of the time, getting woken up by loud and rowdy people in a shared hostel can be quite annoying.
Staying at a hostel in Barcelona on a Friday night can be quite the experience. It’s a lively city, especially on weekends, and it seems like almost everyone is out and about. Last night, I was looking forward to some much needed rest, but it wasn’t meant to be. At around 2am, some British girls came back from the club (or wherever they were) and started babbling and laughing very loudly. I was in a shared dormitory of 24 people, so this woke all of us up. I wanted to yell at them to shut up, but I was thinking that maybe I had signed up for this by staying at a hostel on a Friday night.
It can be tricky to handle situations like this, especially if you don’t want to be confrontational and offend anyone. It can be tempting to just tell them to shut up, but it’s often better to try and ask them nicely. That said, it sounds like you may have chosen a party hostel, and in Barcelona, 2am isn’t even late. 24 beds in one room sounds hellish, so it’s a good idea to book a private room or at least a smaller dorm if you want to guarantee some peace.
But even if you do, there will probably still be some people who don’t care if they’re disturbing others. It’s always annoying to be woken up, regardless of the time, by people who are being loud and rowdy in a shared hostel room. You can ask them to be quieter, but there’s no guarantee that they’ll listen and respect your wishes.