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

San Cristobal de las Casas · Mexico

Hotel San Martin

Punk Score
45% SHIT
Medium confidence 151 reviews
Merida · Mexico

Hotel San Juan Mérida

Punk Score
48% SHIT
High confidence 325 reviews
Cancun · Mexico

Hacienda de Castilla

Punk Score
45% SHIT
Medium confidence 269 reviews
New York · USA

The Shoreham

Punk Score
47% SHIT
High confidence 300 reviews
Merida · Mexico

Hotel San Jose

Punk Score
44% SHIT
Medium confidence 249 reviews
Merida · Mexico

Suites del Sureste - Mérida

Punk Score
44% SHIT
Medium confidence 274 reviews
Holbox Island · Mexico

Hotel MAYARI Holbox

Punk Score
45% SHIT
Medium confidence 175 reviews
Montreal · Canada

Olympia Hotel by Lodgo

Punk Score
42% SHIT
High confidence 325 reviews
Guanajuato · Mexico

Hotel Internacional Malitsin

Punk Score
45% SHIT
Medium confidence 193 reviews
Xalapa · Mexico

Hotel Maria Victoria Xalapa

Punk Score
42% SHIT
High confidence 325 reviews
Xalapa · Mexico

Hotel Klimt

Punk Score
42% SHIT
High confidence 300 reviews
San Luis Potosi · Mexico 5th best in San Luis Potosi

Ibis San Luis Potosi

Punk Score
44% SHIT
High confidence 755 reviews
Taxco · Mexico

Luna

Punk Score
45% SHIT
Medium confidence 162 reviews

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