Just got the November YHA News.

Got a load of absolute rubbish in it!

'YHA network continues to grow'!

But they don't mention the large number of closures.

Do they think we are that stupid?

Alan

Alan Holmes wrote:
> Got a load of absolute rubbish in it!
>
> 'YHA network continues to grow'!
>
> But they don't mention the large number of closures.
>
> Do they think we are that stupid?
>
> Alan

My membership comes up for renewal in January Alan thinking about
kicking it into touch, the YHA is definately not what it was.

Phil (G1LKJ)

"Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1165852786.615244.306080@73g2000cwn.googlegro ups.com...
>
> Alan Holmes wrote:
>> Got a load of absolute rubbish in it!
>>
>> 'YHA network continues to grow'!
>>
>> But they don't mention the large number of closures.
>>
>> Do they think we are that stupid?
>>
>> Alan
>
> My membership comes up for renewal in January Alan thinking about
> kicking it into touch, the YHA is definately not what it was.

Absolutely true, but it might, just, be worth keeping the membership going,
at least it does give access to some useful places.

Alan

>
> Phil (G1LKJ)
>

Phil Manning wrote:

> Alan Holmes wrote:
> > Got a load of absolute rubbish in it!
> >
> > 'YHA network continues to grow'!
> >
> > But they don't mention the large number of closures.
> >
> > Do they think we are that stupid?
> >
> > Alan
>
> My membership comes up for renewal in January Alan thinking about
> kicking it into touch, the YHA is definately not what it was.

We didn't rejoin at our last renewal, having seen the way teh yha has
gone.
However we have just decided to stay at a few hostels in Holland over
Christmas so our payment was been sent off...

....to syha.

We received our cards in a couple of days :-)

Sorry yha (E&W) you've lost the game.

John B

John B wrote:
.... so our payment was been sent off...
>
> ...to syha.
>
> We received our cards in a couple of days :-)
>
> Sorry yha (E&W) you've lost the game.
>

We did just the same a couple of years ago, except we each sent SYHA
£60 and became life members. At the time, the £60 was equivalent to
just four years of annual renewal at YHA at £15 a year.

We figured £120 for us both was a damned sight cheaper than the £210
each YHA wants for life membership, we can still stay at all YHA's
hostels and we prefer the Scottish "Hosteller" mag. :-)

	#1
Alan Holmes	Just got the November YHA News. Got a load of absolute rubbish in it! 'YHA network continues to grow'! But they don't mention the large number of closures. Do they think we are that stupid? Alan

	#2
Phil Manning	Re: Just got the November YHA News. Alan Holmes wrote: > Got a load of absolute rubbish in it! > > 'YHA network continues to grow'! > > But they don't mention the large number of closures. > > Do they think we are that stupid? > > Alan My membership comes up for renewal in January Alan thinking about kicking it into touch, the YHA is definately not what it was. Phil (G1LKJ)

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John B	Re: Just got the November YHA News. Phil Manning wrote: > Alan Holmes wrote: > > Got a load of absolute rubbish in it! > > > > 'YHA network continues to grow'! > > > > But they don't mention the large number of closures. > > > > Do they think we are that stupid? > > > > Alan > > My membership comes up for renewal in January Alan thinking about > kicking it into touch, the YHA is definately not what it was. We didn't rejoin at our last renewal, having seen the way teh yha has gone. However we have just decided to stay at a few hostels in Holland over Christmas so our payment was been sent off... ....to syha. We received our cards in a couple of days :-) Sorry yha (E&W) you've lost the game. John B

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Jacki	Re: Just got the November YHA News. John B wrote: .... so our payment was been sent off... > > ...to syha. > > We received our cards in a couple of days :-) > > Sorry yha (E&W) you've lost the game. > We did just the same a couple of years ago, except we each sent SYHA £60 and became life members. At the time, the £60 was equivalent to just four years of annual renewal at YHA at £15 a year. We figured £120 for us both was a damned sight cheaper than the £210 each YHA wants for life membership, we can still stay at all YHA's hostels and we prefer the Scottish "Hosteller" mag. :-)