I chose this because of the location. It was only a couple blocks away from where our daughter and a couple of friends were coming the next day so I wanted to be close where I could walk over to where we are staying the rest of the time. I wanted something that was an expensive that I could just sleep. I got much more than that, because everyone was so friendly. That was my first time at a hostel, and I will be using the hostels all over the world from now on.