Charlottetown Backpackers Inn

Great location and super friendly staff. It is my home away from home!

This is the best hostel I have ever stayed in. It’s in a great location – just a few minutes’ walk from downtown Charlottetown – in a converted house on a residential street. Downstairs are a couple of dorm-​style rooms, a big kitchen (where you can cook your own food – they also include breakfast in your room rate), and a common room with free internet, a flat-​panel TV, and lots of books and movies and board games.
(Don’t play Scrabble with Levi. He will probably beat you. Do, however, challenge him to the trivia games.)
Upstairs are more bedrooms and three bathrooms. One is dorm-​style and two are regular bathrooms, one reserved just for women. Fantastic – spacious and private! There’s also a loft with private rooms.
Outside is a detached garage with a pool table, a record collection, guitars for the musically inclined, and a beer fridge. That’s where the cool people hang out. Also, you can rent bicycles at the hostel, and it’s just a short ride to the Confederation Trail.
The staff was really friendly – it was so nice to be recognized and greeted every time I walked in the door. It felt like a close-​knit family environment, and I really enjoyed the evenings spent in the common room, playing games or watching TV with the other travellers.
(Levi is the owner. He’s super nice and quite charming, and he runs a great hostel. Don’t ask him about the War of 1812 unless you want a skewed history lesson in American-​Canadian relations.)
I don’t know if I’ll ever make it back to PEI, but I would definitely stay here again. If all hostels were like this one, I would never stay in a hotel again.