Njengoba ama-purse strings eqina, amanani amahhotela aya phezulu futhi amahostela aya ngokuya ekhuphuka, AbakwaHostelbookers babika ukwanda ngo-83% kokubhukha ngo-2008.
Abahambi bayo yonke iminyaka manje sebebambelele eqinisweni lokuthi amahostela ahlinzeka ngemali enhle kakhulu. Ayanda nje isibalo sokubhukha, kodwa futhi neminyaka yabantu ababhukha le ndawo. Ngokokuqala ngqa, i-HostelBookers ibika inani elilinganayo lokubhukha okuvela kwabaneminyaka engu-18 kuya kwengama-24 kanye nabaneminyaka engu-25 kuya ku-34 ubudala - 43% esigabeni ngasinye. Inani labahambi asebekhulile nalo liyakhula, kanti abaneminyaka engaphezu kuka-35 banikeza u-14% osele wakho konke ukubhukha - okokuqala ngqa leli qembu lobudala lifinyelela ngaphezu kuka-10%.
Njengoba inkinga yezikweletu iqhubeka nokuba sematheni akumangazi ukuthi uhlobo olusha lwehostela lukhanga izethameli eziningi futhi luba ngenye indlela yamahhotela abhajethi. UDavid Smith, umphathi-jikelele, uthe, “Isithombe esidala sehostela sihle futhi sidluliselwe esikhathini esedlule njengoba amahostela anamuhla maningi amathuba okuba abe nephepha lodonga, i-WiFi yamahhala, izihlambi zemvula kanye nebha yophahla, kunezimbungulu namapayipi amapayipi. Abahambi bayo yonke iminyaka sebeyiqaphela kakhulu imali abayisebenzisayo futhi amahostela ethu nezindawo zokulala ezibhajethi kunikeza inani elikhulu, ngaphandle kokudela ukunethezeka.”
Phakathi kwamahostela akwa-HostelBookers angu-10,000 ezindaweni ezingu-2,500 emhlabeni jikelele, izindawo ezizanyiwe nezihloliwe zisahamba phambili okhethweni lokuthandwa, kanti ayishumi aphezulu ngo-2008 kube yi-Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, London, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome kanye neSydney.
Kodwa-ke, kanye nokwenyuka kwesilinganiso seminyaka yamakhasimende ayo, iHostelBookers iphinde yabona ukukhuphuka okuphawulekayo ekubhukheni kwenani lezindawo ezimbalwa ezingabizi kakhulu. Izindawo okuyiwa kuzo ezivelele zango-2008 zifaka iDamaseku ne-Aleppo e-Syria, kuyilapho amahostela e-Essaouira (Morocco) nase-Pai e-Thailand abone abapakishi abaningi kunangaphambili. Futhi abantu baya ngokuya beshiya izindawo ezinkulu zezivakashi zase-Central and Eastern Europe ngemuva, futhi, ne-Piran e-Slovenia, i-Zagreb yase-Croatia kanye nepaki kazwelonke ebabazekayo yase-Plitvice Lakes bonke ababona ukwanda okukhulu kokuduma. Uma kukhulunywa nge-Croatia, nokho, i-Split iyindaba yempumelelo yangempela, futhi amahostela e-Split abelokhu eqhuma unyaka wonke. Phezulu eSiberia, i-Irkutsk ibone ukubhuka okuningi kune-St. Petersburg, ngenxa yezihambi ezifuna ukuhlola izimangaliso zeChibi iBaikal.
Ukubuyekezwa okuzimele kanye nezilinganiso eziqinile zekhwalithi kusho ukuthi i-HostelBookers ukuphela kwewebhusayithi emkhakheni wayo ekhetha ngokucophelela amalungu ayo futhi ihlale ibuyekeza ukusebenza kwezakhiwo zayo zesabelomali ezingu-10,000 ukuze kukhishwe ukhula oluphansi.
I-HostelBookers futhi ukuphela kwewebhusayithi yendawo yokuhlala yebhajethi enkulu engakhokhisi imali yokubhuka. Ngokudlulisela izindleko kusihambi futhi ukhokhise ikhomishini engu-10% kuphela endaweni, ibone isabelo sayo semakethe sikhula kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva.
