The BANANA BUNGALOW Hostels in Los Angeles will deliver 3 main things when you visit them: Great people to meet, great places to stay and great experiences. They are the most popular hostels in LA.

BANANA BUNGALOW Hollywood Youth Hostel in Los Angeles offers a lot for the international backpacker, it has a great location right on the Hollywood Strip and you can see the Hollywood sign right from the courtyard. The two main spots for hostels in Los Angeles are Hollywood and Venice Beach. Of the Hollywood hostels the Banana Bungalow Hollywood has important amenities that other hostels just don’t have. Most of the dorms have kitchens and cable TV right in the rooms. Wireless is free throughout the building and if you don't have a lap top there are plenty of mac computers that offer free high speed internet access. There is free breakfast, a basketball area, ping pong, foosball, discount bicycle rental, coin laundry, cheap car rental and free parking, a tropical Tiki garden with sunbathing and barbeque area, a billiards lounge with our famous karaoke stage and a huge courtyard for gatherings and socializing that includes free barbeques, dinner parties and live music.

A European style youth hostel with a fun atmosphere that offers discount accommodation for international travelers on a budget centrally located in Los Angeles. Originally built in the 1950’s and called the “Movie Town Motel” it has groovy retro charm with funky design and an interesting crowd of people. More than just a motel with dorms for backpackers it offers weekly discounts and is a great place to make a home base near Hollywood’s walk of fame, Kodak Theater and the Hollywood Sign.

Our shared accommodations feature dorm rooms with funky retro décor and design, they have twin sized bunk beds, lockers, private baths, and many with kitchens and cable TV. That's right kitchens right in the dorms! Banana Hollywood offers a hip option to Hostelling International, HI or other Los Angeles youth hostels that are stuffy and don't get that travelers want to have fun while getting good hostel services.

The Hollywood Banana is connected to the Banana Bungalow West Hollywood and Orbit Hotel and Hostel in West Hollywood Los Angeles offering many bonuses for backpackers such as discount tours and group activities. These are the most popular hostels in LA for a good reason. We will shutttle you to our other hostels for all kinds of fun activities and events. These are funky cool hostels offering everything an international traveler needs at budget prices with discounts and lots of free amenities.

WHAT IS A HOSTEL? A hostel is a unique type of hotel or motel that rents beds, instead of rooms, to backpackers or international travelers. Typically, each room contains a number of beds (4 to 6 is the norm), usually in bunk bed style. Travelers share the room with other travelers from around the world. Nearly all hostels have common rooms and a common kitchen. Common rooms serve as a focal point to meet other travelers and a venue for the cross cultural exchanges of ideas, information and differences and places to meet up before exporing the city. Hostels attempt to provide international travelers with a friendly, comfortable, inexpensive environment in which to live, meet, and base their experiences and local explorations.

The Hostel Handbook and the Bakpak Guide are excellent guides to hostels and budget travel where you can get an extensive list of hostels around the world in addition to news and info on hosteling and budget travel. What are backpackers? Backpackers are people that are traveling to many destinations around the world with everything they need on thier backs. Backpackers travel much longer than the average vacationer so they must make thier travel money last a lot longer. This is where hostels come in with shared accomodation or dorms where you can rent just one bed in a room instead of the whole room and save lots of money and meet lots of other people to share your travel experiences with. The backpacker market is one of the fastest growing sectors of world tourism, but also one of the least understood. In less than a decade, backpackers have grown from small numbers of independent travelers to an international phenomenon affecting all aspects of tourism.

The average Backpacker is a Foreign Independent Traveler (F.I.T.), traveling through multiple countries, staying at hostels, for a period of 2 months to a year or more. Studies have shown that 75% of Backpackers are between 20 and 29, 53% between 20-24, with an average age of 25. Over 50% stay for 6 weeks or more before moving to the next country. With an average of 15 years of school, backpackers are very well educated. Seventy three percent attended college or some post high school education, and an additional 32% have post graduate education . The most common travel motivations for Backpackers are seeking excitement t and adventure, meeting local people and fulfilling a lifelong dream. Their trips are often seen as a socially acceptable "sabbatical" from their careers, enabling them to develop temporary lifestyles characterized by spontaneity, flexibility and a lack of responsibility.

We look forward to serving your accomodation needs while in Hollywood, keep in mind we have locations in West Hollywood, San Diego, Maui Hawaii, and Waikiki Hawaii too. Thanks for Choosing the Banana Bungalows !