The fear is always the same: what if I show up and it's just me? Here's the truth we've watched play out a thousand times across our hostels.
Solo doesn't mean alone. It means you're free to say yes. Yes to the rooftop dinner, yes to the 6am trek someone's organising in the common room.
Communal tables do the introducing for you. By the second evening, the person who arrived quietly is usually the one planning tomorrow's ride-out.
You came for a bed. You leave with a group chat that pings for years. That's the whole point of a hostel done right.