Youth hostels for everyone: modern, barrier -free and family -friendly!

Youth hostels for everyone: modern, barrier -free and family -friendly!

The youth hostels in Germany are increasingly becoming an attractive goal for a variety of travelers, not only for the traditional younger target group. This emerges from a report by stern.de . The board of the German Jugendherbergswerk (DJH), Knut Stolle, emphasizes that all guests are welcome, whether school classes, families or individual travelers.

A remarkable example is the newly designed youth hostel in Wetzlar, which has been extensively modernized. Around 40 % of the beds in this facility are single or double rooms, while the rest are available as stock beds. The aim of this redesign is to win families and companies in particular as new guests.

accessibility in youth hostels

An important aspect of modernization is to consider guests with disabilities. Although not all historical buildings in Hesse are wheelchair accessible, Wetzlar and Hessstein Castle offer suitable facilities for people with special needs. Quiet and barrier -free to barrier -free rooms are available here.

The youth hostels in Rhineland-Palatinate and in Saarland have also made significant progress in relation to accessibility. The law on equality for people with disabilities (BGG) stipulates that barrier -free structural systems and transport for people with disabilities must be usable without outside help. The youth hostels have made special structural changes, such as the installation of ramps and the equipment with wide entrance doors.

equipment and offers for all

In the barrier -free rooms, various adjustments have been made to meet the needs of mobility -reduced persons. These include:

• Width, thresholdless doors
• cupboards with handles at wheelchair height
• a floor -level shower
• handles on toilet, sink and shower
• adjustable mirror over the sink

Every room is also equipped with a modern bathroom that is tailored to the needs of the guests. A total of 30 locations in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland are barrier-free.

The youth hostels also offer experience programs that are specifically geared towards the needs of all children and adolescents, with or without disabilities. Individual advice and tailor -made offers for classes or groups are also part of the service, so that a caring for guests with a handicap is guaranteed during their stay.

Some facilities even offer cooperation with medical supply stores to provide care beds. Membership in the DJH, which is accompanied by a special ID card, is also one of the requirements for staying in a youth hostel and supporting the values ​​of the associations that are committed to environmental education and tolerant exchange.

Overall, the developments in the youth hostels show that these facilities are willing to adapt to the needs of a diverse guest base. An attractive, modern and inclusive environment is created for both older travelers and people with disabilities, which underlines the versatility of the youth hostels. Further information on barrier-free vacation in Jugendherbergen can be found on blog.diejugendherbergen.de .