Best hostels in North America — vibe rankings

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Best hostels in North America

Fun/social-ranked hostels across North America, merged city by city into one ranked list using the best available social evidence.

Explore destinations in North America on the HostelPunk map

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We read reviews on Hostelworld, Booking.com, and Google Maps and flag two things right on the cards: bed-bug reports, and reviews that read bought or incentivized. The bed-bug detector is the Punk AI Language Model, a small in-house classifier.

No bed bug reports found in North America

Top hostel cities in North America

Cities ranked by recent hostel demand plus the strongest Good-or-better Punk Score signals.

Top hostels overall in North America

Cancun · Mexico

Book & Sleep Cancun

Punk Score
42% SHIT
Medium confidence 65 reviews
Puerto Vallarta · Mexico

Hostal Bravo Vallarta

Punk Score
42% SHIT
Medium confidence 56 reviews
56 reviews $11 dorm · $19 priv View
San Francisco · USA

Admiral Hotel

Punk Score
42% SHIT
Medium confidence 101 reviews
Playa del Carmen · Mexico

Hostel Alme

Punk Score
42% SHIT
Medium confidence 56 reviews
Chicago · USA

House 5863, Inc.

Punk Score
39% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 34 reviews
Boca del Rio · Mexico Best in Boca del Rio

Boca PentHouses

Punk Score
38% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 32 reviews
Leon · Mexico 5th best in Leon

Bodegante

Punk Score
38% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 28 reviews
Quebec · Canada 2nd best in Quebec

Auberge La Camarine

Punk Score
43% SHIT
Medium confidence 298 reviews
Puebla · Mexico

CORDIALITY INN

Punk Score
47% SHIT
Medium confidence 131 reviews
Puebla · Mexico

Hotel el Descanso

Punk Score
47% SHIT
Medium confidence 147 reviews
Queretaro · Mexico

Hostal Maple

Punk Score
47% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 39 reviews
Izamal · Mexico

Nicol-Haa

Punk Score
47% SHIT
Medium confidence 283 reviews
Castries · Saint Lucia Best in Castries

Aaron's House

Punk Score
44% SHIT
Medium confidence 67 reviews
Las Terrenas · Dominican Republic

Residence Nord Est

Punk Score
44% SHIT
Medium confidence 151 reviews
Las Galeras · Dominican Republic

Las Mariposas

Punk Score
43% SHIT
Medium confidence 154 reviews

All countries in North America