YHA Okehampton - Partner

We stayed during August for 5 nights. When we arrived on a Monday it was quiet and we explored the youth hostel after a long drive. The next day we discovered that a group from NCS were booked in and all communal rooms were reserved. On top of this the dining room was reserved between peak times of 5.30-6.30 each evening and from 8.30am in the morning. This forced us to be up early each morning and effectively we could only use the hostel as a bed. Had we been made aware before our arrival we would have chosen another hostel. The noise from the group was ridiculous with the group racing up and down the corridor for most of the night every evening and when challenged they were rude and abrupt 'what do you expect from a group of teenagers'. Having spoken to another traveller, it was apparent that the NCS had booked it as a base for the whole of August so the YHA would have been fully aware of this prior to our arrival. On top of this the oven in the communal kitchen broke on Monday and it wasn't back working until Thursday which rendered the kitchen useless - when we could actually gain access

Came here with my local walking group over the Easter weekend. A lovely hostel, great customer service and a very comfortable stay. The only gripes are the over hot self catering kitchen and too few power sockets in our room, only two sockets for four people.

Excellent location, friendly staff. Only one complaint and that was the room was far too hot. I couldn't sleep and my children were sweating. TBF, I did not report this to staff due to the short length of our stay.