1/5 Carla G. 2 years ago on Google
This
hostel
was
the
worst
experience
I've
ever
had
with
Airbnb.
There
are
many
points
to
be
commented
on.
If
you
are
a
woman
traveling
alone
in
Berlin,
this
is
a
place
to
be
avoided.
There
are
only
men
staying
in
space
and
chauvinism
is
structural
in
all
spaces.
On
my
second
night
(25/04/2022)
a
very
drunk
and
smelly
man
lay
down
on
the
bed
below
mine.
He
was
talking
to
himself,
spilling
drink
across
the
room,
his
face
was
bruised,
with
a
look
of
cuts,
even
half
bloody
and
visibly
disoriented.
I
felt
embarrassed
and
afraid.
I
went
to
reception
around
5
p.m.
and
the
attendant
(a
man)
told
me
there
was
nothing
he
could
do
and
that
I
was
“in
a
hostel”,
implying
that
I
should
be
aware
that
this
kind
of
situation
could
happen.
In
other
words,
I
had
to
accept
all
that,
regardless
of
how
I
felt,
period.
He
also
told
me
that
“nothing
had
happened
yet”,
as
if
he
could
only
do
something
after
something
bad
actually
happened,
as
if
it
was
only
possible
to
cure
and
not
prevent.
I
wonder
if
a
female
attendant
would
have
that
kind
of
attitude
towards
me.
Even
if
it
was
not
possible
to
give
me
another
bed,
in
another
room,
due
to
the
capacity
of
the
place,
the
least
that
is
expected
from
the
people
at
the
reception
of
a
hostel
is
that
they
welcome
you,
listen
to
you
and
do
not
minimize
your
concerns.
If
he
couldn't
get
me
another
bed,
he
could
have
noted
my
contact
details
to
talk
to
me
later
about
any
vacancies
that
might
open
up
during
my
stay.
But
no,
the
hostel's
position
was
to
ignore
my
fear
and
pretend
that
there
was
no
problem
(“yet”).
Faced
with
this
situation
of
neglect
and
fear
of
being
alone
in
a
room
with
an
unknown
person
in
that
state,
I
went
out
for
a
walk
and
when
I
came
back,
I
was
talking
to
some
roommates
(also
men)
who
minimized
my
concerns
and
treated
me
as
if
I
was
the
problem.
They
even
told
me
that
I
was
only
afraid
because
I
was
from
the
South
of
the
globe,
that
in
Europe
there
was
no
violence
against
women
and
that
I
should
stay
calm.
In
every
space,
I
felt
diminished
as
a
human
being,
as
if
the
things
I
said
didn't
matter.
The
next
morning
I
went
to
shower
in
the
women's
locker
room
and
there
were
men
showering
there
too.
In
the
(female)
bathroom,
men
used
the
space
naturally.
Guests
simply
thought
they
were
above
the
rules,
as
if
they
didn't
need
to
respect
spaces
and
the
administration
of
the
place,
in
the
face
of
this
situation,
did
nothing
about
it.
I
didn't
sleep
well
because
I
was
worried
and
there
was
a
horrible
smell,
I
didn't
have
privacy
to
shower,
to
change
clothes,
I
didn't
feel
respected
by
the
guests
and
the
administration,
that
is,
the
experience
was
horrible
and
I
felt
strongly
the
weight
of
chauvisnism
on
my
shoulders.
There,
I
had
no
space
anywhere
simply
because
I
was
a
woman.
On
all
the
days
I
spent
there,
I
was
only
attended
by
a
woman
and
I
consider
that
the
only
positive
part
of
the
hostel.
The
attendant
Juliana
treated
me
respectfully
and
cordially
from
the
moment
I
arrived.
When
I
went
to
talk
at
reception
about
the
person
who
was
in
my
room
and
smelled
bad,
I
wish
Juliana
was
there,
because
I'm
sure
that
at
least
I
would
be
respected.
But
no,
who
answered
me
was
a
man
who
ignored
what
I
said.
I
make
it
clear
that
the
issue
with
this
attendant
was
not
the
fact
that
he
couldn't
do
anything,
but
the
way
he
treated
me
and
the
way
he
despised
what
I
said
and
pretended
that
nothing
was
happening.
Too
bad
I
was
only
treated
well
by
the
only
woman
I
had
contact
with.
In
short,
humanity
and
respect
are
lacking
in
this
space.