Nomads Auckland Backpackers

I like staying in hostels when first arriving in a new country. They are not luxurious by any means, but I like that they are cheap and give me a little time to adjust to the new time zone. A huge plus is that I find hostels to me a great way to meet new people at the beginning of my trip before moving on to a more comfortable accommodation. Plus a lot of the time I like to take advantage of the free walking tours that are included in your stay.
We booked a King bed private room because I have had a few bad hostel dorm room experiences. Private en-​suite is the only way I roll now. The private room itself was surprisingly big and much cleaner then I was expecting it to be. The bed in the private room wasn’t the most comfortable bed in the world, but much more comfortable than other hostel beds I’ve slept in.
As far as meeting people at this hostel, I wouldn’t say that this is the best place to do so, unless you’re staying in a dorm room. For the most part everyone kept to themselves in the common areas.
Please note that Nomads Auckland is a dry hostel, I wasn’t aware of this until we arrived. The plus of staying in a dry hostel is that you don’t have to worry about your dorm mates staying up all night drinking in the room, but the downside is that it takes away the fun and social part of being able to share beers with new people traveling from different parts of the world. Beer is how I usually lure people into hanging out with me ;)
There is a rooftop Jacuzzi, large kitchen upstairs, sundeck with harbor views. The person working the front desk told us where different rooms were located in the hostel, however he failed to mention any fun activities. I was hoping that we would have received information on whether or not they do walking tours, organized pub crawls, local food recommendations, etc.
Wifi is $ 4NZD per day ($ 2.70USD) and wifi for 1 week was either $ 12 or $ 14 NZD
If you’re looking to save some money and stay in the trendy Britomart area of Auckland, this could be a good choice.

I have no complaints.
I completely forgot to book somewhere and wasn’t interested in going out of my way to find a proper hotel, given that I was only going to be in Auckland one night.
The place was clean, there are plenty of showers and washrooms throughout the hostel.
I have to say a great feature is the bar on the second floor. It’s got a great patio and good specials if you’re staying there.
I was in a shared dorm and it was totally fine, quiet and a good place to crash after a long flight.

J’ai passé 3 nuits dans ce backpacker ultra central d’Auckland et certes ce n’est pas le calme absolu, comme dans tout backpacker des gens font du bruit mais je l’ai trouve abordable pour un endroit si bien situe dans la ville. Le lieu est propre et le personnel tres chaleureux. Quand on voyage par ses propres moyens, on né demande pas beaucoup plus pour 27 $ la nuit dans un dortoir de 10 voire 12 personnes (16 euros). Peut etre la securite a l’entrée n’est pas assez draconienne, un simple controle visuel de la cle etant fait. Le pire reste le bruit de la rue, si vous avez la malchance d’avoir une chambre donnant sur Fort St aui jouxte l’artere de Queen St, c’est la que les ennuis commencent. Surtout quand vous avez fait 2×11 h d’avion et que vous voulez juste vous reposer. Sinon pour sortir dans des bars ou pour manger au restaurant, c’est parfait. Comme tout Backpacker NOMADS, vous pouvez devenir membre et acceder a des reductions sur des sorties organisees et plein d’autres bons plans a travers la nouvelle zelande. Le wifi est gratuit 30 minutes, not bad wifi comme dans les ¾ des autres auberges du genre de Nouvelle Zelande.

A backpackers with a bar is just asking for trouble. Luckily, its the fun type of trouble. The «sample the world while sitting in Auckland’ type of trouble. Nomads is a cheap option, and offeres WIFi, a Sauna, a kitchen as well as all the other backpacker options that come standard. The rooms are pretty funkily decorated and you can meet some pretty hillarious people here. A good place to stay if you live ages away from town but feel like having a bender.

There is no shortage of hostels in Auckland that’s for sure, but I think I could safely say that Nomad’s is the most fun. It helps that it is connected to a bar named the fat camel, which is not really the most upstanding of venues, but everything’s good after a few drinks. My friends from Poland stayed here when they were visiting not so long ago, on my recommendation so thankfully it lived up to their expectation and mine.
I initially suggested it as its pretty close to my home base in Parnell and is right in the central city so if things deteriorated (which they did) we could do the drunken stumble right to the doorstep.
The amenities were clean and tiny, with extremely helpful staff members who obviously want to make it a good trip for everyone who crosses the nomads threshold and they are not short on travel advice etc which is helpful. A cheap stay at $ 25 for a dorm room, my friends were happy and so was I.

Me and 2 of my friends stayed in this backpackers one night after town. It was about $ 30 for the night. We stayed in a 6 bed girls only dorm with 2 lovely Dutch girls.
We got ready here before town then drank for a bit at the attached Nomad’s Fat Camel bar downstairs.
The place was decent and very sociable, and everyone was extremely friendly as tourists seem to always be.
Had I actually been a tourist and wanted to utilise all of the facilities on offer it would of been great! They have a sauna, free WIFI, and arrange jobs and daily activities around Auckland for you to do! Very accommodating.

Okay, $ 4 per hour for the Internet? What the hell is that man? I think we have passed the point where you can get away with treating Internet access like a precious resource. The loser who came up with this ridiculous price needs to take a walk outside and have a look at the world around them, get a clue, it’s 2013 you idiot. Aside from this unforgivable extortion, it wasn’t too bad, clean enough, nice sociable vibe, and good downtown location. I guess it would not be reasonable to rate a hostel by who happened to be in your room haha, but seriously, if I did it would get zero stars.