COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: Hostelworld Group, the main platform for hostel travel, today introduced ‘The Solo System’, a set of social options enabling travellers to work together and join with like-minded people.
Users searching on Hostelworld can now discover trending locations with the ‘See Who’s Going’ feature, and as soon as a reserving is made, they’ll be able to ‘Chat’ to people visiting the identical locations and view their ‘Traveller Profiles’.
76% of Hostelworld’s customers crave a social hostelling experience, but 30% say they’re nervous about chatting to different people in hostels. Hostelworld has launched a brand new native app with a ‘Chat’ functionality inspiring conversations and actual life meet ups between travellers visiting the identical cities and hostels, across the identical time.
Opt-in customers will be given entry to hostel chats, metropolis chats and interest-based chats as much as 14 days earlier than their check-in date – they will even be able to ship a direct message to different travellers, provided this has been enabled by users. The app is supplied in iOS now, with Android launching mid-April.
For solo travellers, who make an common of 10 new friends throughout a one-month trip, hostelling is all about the vibes. With the ‘See Who’s Going’ feature, figuring out trending locations from the purpose of search will be easy. Both on the web site and app, this feature shows potential bookers what number of individuals are going to be in a metropolis (and hostel) across the identical dates, together with their nationalities.
Gary Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of Hostelworld Group, said the corporate is completely positioned to assist hostellers meet people to hold round with whereas travelling.
“We’ve always known that our customers select to remain in hostels as a means to meet different people. By powering social connections through our platform earlier than our customers even get to their destination, we’re giving them an extremely compelling reason to book with Hostelworld. We will proceed to launch extra social merchandise in coming months together with LinkUps, a feature that encourages travellers to create gatherings and social activities.”
Hostelworld has additionally added personalisation inside its ‘Travellers’ Profiles’, which now offer the ability to show a profile photo, first name, nationality and where customers have travelled. Only after customers have made a reserving can they see different travellers’ profile information.
With a majority (83%) viewers share solo travelling at least one, and 24% taking 10+ solo trips, Hostelworld is launching its new social platform to customers as The Solo System. Designed ‘For Solo Travellers and Beyond’, this has been created to improve the on-line experience, however solely with the intention of encouraging actual life meet ups and friendships.