5 Ways to Sleep in a Party Hostel

4. Prepare the Battlefield

There are other ways you can control the environment subtly (she says, proving that she is a Sleep Tsar and master strategist). Though the effectiveness of these techniques may be tampered by the drunkenness of your roommates, I have found them fairly successful.

If your hostel room has a bathroom inside it, leave the bathroom light on (and the door open a crack). That way people can ease the door open for some faint light instead of turning on the huge overhead lights. It also saves people from stumbling around blindly when they need to go in the middle of the night.

Pack up your bags the evening before you go. Not only is this a courtesy to your neighbors (everyone hates that guy who’s trying to throw together their things at 6AM), but sometimes the idea will catch and others will do it, too. That way, there’s less chance of a partier getting back at 2AM and then trying to pack at 7AM.

Talk to the others in your room if you have the chance. Engage them in travel conversation to find out their plans and to share yours. Often if you spread the information that you have an 8:00 train to catch in the morning and you’re exhausted from backpacking across Wales the day before, your roommates will be more understanding about staying quiet.

K. Kendall