Billie’s Backpackers Hostel

Fairbanks


An easy-breezy international scene makes this place regularly full in summer. Billie’s has typical hostel amenities such as showers, laundry and kitchen, but it also offers nice touches such as a mosquito-netted communal tent for campers and free use of bicycles.

The hostel is off the MACS Red Line and not far from the university. The owners are incredibly nice and very flexible with check-in times, leaving luggage and so on.


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