the accommodation in hostels are inexpensive because gutses usually share rooms and bathrooms. most hostels have a laundry room,telephones,internet connection,lockers,and a breakfast service. some hostels offer individual rooms and cooking facilities, such as a kitchen complete wiht pots and everything else you need. some hostels are even in interecting places, in europe ,there are youth hostels in old churches, in old prisons, and even on boats.