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    Post Information on the hostel itself

    There have already been over 550 posts on the Hikers Hostel on Center Street in Rutland VT, hundreds of which deal with the religious organization behind it.
    http://www.twelvetribes.com/
    I was completely unaware of this controversy when I stayed here last week. While I respect the decision of those who choose not to stay at any place due to this group's beliefs
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_..._controversies
    this post will report only on the quality of the stay.

    If you have left the rail station and the Walmart Mall, and then proceeded east on Center Street, the sign for the Yellow Deli will soon appear on north side of the street.
    http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=56838
    If arriving by shuttle bus at the Marble Valley Regional Transit Center, just walk up the stairs towards the south entrance, look right as you walk onto Center Street, and the Deli should be easy to see.
    http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=56837
    The front door to the Hostel
    http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=56836
    notes that you check in at the Yellow Deli or, if the Deli is closed (3pm Friday to midnight Sunday), call the cell phone of the caretaker.

    The cost for my night's stay was $20, payable by cash or credit card. Work for stay can also be arranged, but I have no details on that.

    The bunkrooms are upstairs, with one room for men and one for women. Each room has nine beds
    http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=56835
    and each bed has its own sheets, pillow, blanket, towel, & washcloth. There is a bathroom & showers adjacent to each bedroom, with soap & shampoo provided. There are plenty of outlets for electronic devices, but no wifi provided.

    The Hostel has a common room
    http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=56834
    with places to sit, as well as some reading material.
    The kitchen
    http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=56833
    supplies cups & utensils, and has a small refrigerator, coffee maker, & microwave.

    On mornings when the Yellow Deli is open, a stay at the Hostel also comes with a breakfast of coffee & egg sandwich. Alcohol, tobacco, & illegal drugs are strictly prohibited; and pets are not allowed inside. Doors lock at 10:30pm, and lights out is at 10:45pm.

    All people at the Hostel were exceptionally friendly and eager to ensure a pleasant stay. Except for brochures on the organization available for reading, I experienced no proselytizing.

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    Remarkable. This thread is still going, seven years later. Just want to go on record to say that for various personal reasons, mainly based on talking to lots of people much better informed than me, I would choose NOT to stay here, nor would I support in any way their ventures, businesses, restaurants, bakeries, etc., nor, in truth, would I continue to talk about 12T as a friendly, fuzzy, benign kind of place, as i once did. In fact, I regret some of my earlier comments on this thread. But as I suggested several years ago, I urge interested people to read, talk to other people, get informed, and then make the decision that's best for them.

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    I've stayed there 3 times on various hikes. My assessment matches yours GoldenBear. They make a lot of their own meals(all?/many of them vegetarian), breads, pastries, no alcoholic drink concoctions, etc that are DELISH! If you aren't a fast food cellophaned packed type eater and want FRESH HEALTHY food this is a must stop if near Rutland. It's also centrally located downtown and cheap buses get you there from the AT/LT TH. NEVER NEVER, when I expressed my unwillingness to not here about their religion/cult/orginization/whatever you wish to cal it, had my wishes over ridden by ANY of the members! With the right hiker/visitor attitude, this has been one of my favorite AT/LT stops in VT!

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    I stayed at the Yellow Deli 3 different times during my hike, once when I flipped over to Rutland from Maine and hiked to Hanover, again when I came back, and lastly after I got injured and had to fly out of Rutland to Boston. I think I spent a total of 8 days with them (injury). Basically, here is what I came to figure out:
    1. They are genuinely nice people, they value the hard work you put in if you want to do work for stay.
    2. Unless you give them a big door to walk through, they are not preachy about their beliefs.
    3. Do not go there if you are a couple and not married...
    4. Really, don't stay for more than 2 full days at a time...I think they thought they were indoctrinating me, don't want to mislead them.

    If you do stay there and want to take a zero or a double zero, go to the farm if you want to do work for stay, a couple of guys I was there with did it and they had a great time.

    I won't sit and tell you it's not a cult, it is, they have their strict rules and the people there make a choice to live like that - I couldn't do it. If you don't like the way they live, don't stay there - simple as that. I'll surely go back if I make it back to Vermont.

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