Welcome to the POTOMAC AREA COUNCIL(PAC) of Hostelling International USA!  
 To join and become a member today (and get a Hostel card), see below

1009 11th Street, NW  *  Washington, DC 20001
PAC office: (202) 783-4943 
Kristin Smith, President
info@potomachostels.org
 


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Upcoming Events

PAC

None at this time.

 

HI-Baltimore  

Visit   www.baltimorehostel.org  for details and updates or call 410-576-8880

Feb

16   Mardi Gras Celebration.  7:00 pm

Celebrate Mardi Gras with home cooked New Orleans Gumbo followed by a movie about the history of Mardi Gras.  Free.

20   Volunteers Work Party.  10am - 3 pm

Meet others who love hostels and help to improve the Hostel all at the same time.  Join us and be ready to get down and dirty. Free.

26   Open House.  11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Enjoy LUNCH ON US, catered by David and Dad's, and look at the changes we have made, and why we were rated the 3rd BEST HOSTEL in North America - HOSCARS 2008.  Free.

27   Poets & Lyres.  6 to 9:30 pm.

Four of Balt.'s best song-writers explaining the craft.  6:30 - Chris Myers, film; 7:30 - June Star, film; 8:30 - Midway Fair.  $6.00.

28   Last Rites.  7:00 pm

This popular poetry  & music gathering with local artists continues on the last Sunday of each month.  Free.

April

 11   BMore Streets for People

Baltimore will "close the streets" to motor vehicles and OPEN them to cyclists, walkers/runners and skaters.  Contact Frank at the Baltimore Hostel for more information.

 

HI-Harpers Ferry

Visit   www.harpersferryhostel.org  for updates or call 301-834-7652

Mar 27-28  Weekend of Celebration  1:00 pm. 

1:00 pm - Travel talk on Tanzaria by Claire Gibson.

2:00 pm - Hike into Harpers Ferry and return.

6:00 pm - Spaghetti dinner and sharing stories of travel and adventure around the campfire.

Free. RSVP required. For info. call 301-834-7652 or mail@harpersferryhostel.org.

Mar 28  Weekend of Celebration (Cont.)

 Pancake breakfast before you leave. Free.

Apr

15   Opening day and start of the 2010 Season

Sat Volunteer Days  11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Feb

13 and 27 - Focusing on the inside of the hostel, repainting, building a new pavilion, etc.

Mar

20 - Focusing on the campgrounds.

Apr

3 and 10 -  Focusing on the campgrounds.

HI-Richmond

Visit   www.richmondhostel.org  for updates or more information or contact Jenniwamp@yahoo.com

Feb

22  Friends of Richmond Hostel.  6:30 pm at the main branch Richmond Public Library.

Mar

17  Richmond Hostel Monthly Meeting.

Apr

21  Richmond Hostel Monthly Meeting.

May

19  Richmond Hostel Monthly Meeting.

 

HI-Washington DC

Visit   www.hiwashingtondc.org  for updates or call 202-737-2333

Please visit our website for current activities

 

Sponsored by the Potomac Area Council of HI-USA

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PAC Hostel Activities

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Your Local Hostels

Check out the Washington DC Hostel, located right downtown at the corner of 11th & K Streets NW, only 5 blocks from the White House and 3 blocks north of Metro Center subway station. Or just hop the new DC Circulator bus from Union Station or Georgetown for $1: it stops right at the DC hostel. The Potomac Area Council is a part-owner of the Washington DC hostel.
 
The Harpers Ferry Hostel is open for the 2008.  (After November 15, please call ahead and groups and individual hostellers during the late fall and winter months may be accommodated, depending on the dates.)  Please call 301-834-7652 or E-mail Harpersferryhostel to let us know you are coming, and if you plan to stay overnight. This relaxing lodge with a stone fireplace, kitchen, dormitory and private family rooms, is 1.5 miles from downtown Harpers Ferry, just uphill from the C&O Canal, overlooking the Potomac River on the Maryland side.
  
The Baltimore Hostel at 17 W. Mulberry Street is now open! Check Baltimore Hostel.  Or call: (410) 576-8880. 

An affiliate hostel is also located in Virginia Beach: Angie's Guest House: http://www.angiescottage.com/.  And just 45 minutes north of Williamsburg, in a nature setting near the Chesapeake Bay, is another affiliate hostel in Urbanna, VA:  
 
We would welcome ideas for hostels in locations such as Richmond, Fredericksburg, Williamsburg, Annapolis, Cumberland, Frederick, Ocean City, Rehoboth, and the Shenandoah Valley.


     Ready to Get Involved, Meet Others in Hostelling,
& Stay at 4,000 hostels in the US ... and around the World?

If you would like more information on PAC activities or if you are interested in volunteering, please phone us at (202) 783-4943 or email us at: info@potomachostels.org.  If you live in MD, DC, VA, lower DE, and WV (except for the panhandle) ... you will automatically become a member of the PAC by becoming a member of Hostelling International-USA.  You can be of any age, including youth, adults, and seniors.  To learn more about hostelling, find hostels in the rest of the country, or to become a member right now please click on http://www.hiusa.org/ and select "Membership".  Your membership is good at 4,000 hostels around the world (including terrific HI-USA hostels in such places as Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles & San Francisco) ... gives you travel benefits ... and helps us grow the network of hostels right here in your home area.  

*Bonus: As a member, you will receive our quarterly newsletter, Voyager.  Everyone is also welcome to join in at the PAC Board meetings, usually held on the second Tuesday of each month.  Go global, get involved and volunteer with hostelling to meet visitors from around the world right in your backyard!

(Potomac Area Council of Hostelling- International USA is a 501(c)(3) organization. If you would like to receive public information regarding our organization, please contact treasurer.


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