Booking Our First Hostel in Singapore

Light and water show, Singapore

After the American disaster in which we booked all of our hostels and hotels in advance on a completely non-refundable basis on the grounds of 'what could possibly go wrong?!' but then a mere week later changing our minds completely because 'yolo - let's just go NOW!', we have decided to book all of our accommodation as we go along this time. 

Of course, my inner control freak is going ballistic right now because OMFG what if we can't get WiFi and book somewhere in time?! What if everywhere is booked up?! What if we're left with the absolute DREGS?! *cue hyperventilation and making frantic wish lists on Airbnb*

Saying that there's definitely loads of good things about booking accommodation as you go along; it gives you more freedom as to how long you stay in a place; if you hate the place, you can quite easily up sticks and leave, knowing that you haven't got a whole trail of pre-booked hostels to stick to. On the other hand, if you love a place, then great, you can stay there as long as you like*! No commitments. No deposits to worry about. No cancellation fees. Zilch. 

*Or as long as your visa permits! Fun, fun, fun.

The first place we're going to is Singapore; so we decided to book our hostel in advance because, ya know, we don't want to get off the plane and have nowhere to stay. Especially as Singapore is hella expensive and not exactly the kind of place you can just "check into a hotel" if you're on any sort of budget. 

We booked our hostel through Agoda because I'd seen it recommended time and time again on various travel blogs as the best site for hostel bookings. The prices were really reasonable and a lot better value than a lot of other sites we looked at! 

The hostel we chose in the end worked out at about £9 each a night, which for Singapore, is pretty damn cheap! (I would share it on here but documenting our upcoming whereabouts, itinerary and bookings on the internet is a recipe for disaster). 

Of course, if I had all the money in the world, I would have loved to stay in this baby, but sadly £46 a night is just a tad out of our price range. 

We're both sooo excited now and with just three weeks to go until we leave it's starting to feel very, very real.