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

Ometepe Island · Nicaragua

Hospedaje Central Indio Viejo

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 392 reviews
392 reviews $10 dorm · $15 priv View
Queretaro · Mexico

El Jardín de la Abuela

Punk Score
37% SHIT
Medium confidence 291 reviews
Santa Ana · El Salvador

Velvet Hostal

Punk Score
35% SHIT
High confidence 362 reviews
Antigua · Guatemala

Blue Moon Hostel

Punk Score
35% SHIT
High confidence 471 reviews
471 reviews $13 dorm · $32 priv View
Quetzaltenango · Guatemala

Casa Julia Xela

Punk Score
35% SHIT
Medium confidence 215 reviews
Mexico City · Mexico

Hostal Fungi Casa Rosa

Punk Score
35% SHIT
High confidence 420 reviews
420 reviews $33 dorm · $71 priv View
Zipolite · Mexico 5th best in Zipolite

Cocos Hotel

Punk Score
35% SHIT
High confidence 566 reviews
Port Antonio · Jamaica Best in Port Antonio

Porty Hostel

Punk Score
37% SHIT
Medium confidence 99 reviews
99 reviews $21 dorm · $34 priv View
Valladolid · Mexico

Treebu Hostel

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 312 reviews
312 reviews $9 dorm · $31 priv View
San Juan La Laguna · Guatemala

Las Cabanas De Mike

Punk Score
37% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 35 reviews
35 reviews $17 dorm · $30 priv View
Utila · Honduras 2nd best in Utila

MAZAPAN

Punk Score
37% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 45 reviews
Playa del Carmen · Mexico

HOM Hostel Boutique

Punk Score
36% SHIT
Medium confidence 296 reviews

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