Mr Martin H.
This hostel is absolutely disgusting
This hostel is absolutely disgusting. The hostel heating system had been broken for 5 days out of the 7 days I stayed. I was shivering with cold in bed every night and after 3 days of having to sleep in conditions as cold as the hostel room 105 I became ill after days and now home in the U.K with a chest infection and heavy cold and headaches none stop. NO WAY SHOULD THIS HOSTEL HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO OPEN AND LET PEOPLE STAY KNOWING THERE WAS NO HEATING IN THE ENTIRE HOSTEL. I actually went and sat in the hallway down downstairs at times because it was a little bit warmer than my room. Wind was blowing through the side of the window frames on to me whilst I was in bed. Absolutely disgusting this was allowed, unbelievable. Then when I was sick in bed the cleaner demanded I get out of bed so he could fix the bed sheets on the top bunk. I told him to give me 5 minutes and he said no. At this point I was highly frustrated and told him " no, I am not getting out of bed I am too ill". The worst thing is I had planned this trip since last year for ADE in Amsterdam and meet up with friends from New York I haven't seen in many years and friends from the south of England also was there staying in another hostel. There was no Wi Fi for 4/5 days and I couldn't not get a good signal and missed 4 of the 7 events I had gone to Amsterdam to see at ADE and my friends could not contact me as I could never get signal and no wi fi. The manner and conditions we had to encounter is no way legal and I will be taking this matter further and reporting it to news papers in Amsterdam to warn future travelers. I have contacted the hostel 3 times about this but all contact has been ignored. The staffwas shockingly rude also apart from 1 member of staff, some guy at reception was friendly, everyone else was Dan right rude. The bins also had not been emptied for days. There was even water on the floor leaking from somewhere. What a disgusting and horrible experience I had at the Princess Hostel in Amsterdam. You completely ruined my trip and in the process I became ill because of the conditions. Totally ruined the whole trip. I now also cant go into work due to my chest infection meaning I am even more at loss financially. I would of left on the 1st day if I had more money. The Hostel needs reporting to the health and safety and environmental health and to shut down until it has completely cleaned up and fixed the whole mess that it is operating in. Martin H Liverpool- England


