News & Views for Local YHA Groups
A new “Friends of Earby Youth Hostel” group is to be set up to support the Yorkshire Dales hostel saved from closure earlier this year. According to Daelnet, the inaugural meeting will take place at Earby Parish Rooms on 12th September at 7pm.
Perhaps members of local YHA groups (Preston, Fylde, Lancaster & Morecambe are the closest) would like to get involved?
Back in April I reported that the discount available to students, OAPs and other people of limited means had been quietly abolished by YHA management.
Partly as a result of my prompting, the matter was raised at a meeting of the YHA Board of Trustees. Apparently, Marketing supremo Alan Hopley said that the discount was “too small to be worth bothering about”. It was pointed out to him that people on low incomes might depend on such small sums!
At any rate, the end result is that the discount is to be reinstated. If anybody reading this site who is entitled to such a discount is unable to get it, please get in touch (or comment below) and I’ll make sure the BoT hears about it.