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

Guatemala City · Guatemala

Central Hostel Zona 4

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 206 reviews
Monteverde · Costa Rica

Manakin Lodge Monteverde

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 267 reviews
La Libertad · El Salvador

Papaya Lodge

Punk Score
36% SHIT
High confidence 918 reviews
918 reviews $16 dorm · $40 priv View
El Tunco · El Salvador

Surfside El Tunco

Punk Score
40% SHIT
Medium confidence 88 reviews
88 reviews $8 dorm · $35 priv View
Manuel Antonio · Costa Rica 5th best in Manuel Antonio

La Comarca River Glamping Dome

Punk Score
42% SHIT
Medium confidence 179 reviews
Queretaro · Mexico

Hotel Mamá Carlota

Punk Score
42% SHIT
Medium confidence 290 reviews
Akumal · Mexico 3rd best in Akumal

Las Villas Akumal

Punk Score
39% SHIT
High confidence 431 reviews
Puerto Escondido · Mexico

SurfNest Hostel

Punk Score
39% SHIT
High confidence 337 reviews
337 reviews $20 dorm · $69 priv View
San Jose del Pacifico · Mexico 2nd best in San Jose del Pacifico

Cabañas Rancho Viejo

Punk Score
39% SHIT
High confidence 414 reviews
Bacalar · Mexico

Asana Bacalar

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 261 reviews
261 reviews $13 dorm · $42 priv View
Drake Bay · Costa Rica

Sukia Hostel

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 151 reviews
151 reviews $15 dorm · $40 priv View
San Jose · Costa Rica

Hostel Casa Ridgway

Punk Score
40% SHIT
Medium confidence 187 reviews
Tulum · Mexico

Maui Hostels Tulum

Punk Score
40% SHIT
High confidence 503 reviews
503 reviews $8 dorm · $23 priv View
San Cristobal de las Casas · Mexico

Hostal IKAL

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 150 reviews

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