Data sources — HostelPunk

Data provenance

Where HostelPunk's place data comes from

HostelPunk keeps raw source observations separate from the canonical hostel identity so evidence can be traced, corrected and removed safely.

One hostel, several source observations

HostelPunk links listings from Hostelworld, Booking.com, Google Maps, iOverlander, Workaway and OpenStreetMap to one platform-neutral place ID. A source listing is evidence about a place, not the owner of its identity.

How OpenStreetMap is used

OpenStreetMap helps discover hostels and provides location, operator, website and contact tags. It does not provide guest-review quality or social-atmosphere evidence, and a missing object is not treated as proof that a hostel closed.

Verification before publication

New OpenStreetMap-only places remain unpublished until a human verifies that they are current traveler hostels using independent evidence. Existing names, contacts and coordinates are not silently overwritten.

OpenStreetMap attribution

OpenStreetMap data is © OpenStreetMap contributors and is available under the Open Database License.