HI-Banff Alpine Centre, Banff, Canada

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We only got the chance to stay one night at the centre. Would have loved to stay longer. Location, rooms, and facilities were excellent. Great view on the balconies, places to relax, read, free wi-fi, and even got a free pancake breakfast because we made our reservation online. They provide a free bus pass so you can easily take a bus to downtown Banff if you'd like. We decided to take the short walk of under 2km, in no time at all we were in the Downtown District near all the shops, restaurants, & pubs.

Overall

5

Location

5

Cleanliness

5

Value

5

Facilities

5

Service

5

macinneskrista stayed here in Jul '12

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Though this place is quite a ways out of the town center of Banff, as a YHA member you get a free bus pass, which makes things doable. (You'll have to memorize the bus schedule though, as the bus only goes every 40 minutes.) Staff is quite helpful and really listens to feedback - I filled in a comment card about unusable WiFi on my first day here (all ports were blocked), and that was fixed a few days later; similarly with missing knives in the kitchen.
One warning: Don't stay here if you're over 1.90 meter long; that's how long the bunk beds are, and they're completely built in with slats all around, so you can't stick out your feet anywhere. After a week of sleeping in these beds I had serious back problems, and resorted to sleeping on the ground. (Also, apparently if you book a double room here, you have a high chance of _also_ getting a room with bunk beds; just a private one.)

Overall

4

Location

2

Cleanliness

4

Value

4

Facilities

3

Service

5

Sander (Travellerspoint Moderator) stayed here in Jul '11

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Good place to stay and visit Banff and its surroundings.

Overall

4

Location

4

Cleanliness

4

Value

4

Facilities

5

Service

4

r_auls stayed here in Sep '10

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We really enjoyed our stay at HI-Banff Alpine Centre. Staff were helpful and appeared happy to work there. Facilities were clean, the restaurant was inexpensive and well catered and generally a good experience especially after having just stayed at HI-Jasper Hostel for the same cost, we were afraid of finding the same conditions again but were pleasantly surprised.

Overall

5

Location

3

Cleanliness

4

Value

5

Facilities

5

Service

5

Bruce Ratt stayed here in Aug '10

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Overall, it was a great banf for our buck; however, the room literally only fit the double bed and not much more. Even though we were on the 3rd floor, we could still hear a lot of the noise coming from the club in the basement. Other then that, the washrooms were very clean, as was the room.

Overall

3

Location

4

Cleanliness

4

Value

5

Facilities

3

Service

5

monikabern stayed here in May '10

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We (two of us) booked 2 beds in a 4-dorm room but on the arrival we were told that 4bed room is not available and were sent to a 6-dorm room. There were 5 people already in that room so we went back to the reception and got them to find 2 beds. After a while we got our two beds in a 4-dorm room.
Re the price, we were in Banff at the beginning of June and we found hotels and B&Bs directly in town for 50-60 CAN$ per private room. Paying $70 for two shared beds wasn't worth it.
My recommendation would be to come in to town of Banff first, check there and use HI Banff Alpine Centre as a last resort.

Overall

3

Location

3

Cleanliness

4

Value

2

Facilities

4

Service

3

roman.dani stayed here in Jun '09