YHA (England and Wales) is holding its own Black Friday sale – Black Friday Flash - on 27 November 2016.

It is offering 33% off dorms and rooms at 25 of its most popular Youth Hostels, including Eden Project, St Briavels Castle, Treyarnon Bay, Brighton, Cardiff Central and Snowdon Pen y Pass, for stays between 27 November and 30 December. It's a great opportunity to grab a bargain bed for that night or a Christmas getaway with all the family.

The discount means a private four bed family room costs as little as £30.15 a night at YHA's 5 Star rated Youth Hostel, YHA Cardiff Central, making a stay in the Welsh capital more affordable than ever for families and groups.

To qualify for the deal, simply use the code FLASH-007 at the checkout when booking online at www.yha.org.uk

The 25 YHA properties available to book with the Black Friday discount include:

Bath

Berwick

Brighton

Bristol

Canterbury

Cardiff Central

Coalport

Coniston Holly How

Conwy

Eden Project

Hartington

Haworth

Ilam

London Thameside

Oxford

Penzance

Sheringham

Snowdon Pen Y Pass

South Downs

St Briavels

Stratford upon Avon

Streatley

Swanage

Treyarnon Bay

Windermere

As well as Black Friday, YHA has loads of other sales coming up between now and January that will enable people to save up to 30% on holidays taken during March - September (including school holiday periods), putting an affordable break within reach of many more families and young people.

Since 2010 YHA (England and Wales) has made huge changes to its 160 properties and in the way it operates and looks. More than £34 million of investment has transformed how Youth Hostels look.

As well as the expected dorms and self-catering kitchens, YHAs now also boast private family rooms, en suites, restaurants and licensed bars. The bunk beds remain, but double, King and Queen-size beds have been introduced to many properties. You'll even find the rooms in some properties boasting luxury roll top baths. One youth Hostel (YHA Wilderhope) even has a four poster bed in its honeymoon suite!

No longer do you need to be a member to stay at a Youth Hostel (although you will benefit from even more discounts), they're also open all year round – making an ideal city centre base for a Christmas shopping or a winter wilderness to get away from it all. You can even hire out an entire property through YHA Exclusive Hire.

For more information about YHA (England and Wales), or to make a booking, please visit www.yha.org.uk

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Notes to Editors

About YHA (England and Wales)

YHA is a charity with a clear mission: to inspire all, especially young people, to broaden their horizons gaining knowledge and independence through new experiences of adventure and discovery.

YHA's aim is to enhance the lives of one million young people each year, through their contact with the charity.

YHA has a network of around 160 diverse hostels throughout England and Wales – often situated in exceptional locations.  These welcoming and sociable spaces are open to everyone.

YHA helps young people take part in educational or recreational visits with their friends or classmates by providing financial support from YHA's bursary scheme, Breaks for Kids.  In 2014 YHA awarded grants totalling £278,000, providing 7,458 funded trips for young people.

YHA has been voted the Best UK Hotel 2014 in the Guardian Travel Awards, beating Marriott and Radisson to take the top accolade. It said: “En suite bathrooms, Wi-Fi and cool decor are no longer strangers to youth hostels, which still offer great camaraderie – perhaps why Guardian readers voted the YHA winner of the best UK hotel in this year's travel awards.”

Caroline White, Chief Executive of YHA (England and Wales) is listed in the Women 1st Top 100 Club; a network of the most influential women in hospitality, passenger transport, travel and tourism, who act as ambassadors and role models for the female leaders of tomorrow.

In 2014, YHA members and customers recorded 1,805,000 overnight stays at YHA accommodation.

YHA (England and Wales) has 170,683 members.

YHA has the Gold Standard accreditation from Investors in People.

YHA has Investors in Volunteers and registered 165,170 hours of volunteering in 2014.

Further information about YHA can be found at www.yha.org.uk

For further information

Anna Melton or Dani Munn

In the Works PR                      

Tel:         01246 386480

Mob:       07837 108559

Email:    anna@intheworkspr.co.uk / dani@intheworkspr.co.uk