Quick Question about backpacking trip to France

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I'm staying in hostels. do I need to bring a sleeping bag?

thanks!

(any other tips would also be appreciated, but mainly I just need to know about this one question)

― jackl (jackl), Thursday, 20 April 2006 00:21 (twenty years ago)

I would recommend bringing a sleeping bag, just in case they say "Theees sleeping bag has only been slept in by Serge & Marcel, so eeet should be alright".

That's what they say.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 20 April 2006 08:13 (twenty years ago)

Or maybe don't bring one, and then you will be invited to share by some attractive hostel ladies.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 20 April 2006 08:29 (twenty years ago)

doesn't anyone have a more definitive answer?

(thanks though, DV!)

― jackl (jackl), Thursday, 20 April 2006 13:20 (twenty years ago)

I would take one. Most hostels provide bedding but some don't. (Although it's a while since I stayed in a French hostel.)

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 20 April 2006 13:27 (twenty years ago)

Take one sleeping bag!

The sheets supplied may not be totally up to standard in a hostel. I stayed in a hostel in Amsterdam and spent the night shivering under a nylon blanket that only covered half of me.

One of my friends was slightly luckier and had a fleece blanket with a picture of a tigers head on it. Neither were particularly clean.

― Rumpie (lil drummer girl parumpumpumpu), Thursday, 20 April 2006 13:28 (twenty years ago)

great, thank you. my sleeping bag is packed!

― jackl (jackl), Thursday, 20 April 2006 13:29 (twenty years ago)

one more question: how much should I tip in France? What about Italy?

― jackl (jackl), Thursday, 20 April 2006 15:58 (twenty years ago)

Yes, always take a sleeping bag when staying in hostels. You can get ones that pack right down into a small, tight ball, so they don't take up much room.
Some places though will NOT allow you to use your sleeping bag and you will have to pay for their bedding.

― David Orton (scarlet), Thursday, 20 April 2006 16:09 (twenty years ago)

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