A youth hostel can be an amazing resource for travelers, but in Montreal they're far less abundant and inexpensive than they once were.
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In the summer of 1972, for example, 6,000 tourists paid .50 cents a night to stay in the 102 beds at Loyola campus, the equivalent of about $3 in today's rates.
Schools and the provincial education ministry routinely subsidized the hostels, which in 1973 also included 100 beds at the student union building of McGill at 3489 McTavish and another 75 beds at 461 St. Sulpice in Old Montreal.
These joints even provided showers and breakfast in their nominal costs.
Today what's known advertised as a Montreal youth hostel costs about $15-$31 night, about five times higher in adjusted terms.
In the summer of 1972, for example, 6,000 tourists paid .50 cents a night to stay in the 102 beds at Loyola campus, the equivalent of about $3 in today's rates.Schools and the provincial education ministry routinely subsidized the hostels, which in 1973 also included 100 beds at the student union building of McGill at 3489 McTavish and another 75 beds at 461 St. Sulpice in Old Montreal.
These joints even provided showers and breakfast in their nominal costs.
Today what's known advertised as a Montreal youth hostel costs about $15-$31 night, about five times higher in adjusted terms.