Annecy Hostel in France – unexpected mishaps and helpful people

As we trekked toward Annecy, France, in our little automatic rental car, we knew another “first” was coming in this trip. Some of our group had never stayed in a hostel before.

Those girls were understandably worried. Although Kristian and I have had many amazing experiences at hostels over the years, the only insight these girls had was from the movie hostel – and that was terrible. I crossed my fingers that their first experience would be a good one.

We rolled into town and pulled up at the Annecy Hostel.There was good news and bad news: they were renovating. The good news was that they had an entire new building that was being completed. We would have a two-story building pretty much to ourselves. The bad news was that the construction was running two days behind, so a few of the finishing touches weren’t completed yet. (Including the individual room locks).

We shrugged our shoulders and moved the luggage into the hostel. The girls, being the resourceful travelers that they were, daisy-chained their bicycle locks and used them as door locks, just in case. I’m sure the hostel owners had never seen anything like us as customers.

The hostel was owned by two brothers, Drieu and Alexandre. They had bought and renovated it over the past couple of years.

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That night, the unexpected happened. Annecy, France, was in the middle of an unexpected cold snap….and the heater broke. I don’t mean that a little room heater broke, I mean the entire two-story building went out.

I hardly ever pass judgment on a place by the unexpected that happens – I judge it more by how the managers react to it. And these managers absolutely did the best they could. We kind of felt sorry for them. No repair companies could come for two days. So the first night was spent with extra blankets and every electric space heater the owners could find.

We ended up with a discount and this outside our door!

So although the first hostel for the girls turned out to be a bit of a bumpy experience, Kristian and I would definitely go back. The owners were friendly and attentive, and this place will be great once renovations are completed.