The words “hostel” and “luxury” do not seem to go together, but a newly launched collection of boutique hostels is aimed at travellers who seek luxury and style, but who are also budget ...

Hostels, traditionally bare-bones accommodations adored by backpackers on a budget, are undergoing makeovers in a defining travel trend of the year. At the Freehand Hotel, you'd be forgiven for ...

Boutique hostels: Budget travel and the rise of the 'poshtel' By SEBASTIAN LANDER Updated: 09:29 EDT, 18 June 2009 . View comments. It was the sign that gave it away.

Boutique hotels like Faraway on Nantucket and Atticus Hotel in McMinnville, Oregon, have upscale bunk rooms available, too, but haven't built a whole hostel concept around it.

A new chain of “boutique hostels” aims to cash in on the rise in young travellers taking city breaks and to compete with budget hotels.