Why Hostels and PG instead of flats and the role of HostelDevta in this.
“Where to stay in a big city?”
A question that pops up in every student’s mind when they move to another city to get an education or for jobs. Adding to that while taking admission in a college, one begins to understand how difficult it would be for them to move from different places to their colleges.
Not to forget the most symbolic part of college life is a hostel but it can always be seen that a college hostel always has very limited seats available for the students and all students don’t get the chance to make a stay in the hostels in their college life.
On the other hand, there are PGs that give similar vibrant as a hostel but are a little costlier than hostels and gives a home-like feeling the last alternative of a hostel is a rented flat where everything will be under the control of the students but for a student who is under so much pressure of his studies cannot take a load to look after a house.
Let us make a comparison between these three options to find out the best option for them all.
Hostels
Hostels- Fees at hostels are significantly lower overall when compared to rented flats and PGs.Also, hostels quite easily cater to the best possible community environment out of the given three choices the facilities offered at hostels are also a key factor. Besides taking care of their belongings, students living in hostels do not have to deal with landlords and flat brokers. The hostel remains in the perfect environment for a student to transition, from being someone who stayed with their parents for eighteen years to living in a hostel where basic facilities are provided. Coming away from home the main concern for a student is food as most of them are used to get food quickly whenever they are hungry for that reason most hostels have mess facilities, which cater to students for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Some even have snack hours in the evening.
Paying Guest
PGs- A PG, like a hostel, comes with several facilities. Basic facilities are provided by the landlord, who also lives in the same flat. One room is set aside for a student where he/she lives. Meals are provided by the landlord, as well as other facilities such as Wi-Fi and laundry. Since most PGs have families accommodating students, they have a home-like vibe to them. This attracts many students who prefer a smooth transition after leaving home. Though it doesn’t guarantee privacy like rented flats, it is much more conducive for people who don’t like living in a familial environment.
In terms of money, PGs are cheaper than rented flats. Most PGs cost around 10–12k a month. Additional electricity charges are also included.
Rentroom
Rented house/Flats- While hostels do offer a lot in terms of a vibrant community, they lack in one key aspect. Privacy.
Staying in a hostel means giving up personal privacy to a certain level. Most things in hostels are communal, from toilets to mess and washing areas. This situation becomes problematic for many students.
Rented flats solve this problem. Students have complete privacy. They can live as they want to, without being confined by the rules and timings of hostels.
Living in a flat, students have to deal with landlords who can sometimes be intransigent and less understanding than hostel wardens. Landlords often visit their flats unannounced, which can be uncomfortable for some.
Besides paying the rent, students also have to shell out additional money for groceries and other necessary items. This adds to the already heavy workload of studies.
These days as most people use digital ways of findings accommodation there is a website which helps us to find hostels and PGs of different cities with the comfort of sitting in our homes-
HostelDevta is an online hostel hospitality platform that provides hostel booking with various categories and high-quality hostel hospitality on budget, cheaper prices than offline. It mainly provides online hostel booking services and hospitality services in hostels.
Other services in hostels include food(mess/tiffin) services, transport services, medicals & emergency, and basic amenities services . Hostels and their food services were fully verified and certified by the HostelDevta certification team via quality processes and measures.
HostelDevta provides hostels in categories like godhouse, apartmental hostels, leased & franchised hostels, college hostels, coaching hostels, school hostels, rentrooms, rental flats.
HostelDevta provides services mainly to students and bachelors (terms and conditions apply). A person can book a hostel in few easy steps without any agents or any other help. HostelDevta guarantee you a seamless experience at hostels.
HostelDevta
HostelDevta is currently a team of 20+ members including full time employees and interns. HostelDevta actively developing in 10+ states comprising Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Delhi, Northeast, West Bengal and others.
HostelDevta working culture is very modern and managed with experienced mentors, advisors. Team members are from reputed institutions and has experience of working with top government as well as private companies.
Written by: Niha Borah, HostelDevta
Originally published at https://medium.com on August 27, 2021.
