Njengokuba imitya yesipaji isiya iqina, amaxabiso ehotele anyuka aphakame kwaye iihostele ziyaxhuzula, iiHostelbookers zinika ingxelo yokonyuka kwama-83% kubhukisho ngo-2008.
Abahambi bayo yonke iminyaka ngoku babambelele kwinto yokuba iihostele zibonelela ngexabiso elimangalisayo lemali. Ayanda nje inani lokubhukisha, kodwa ikwanjalo neminyaka yabantu ababhukisha indawo yokuhlala. Okokuqala, iHostelBookers inika ingxelo ngenani elilinganayo lokubhukisha elivela kwi-18 ukuya kwi-24 yeminyaka ubudala kunye ne-25 ukuya kwi-34 yeminyaka ubudala - i-43% kudidi ngalunye. Inani labakhenkethi abadala nalo liyakhula, nabangaphezulu kwama-35 babonelela nge-14% eseleyo yazo zonke iindawo ezibhukishwayo – okokuqala ngqa eli qela lobudala lithatha ngaphezu kwe-10%.
Njengoko i-credit crunch iqhubeka nokulawula izihloko zeendaba akumangalisi ukuba uhlobo olutsha lwehostele luyathandeka kubaphulaphuli ababanzi kakhulu kwaye lube yindlela yokwenene kwiihotele zebhajethi. UDavid Smith, umanejala jikelele, uthe, “Umfanekiso wakudala wehostele ulungile kwaye umiselwe ngokwenyani kwixesha elidlulileyo kwaye iihostele zanamhlanje kunokwenzeka ukuba zibe nephepha lodonga, iWiFi yasimahla, iishawara kunye nebhari ephezu kophahla, kuneencukuthu kunye nemibhobho emdaka. Abakhenkethi abakubudala obahlukahlukeneyo baya beyiqonda ngakumbi imali abayichithayo yaye iihostele zethu neendawo zokuhlala eziqingqelwayo zinika ixabiso elikhulu, ngaphandle kokuncama ubutofotofo.”
Phakathi kweehostele zeHostelBookers' ezili-10,000 kwiindawo ezingama-2,500 kwihlabathi jikelele, iindawo ezizanyiweyo nezivavanyiweyo zisenkqenkqeza phambili kuvoto lokuthandwa, kunye neshumi eliphambili ngo-2008 yiAmsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, London, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome kunye neSydney.
Nangona kunjalo, kunye nokunyuka komyinge weminyaka yabathengi bayo, i-HostelBookers ibone ukuphakanyiswa okuphawulekayo ekubhukisheni kwenani leendawo ezingaphantsi kweeprofayili. Iindawo ekuya kuzo ngo-2008 zibandakanya iDamasko kunye ne-Aleppo eSyria, ngelixa iihostele e-Essaouira (eMorocco) nasePai eThailand zibone abantu ababhaka kakhulu kunangaphambili. Kwaye abantu baya beshiya iindawo ezinkulu zabakhenkethi kuMbindi kunye neMpuma Yurophu ngasemva, kwakhona, kunye nePiran eSlovenia, iZagreb yaseCroatia kunye nepaki yesizwe yasePlitvice Lakes bonke babona ukwanda okukhulu kokuthandwa. Xa kuziwa eCroatia, nangona kunjalo, i-Split libali lempumelelo yokwenyani, kwaye iihostele ze-Split ziye zaqhuma kwi-seams unyaka wonke. Ngaphaya eSiberia, kwangaxeshanye, i-Irkutsk iye yabona ukubhuka okuninzi kuneSt.
Ukuphononongwa okuzimeleyo kunye nokulinganiswa komgangatho ongqongqo kuthetha ukuba i-HostelBookers yiwebhusayithi kuphela kwicandelo layo elikhetha ngokucokisekileyo amalungu ayo kwaye lihlala liphonononga ukusebenza kwezakhiwo zayo zebhajethi ye-10,000 ukukhupha ukhula olusezantsi.
I-HostelBookers ikwakuphela kwewebhusayithi yendawo yokuhlala yebhajethi enkulu engahlawulisi mali yokubhukisha. Ngokudlulisela iindleko kude nomhambi kunye nokubiza kuphela ikhomishini ye-10% kwipropati, ibone isabelo sayo semarike sikhula ngokukhawuleza kwiminyaka yamuva.
