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

Merida · Mexico

Casa Amate 62

Punk Score
39% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 28 reviews
28 reviews $28 dorm · $67 priv View
Los Angeles · USA

Sofi LAX Clippers Stay

Punk Score
41% SHIT
Medium confidence 75 reviews
Puebla · Mexico

Hotel Temático Casa Puebla

Punk Score
42% SHIT
High confidence 532 reviews
San Pedro · Belize 4th best in San Pedro

Hotel Royal Blue & Golf Cart Rental

Punk Score
37% SHIT
Medium confidence 194 reviews
Santa Ana · El Salvador

Ricks Hostel Santa Ana

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 337 reviews
337 reviews $7 dorm · $25 priv View
San Carlos · Panama 4th best in San Carlos

san carlos beach inn

Punk Score
38% SHIT
Medium confidence 131 reviews
Bacalar · Mexico

Vias Maya Bacalar

Punk Score
41% SHIT
High confidence 428 reviews
Boquete · Panama

Villa Doraz

Punk Score
41% SHIT
Medium confidence 107 reviews
107 reviews $9 dorm · $25 priv View
Quetzaltenango · Guatemala 5th best in Quetzaltenango

Hostal Choja

Punk Score
41% SHIT
Medium confidence 149 reviews
Mexico City · Mexico

Downtown Treasure Place

Punk Score
41% SHIT
High confidence 315 reviews
Mazunte · Mexico

Bajo Las Estrellas

Punk Score
38% SHIT
Medium confidence 182 reviews
Valladolid · Mexico

Casa Daniels

Punk Score
39% SHIT
High confidence 535 reviews
Ometepe Island · Nicaragua

Green Hostal

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 103 reviews
103 reviews $9 dorm · $16 priv View
Santa Teresa · Costa Rica

Habitat Surf Glamp

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 140 reviews

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