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NEXT PASS

How it works

Six steps, start to finish: what you scan at reception, what lands on your phone, and how one stay turns into the next.
  • Scan
  • Get pass
  • Discover
  • Book
  • Travel
  • Repeat

How it works, step by step

The same six steps as on the home page, with the detail that would not fit there.

  1. 01 · Stay

    Stay at a partner hostel

    Stay at a NEXT STOP partner hostel. Whether you booked elsewhere or used your Starter NEXT PASS.

    Everything starts with a stay. Book a NEXT STOP partner hostel with a Starter NEXT PASS or however you normally would, arrive, and check in as usual.

    There is nothing to sign up for in advance and nothing to arrange before you travel. Being a guest is the only entry requirement.

    • Any partner hostel in any country counts
    • No account needed to stay
  2. 02 · Scan

    Scan the QR code at reception

    Scan the NEXT STOP QR code in order to obtain your free NEXT PASS.

    Every partner hostel has its own NEXT STOP QR code on display at reception. Point your phone camera at it — that is the whole interaction.

    The QR carries that hostel's identifier, which is how the network knows where your journey continued from.

    • Your phone camera is all you need
    • Each hostel has its own unique QR code
  3. 03 · Get your pass

    Get your digital NEXT PASS

    Your unique digital NEXT PASS code is generated instantly.

    Scanning opens NEXT STOP on your phone. A short flow generates a unique NEXT PASS code and shows it on screen straight away.

    The pass lives on your phone. Nothing is printed, nothing is handed over, and there is no membership to manage.

    • A unique code, shown on your phone
    • No physical card and no registration to work through
  4. 04 · Discover

    Discover your next stop

    Choose your next destination and participating hostel.

    With a pass active, browse where you could go next. Every hostel listed is a partner in the same network, with prices, ratings and the neighbourhood shown up front.

  5. 05 · Book

    Unlock your next booking

    Use your NEXT PASS code to unlock the available partner benefit.

    Enter your NEXT PASS code when you book. It unlocks the partner's NEXT STOP rate.

    Your booking is directly communicated with the hostel and NEXT STOP will not charge a large booking fee. Instead we reward your current hostel with a significant commission and use a small percentage to improve our backpackers eco-system.

    • You see both prices before you commit
  6. 06 · Continue

    Continue your journey

    Arrive at your next hostel and continue through the network.

    You arrive at the next partner hostel, check in, and the loop starts again: scan that hostel's QR code and pick the city after that.

    That is the whole idea. The network follows the journey instead of ending at checkout.

    • Each stay will trigger your NEXT STOP
    • The hostel whose QR you scanned is rewarded for the onward booking

Keep reading

Step one

It starts with one night in the network.

Pick a partner hostel, check in, and scan the QR code at reception. Everything after that is just the loop repeating.

Do you want to obtain a NEXT PASS to make the first reservation of your journey?

Click here!