Here at the Canadiana we organize daily “events” for backpackers. These are held to give travelers a chance to meet fellow guests.
The events range from Nightclub visits; trips to “ethnic neighbourhoods” (Chinatown, Little India; Little Italy; Greektown) to sample various cuisines; Pub Crawls and Karaoke; Theatre trips (Stage performances); Sporting Events.
There is much to do in this city and we do our best to facilitate our guests to meet and enjoy themselves.
How do we plan events?
We try them out for ourselves first. When we are searching for some good “ethnic cuisine” we often take the hostel staff members out first to get varying opinions; or we try different pubs to sample their “chicken wings” to get a consensus of the best on offer.
Recently, we took staff members and their friends bowling, a pastime that has lost a lot of popularity in recent times. Nonetheless, bowling is a lot of fun.
Sandra (our hostel manager) is pretty good at it. It’s just her natural athletic ability because she really doesn’t have time to play anything regularly (except basketball).
Whether or not we will institute bowling as a regular or even occasional event will be discussed at our next “staff meeting”. But it seemed to work as a convivial event.
We have our 14 seater van (The Black Beauty) to drive guests to various venues when needed.
So if you see an announcment (on our board or website) sign up at the front desk. Space is often limited by our vehicle’s capacity.