Hastings, New Zealand
109 Davis Street, St Leonards
N/A
+64 68785393
Great little working hostel close to everything you need in the town and close to work. Jason was a really good boss and host cheers for putting up with us James and maya!
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The best host in New Zealand. Generous and friendly. Great base for all you activities.
The owner Jason is great man. He realy helps to travelers and backpackers. If you stay in hastings and need job go to sleeping giant. Thank you
Nice place to stay. Thanks to Jason for everything. He’s really helpful and friendly. We definitely suggest this place :)
Great Hostel! We stayed 2 Months at Jason's Backpackers and we are totally happy with it! Jason gave us great jobs and always paid us correctly. Never had any issues with him. The crazy old German woman has finally left! The Kitchen is way to small for that many people but still for 120 a week totally acceptable. We would definitely recommend staying at the sleeping giant hostel!
It's something special about Jason's place. Maybe not the cleanest and the prettiest but absolutely worth for the 120! You meet the greatest people and it is like a big family over there. If you are looking for a hostel where something is happenin, check it out! Had the best 2 months in NZ there.
WORST BACKPACKER HOSTEL that I have never seen. Firstly, the place is not adapted for the number of people (around 50 people in the house with 2 small kitchens). Lot of things is missing in the kitchen, pots and frying It is very DIRTY inside and they never clean rooms and don't change sheets. The beds are horrible, very UNCOMFORTABLE. This backpacker is very deteriorate and the owner (Jason) do not maintain is place. Secondly, you must VERY BE CAREFUL WITH JASON (the owner) especially if you work for him. He is NOT HONEST and you can't trust him. He always ''forget'' to pay you the minimum wage and you need to demand to have you money back. He SWINDLES to many people. He is a bad guy who just cheat of young guys who are in working holidays and don't know about working legislation in NZ (Because even if you have a piece work he needs to pay you at least the minimum wage with a Top-up). So be careful when you receive your pay and the best is to work for another company.
Reading some of these reviews I find really unfair. We had a great stay for 1 week. There were atleast 20 people staying in the hostel at this time and never once did we struggle to find somewhere to cook or chill out in peace. Multiple showers and kitchens. Comments on the clenliness of a hostel is more a reflection on the people staying there than it is the management- it only takes a couple minutes to create a mess. Jason the manager really is a top guy and went out of his way to help me out after an unexpected thing popped up meaning my plans changed, again I find comments criticising him completely out of character and undue. Thanks for having us, would have happily stayed for a couple months to work longer. Jack & Tara
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