Jason's International Youth Hostel

Anchorage

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Address	3324 Eide Street, Anchorage Alaska, USA Map
Price	$25.00 Check Current Prices by Date Here

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Details

Description

Features

Free Breakfast
Kitchen
Lockers
24 Hour Free Hot Showers
Washing Machine (laundry)
Lounge / Common space
Travel information provided
Bar
Phones (public or in room)
BBQ
Bike Rental

Ratings & Comments

3.3 Average from 24 Ratings

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Comment by RogueAlaska, USA

October 2009

Druggie Center
My husband is up there right now. He says you pay for a room with two bunk beds, four people to a room. Everyone drinking and doing meth in the bathroom. Guys and gals asking "Hey wanna pitch $10 for some speed?" He's sure some of the gals are drug addicted prostitutes. Thankfully he's now got somewhere else to stay. He said it was really dirty too.

Comment by hoboart, usa

September 2009

Average
Location, there is two main areas of Anchorage. central city had a few central attractions, few museums, train station, average shopping, flea market in summer, river fishing for Salmon viewing area, and few other central attractions. Second main area in Anchorage, where the Jason Hostel is located, ten minutes to airport, walk to many major shopping (walmart, target) major movie house, many eating places, few museums. The central city is twelve minutes by cheap bus. three other hostel in immediate location. This hostel has average amenities -- day room with large HDTV, four free nternet computers, always on hand helpful personnel, outside Ramada with ten chairs, average off street parking. I found the place to be of average cleans, average dorm size with adequate closet storage area. there was two group kitchens areas -- in main floor and on second floor. the owner very very helpful and put on a nice free dinner once each week for all guests. Two items i did not like when i made my reservation, they said they would pick me up at the airport free to the hostel. when i got in to Anchorage at 1 a.m. and called then, they said they had no way to pick me up and so i had to pay $19 taxi fare to the hostel. Also, i thought one of the day employees, a Young tall male, was rude and not very helpful.

Comment by serhat cetinkaya, turkish

August 2009

Cheap as free
You can find more thing than you have in your own home. weekly pay rate is $140 and thats it. you don't pay for food or internet or phone calls to anywhere. For a week you'll want to call places for job (if you are looking for job) or your family or girlfriend/boyfriend at least two or three times, which is at least $10. In here there is really good free breakfast and dinner once a week. In a restaurant you would pay $20 for that dinner. Nowhere else has twenty-four hours hot water shower and soap and towel (everything is as clean as a hotel). you will absolutely need to send e-mail to your friends, then you'll have to go library or even if you have your laptop then you will have to go somewhere to access internet. Your time is priceless.

Comment by Victor from Koenigsberg, Russia, Russia

June 2008

Very friendly and helpful staff
I went to Anchorage at 12:30 am -- it was late flight. Mr. Jason met me at the airport, brought me to hostel, showed me around. What I wanna say, it is very friendly, what is important for me, a person from Russia. There is no curfew, which means you can come back at any time you wish. Here is free high speed internet -- computers and Wi-Fi. Long distance phone calls are free of charge. Breakfast is free of charge as well. I want to thank all staff -- Marcus, Mr. Jason. They are very friendly and helpful. They showed what is where around the town. I can recommend this hostel to all independent travelers.

Comment by w.frederick brown, USA

March 2008

Excellent
I came to this hostel after a less than hospitable experience at a hostel closer to the airport. I was greeted by a friendly staff on my first day, and given a full breakfast. The layout of the building is spacious and the location is convenient to the city. Attitudes and service of the staff were top-notch. My bunk is comfortable and provides a good nights rest. Free internet service is great.

Comment by MR T, Australia

April 2007

We stayed here during winter '06 and found Jason to be quite friendly and helpful. however, the place could do with some improvements. Firstly, we had to walk through what looked like a living room to get to our room, which wasn't a problem in itself, it's just that there was a bloke living in it that was sleeping continuously, day and night. Actually, it wasn't continuously -- he found time to get up in the wee hours and steal our beer from the fridge. There seemed to be a few people that were not so much travelers but residents. The place is also a fair way from the actual city but despite this, it's not a bad joint. Jason can't be blamed for it's location and the fact that one of his lodgers is a thief, although there is something about people that 'live' in hostels that leads me to be a little more than cautious than i would otherwise be.

Comment by jeff

January 2007

i've stayed at a lot of hostels and the owner jason really goes the extra mile to make your stay as comfortable as possible. free internet, free breakfast, and even free dinners on occasion! he even has a playstation 2 to use for free (very nice when you are there in the winter!). occasionally the locals who stay there all winter can be annoying but thats in every hostel in alaska in the winter! what do you want for $20? if you are looking for the hilton then go there and spend $200 a night and ill stay here for $20!

Comment by anja

September 2006

Jason's International Youth Hostel is a cheap and nice place where you can stay. The breakfast is good and he sometimes even offers free dinner. The owner tries to help where he can if you have any problems. He drives you for a little fee where you want to go. The only problems I ever had were depending on the people who were staying there. But this can happen in every hostel. I would go there every time again.

Comment by Markymark

August 2006

Very very bad hostel. We came late at night and we were well received by Jason, a very weird guy but anyway seemed to be funny. I cannot complain about him at all, but that hostel it is just crap. We went to our room and we had to cross through different chambers to get ours, there were clothes scattered everywhere, simply chaotic and very disgusting. Although there was a closet all the things were just out there and seemed to be very disgusting. The shower was just something unbelivable, in fact didn't work, the top jet was out of order and if you wanted to wash your body you had to lay down on your knees and get wet there, crouched as an animal. what a shame. There was not even a table for breakfast and we had to eat breakfast on the couch. to cap it all it was just a sh*t of hostel and I don't recommend it.

Comment by Spencer

August 2006

After spending a grueling month in the Alaskan fisheries, the Jason International Hostel has been a wonderful place to indulge in rest and recuperation. I've never seen an individual hostel owner go to such lengths to please his customers as Jason has done. He provides a free nutritious breakfast every morning, access to three free internet terminals, and free long distance calling to anywhere in the U.S., Canada, or Puerto Rico. He even provides travel to or from the airport for only ten dollars, much easier than hassling with the temporary dyslexia of the public transit system. In the mood for an interesting conversation? Summertime here brings international travelers from all walks of life. I've never stayed in a better hostel.

Comment by Pete

July 2006

Dirty, smelly, unfriendly, and unsecured is how I would describe this hostel. As one of my group commented, "the hostel is great, once you're out of it." We stayed here in June of 2006 for three nights (should of been four but our plane was a day late -- thank God for small mercies). We also had it booked for a further four nights after a kayak trip but cancelled due to all the above reasons. Its only redeeming feature -- it's with walking distance to REI. Look elsewhere before booking here.

Comment by Lee Hall from tx

May 2006

I ended up staying at Jason's for almost two weeks while waiting for the job I was starting to begin. I have no complaints, good price, clean, free internet, and he'll feed you breakfast. A great place to stay if you're on a budget and need a cheap comfortable place to crash.

Comment by Patrick O'Connor

February 2006

Hi all...I came up to see the Iditarod Race, and this place is very handy to bus lines, shopping, downtown...and the price! Awesome! You can't find a better deal in Alaska! I will come back here again and again...I have only good things to say about this Hostel.

Comment by Never Again

October 2005

This place sucks!!! We made reservations two months in advance for this place and arrived after a long flight from New York at 1 a.m. to find the place was closed by fire inspectors. The owner made no attempt to contact us beforehand so we could find other lodging.

Comment by 2nd timer

August 2005

I had a great experience the first time, and even a better one the second. Jason's a nice guy and goes out of his way for his guests. Thanks again, Jason!

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