Austin · USA
Firehouse Hostel
Bedwantsrapporten
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Bevestigd Booking.com
When I first went, my locker was already locked, so I couldn't use it
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Bevestigd Google Maps
Avoid this place! Bed bugs al over the place! They will bite you while you sleep. Rooms don’t match the pictures posted on the website (they don’t have curtains, fans gets super hot) The staff not really friendly, was talking with the manager and he kept on rudely interrupting all the time. They look at you:” why you come here…” also no social life at all organized by hostel staff. No bar hopping, no social trips nothing at all is offered even for the payment… very odd vibe. Lack of social areas too
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Bevestigd Hostelworld
Avoid this place! Bed bugs al over the place! They will bite you while you sleep. Rooms don’t match the pictures posted on the website (they don’t have curtains, fans gets super hot) The staff not really friendly, was talking with the manager and he kept on rudely interrupting all the time. They look at you:” why you come here…” also no social life at all organized by hostel staff. No bar hopping, no social trips nothing at all is offered even for the payment… very odd vibe.
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Bevestigd Hostelworld
good location. Great vibes in hostel. Loved the common space. Shower and toilet were decent. I would stay again if I came back to Austin but I did get bit by bed bugs for the first time ever and it was across my neck which wasn’t a fun surprise 😅
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Bevestigd Google Maps
Room 201 has bed bugs! I stayed in the top bunk on the right in 201 and was bit all throughout the night. The location is great, the people and staff are nice. But something definitely went wrong here. There was no one at the front to tell about the bed bugs. They didn't answer their phone at the front desk. I had a good stay overall without the bugs. I don't know if I could stay here again specifically because of the bed bugs. Avoid the top bunks!
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Bevestigd Booking.com
They have bed bugs it was an absolutely awful experience I want a full refund I had to throw away half of my stuff and destroy my things because the property had bed bugs which I am allergic to not to mention it's a massive health violation someone needs to look into that immediately
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Bevestigd Booking.com
I was there 5 hours to sleep and I got bed bugs.
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Bevestigd Hostelworld
The bathrooms are disgusting. Three small showers which only have a curtain which doesn't fully close off for your privacy. No shelf either for your toiletries - any towels or clean clothes either have to be put outside on the dirty floor (which also had puddles everyday) or over the top of the shower curtain. Puddles also outside the restroom. I was affected by bed bugs also - over 30 bites in the first 2 days. I have stayed in over 50 hostels in North America/Europe & this is by far the worst
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Bevestigd Google Maps
Pros: The staff was dope, super helpful and friendly! Just a great location overall! Cons: I don’t know if there were bed bugs in my room but I got bit up all around my body. Also for some reason our door wouldn’t shut all the way unless you put your back into it so hopefully that gets fixed in the future!
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Bevestigd Google Maps
Bedbugs beware!!! They seem to take the proper steps to spray for them monthly but I and another gal still had them. I’ve traveled all over the world and never got them thankfully but was shocked to get them in my home country. Had to fight for a full refund. They basically kicked me out after that instead of changing my room or making other accommodations. This hostel is close to the parties but I’d probably choose somewhere else to be safe. I was in an all girls room.
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Bevestigd Google Maps
Bedbugs. That was a nightmare.
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Vibe-analyse
Een speakeasy-achtige bar zit beneden, met een bookcase-door soort ingang en een heel echt effect op het hele gebouw. Firehouse staat in downtown Austin bij 6th Street, bars, clubs, restaurants en het Capitol, dus het werkt het best als goedkope centrale launchpad voor avonden uit. De trade-off is niet subtiel. Muziek uit de bar kan doorgaan tot rond 02:00, en de bass kan bedden laten trillen, vooral op lagere verdiepingen. Slaap is hier een zwakke gok tenzij het plan is om laat uit te blijven, na last call neer te crashen en een rougher hostelsetup te accepteren. Er is een keuken, wifi, warm water kan solide zijn, en ontbijt- of wasperks kunnen beschikbaar zijn. Personeel kan aardig en behulpzaam zijn, maar service is ongelijk. Kamers kunnen krap, donker, heet of over-airconditioned zijn, met inconsistente gordijnen, versleten matrassen, beperkte privacy en weinig kofferruimte. De keuken is de main shared zone, dus het sociale leven kan rond uitgaan of pub crawls werken, maar dit is geen grote lounge-heavy community hostel.
Signalen om te checken
- Schoonmaak is een serieus risico: badkamers, douches, vloeren, beddengoed, ventilatoren en kamerhoeken kunnen vies of beschimmeld zijn.
- Bedwantsen of onverklaarde beten zijn een terugkerend risico, inclusief specifieke bunk- en kamerissues.
- De bar beneden en 6th Street-geluid kunnen slapen voor 02:00 onrealistisch maken.
- Staffinteracties en check-in support kunnen ongelijk zijn, van heel warm tot vijandig of chaotisch.
- De downtown omgeving en gebouwtoegang kunnen s nachts onveilig voelen; parkeren kan duur of onhandig zijn.