Belfast International Youth Hostel

Belfast International is a HI - YHA Hostel: but you don't need a membership card to stay. Covid-19 UPDATES: We have introduced new procedures to keep everyone safe. These include hand sanitising points on the ground floor, a protective screen at reception, enhanced cleaning of high touch/traffic areas, and signage highlighting social distancing measures in NI. We also have a basic one way system operating, as far as possible, through our hostel. Please note that some facilities will not be available for now: these include our TV room and library: luggage storage: our lift (apart from for guests with restricted mobility): our self-catering kitchen (although we have set up a mini station with the basics for you). As part of registration an arrival you will be asked to provide more contact information than usual, made available to the Public Health Agency on request: you will also have to agree to all of the Covid-19 preventative measures in place at the time of your visit. The situation is changing constantly: we will email you as your arrival approaches with updates on both hostel and general guidelines in place. In line with current UK government guidance if a guest is confirmed to have COVID-19 during a stay they will be required to leave our accommodation and return home if they reasonably can. THE IMPORTANT STUFF: As a big, city centre hostel our booking and check in policies are quite strict and in place in order to keep hostellers, hostel and staff safe. ID and DEPOSIT POLICY: All guests are required to register and show a photo identification on check in. A cash key deposit of £5 is taken from every guest on check in: this is returned with an on time check out and return of keys: we do not have change so please be prepared on arrival GROUPS: Online bookings are limited to 6 people: this includes bookings made under different names or on different websites. Please contact us directly to book for more than 6 people, otherwise check in will be refused. MAXIMUM STAY per calendar year: 28 nights. Maximum number of nights per visit: 7. No return visits within 14 days of a 7 night stay. No more than 7 nights total are permitted in any 14 night period CHECK IN starts 13.30: CHECK OUT before 11.00: Check in to shared dorms closes at 23.00 UNDER 18s: must be accompanied by their legal guardian: parent, teacher etc FAMILIES: please book a bed for all children aged 4 and over travelling with you. Children under 4 stay free if they share a bed in the room booked. Under 16s are not permitted to share dormitory rooms with strangers, so please book a private room (all of the beds in a 4 or 6): contact us after booking to let us know you are travelling as a family so that all of your beds are allocated together. 16 and 17 year olds can only share a dorm when accompanied in the same dorm by a parent or legal guardian. BREAKFAST is not included, but may be purchased at Causeway Cafe on the ground floor after 8am. WiFi is free and now available, with limited access (basic browsing and emailing), throughout the hostel: WiFi is not available upstairs after 23.00. PAYMENT: payment in full is required on arrival in cash (GBP) or by credit/debit card. We are not able to process refunds. No shows are charged for the first night of a stay less the corresponding deposit amount for one night. A late cancellation charge is applied to all bookings where a full day's notice of a cancellation is not given: so if checking in on 10th the cut off point to cancel without a fee is 23.59 on 8th: the late cancellation fee is also the amount for the first night less the corresponding deposit for one night UPDATE: If you make a booking and fail to appear at the hostel without cancelling (i.e. you are a "no show") three times in a 24 month period then HINI reserves the right to decline all future bookings/stays from you regardless of whether we have been able to successfully charge your debit/credit card or not. The same applies to those making, and cancelling, multiple reservations. CAR PARK: we have limited spaces: guests park on a first come first park basis and space cannot be guaranteed. Hostels come in all shapes and sizes: we are not a 'party hostel': our hostel quiet time is 23.00 to 7.00: food and alcohol are restricted to the kitchen/dining room area on the ground floor (this area closes at midnight). We are unable to accommodate stags, hens, teams (apart from school and junior teams) so that we can provide a quiet, comfortable and relaxing place to stay. Only registered guests have access to the hostel. Hostel management always reserves the right to refuse check in. If you have any additional needs please contact us and we will do our very best to accomodate them: however as facilities and resources are limited this may not always be possible. LOCATION: Just off Shaftesbury Square (bus route 8 or 9) in the city centre. We are located between City Hall and Queens University, a short walk from both. We are the closest hostel to the Europa Bus Station and just around the corner from Botanic Rail Station, for direct connections to Titanic Quarter. HOSTEL: Belfast's biggest, longest established hostel: no gimmicks, just clean, safe accommodation. A perfect base from which to explore the city and its history, ideally located for a walk through the university area, along the river to the ever-changing waterfront and Titanic Quarter, or to the shops in the city centre. We have rooms to suit all budgets, from a basic cheap dormitory bed to a double with private shower/toilet: the TV is in the TV room and the kettle in the self-catering kitchen though! We welcome guests of all ages (from 2 to 92!) from all over the world, including solo travellers, couples, groups of friends, families with children and groups. Our self-catering kitchen is fully equipped and open from 6.00 to 11.00 and 12.30 to midnight. There is a plentiful supply of hot water during the day, and our central heating is on from 7.00 to midday and 19.00 to midnight (the building is not heated during the summer months). We are open and staffed 24 hours a day with no curfew or lockout. There is a luggage room for storage before check in and after check out: this is also provided free. ROOMS: All of our rooms have bunk beds, apart from our en-suite twins and doubles. Standard twins are small (half the size of a standard 4) and designed for those seeking a budget room but some privacy, rather than extra space or comfort. The shower rooms in our en-suite rooms are designed as wet rooms, with no shower doors or curtains. Towels and soap are not provided. The building is No Smoking in line with the law in Northern Ireland (in house fine: £200): the hostel also reserves the right to charge a fine of up to £200 for extra housekeeping, damage and so on after check out. CAUSEWAY CAFE: Open on the ground floor from 8am until 2pm every day, apart from the Christmas period, if you would like to buy breakfast or brunch: freshly 'cooked to order' food. Fruit, biscuits, soft drinks, crisps, chocolate, coffee, speciality teas, hot chocolate, packed lunches, fresh sandwiches, cooked breakfasts, bagels, freshly baked croissant etc TOURS: Giants Causeway: There is a tour office at the hostel for booking causeway tours or a freephone to contact them outside office hours www.minicoachni.co.uk City: We can book your black taxi tour for you at the hostel reception desk.