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.

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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

Kailua-Kona · USA 2nd best in Kailua-Kona

Pineapple Park Kona

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 246 reviews
246 reviews $38 dorm · $107 priv View
Los Angeles · USA

Fruit Hostel

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 295 reviews
295 reviews $14 dorm · $169 priv View
Tamarindo · Costa Rica

Bonga House

Punk Score
38% SHIT
Medium confidence 67 reviews
67 reviews $25 dorm · $102 priv View
San Jose · Costa Rica

Nativus Art-Hostel

Punk Score
38% SHIT
High confidence 1,096 reviews
1096 reviews $19 dorm · $50 priv View
Mexico City · Mexico

Hostel Bemaro Mexico City

Punk Score
36% SHIT
Medium confidence 236 reviews
236 reviews $14 dorm · $43 priv View
Playa Grande · Costa Rica 4th best in Playa Grande

Boutique Surf Hotel Rip Jack Inn

Punk Score
36% SHIT
Medium confidence 189 reviews
Granada · Nicaragua

Casa Caracola

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 182 reviews
Asheville · USA

Bon Paul & Sharky's Hostel

Punk Score
39% SHIT
High confidence 607 reviews
607 reviews $42 dorm · $60 priv View
Ometepe Island · Nicaragua

Hostel Coco's

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 186 reviews
186 reviews $10 dorm · $20 priv View
Oranjestad · Aruba

Aruba Backpackers

Punk Score
36% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 35 reviews
San Cristobal de las Casas · Mexico

Casa San Cristobal

Punk Score
36% SHIT
Medium confidence 191 reviews
191 reviews $9 dorm · $16 priv View

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