensitive skin that normally breaks out like this.
I also got woken up by the sound of a lot of cheery commotion downstairs. I checked my phone to see that it was 8am, and at first I thought, "okay, maybe I'm just not a morning person and there are surprisingly a lot of people staying in this house who are very friendly and talkative this early in the morning." When I went downstairs to leave, it turned out that there was some kind of meeting/breakfast mixer going on?!?! (this was the morning of 6/18/10) The place was crowded with what seemed to be non-hostel guests, chatting loudly away with each other. I had a difficult time squeezing past the crowds of people with my luggage to exit through the kitchen door. I understand the desire to host a meeting at a central and pretty place such as the Ashland Hostel, but please make sure that the people at these events are courteous to tired travelers staying at the hostel. -
Review from Gretchen L.
San Jose, CA
6/20/2011
I took 23 students and 8 adults to stay here. It was the perfect place at a great price. Marilyn was so nice and helpful. Many of the parents had stayed at other hostels around the world and said that this was one of the nicest they had seen. It was perfect for our large group. We will definitely stay there again.
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Review from Karin C.
Oakland, CA
8/30/2008
This is a beautiful hostel. After staying in many hostels around the world, I only have good things to say about Ashland hostel. It's like home away from home. Jefferey, the manager, provides linens and towels, so you can leave all that stuff out of your suitcase. The hostel has clean well lit common spaces and there's no scent of smoke in any of the rooms. There's free internet access and a phone available at any time of the day or night. There are a few spaces in the back of the building, street parking in convenient and safe. The kitchen has ample storage space and fridge space. What can I say? Why stay anywhere else?
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Review from pam s.
Oakland, CA
8/29/2011
Awesome, just awesome. Nicest and best place to stay in Ashland if you don't want to spend a lot of money. Totally great staff and wonderful spot right on the main drag, a 5-minute walk from everything. Great place. I just discovered how hard it is to get in in Sept. due to the many school groups who book up the place six months in advance, so if you are trying to shoehorn in a visit in Sept. be warned - book waaaaaaay in advance. I just squeaked in, and had to tailor my trip to their available (very few) dates but am grateful they were able to fit me in.
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Review from Diana D.
Elk Grove, CA
4/7/2009
Ahh staying at the hostel was one of my favorites for my trip. The house is secretly huge but still has a home feeling towards it. The people who run it are supa nice and pretty entertaining. It's very clean and there's even a kitchen available. It's like staying at a really good friends house.
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Review from Valerie F.
Portland, OR
9/2/2010
This is our second time at the Hostel and we love it. It even got better since last year, cleaner..no more smelly feet! The staff is very nice and so helpful. They go out of their way to make you stay plaisant. It just feels like home with a big kitchen. The rooms are spotless and it is walkable distance from downtown. Location, location, location. We will be back :)
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Review from Blake B.
Kyburz, CA
5/26/2010
Marilyn, the owner of the hostel, worked with me to find suitable accommodations for my 2-week-long program for high-school-aged teens. She provided two excellent dorm rooms plus a room for my staff and gave us the downstairs common area to ourselves. When I had last-minute changes in my group or schedule, she was always happy to accommodate. The kitchen met our needs and the other guests were never a problem. I highly recommend the Ashland Hostel as an affordable option for all guests and school groups spending time in the area.
