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

Tulum · Mexico

UJO Condo Boutique

Punk Score
34% SHIT
High confidence 562 reviews
Guadalajara · Mexico

Erhu House

Punk Score
37% SHIT
Medium confidence 146 reviews
146 reviews $18 dorm · $74 priv View
San Diego · USA

Gaslamp Hostel

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 1,935 reviews
1935 reviews $42 dorm · $110 priv View
Oaxaca · Mexico

Cielo Rojo Hostel Oaxaca

Punk Score
37% SHIT
Medium confidence 161 reviews
Banff · Canada

HI Mosquito Creek

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 341 reviews
Panajachel · Guatemala

El Apartamento

Punk Score
35% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 48 reviews
San Pedro La Laguna · Guatemala

Sababa Resort

Punk Score
35% SHIT
High confidence 1,310 reviews
Tecpan · Guatemala Best in Tecpan

Finca Chuchiya

Punk Score
37% SHIT
Medium confidence 110 reviews
Monteverde · Costa Rica

EL Nido Lodge

Punk Score
34% SHIT
Medium confidence 59 reviews
Puebla · Mexico

Suites La Concordia

Punk Score
34% SHIT
Medium confidence 194 reviews
Guanajuato · Mexico

Casa El Ombligo de la Luna

Punk Score
34% SHIT
Medium confidence 93 reviews
Akumal · Mexico 4th best in Akumal

Aquatech Villas DeRosa Resort

Punk Score
34% SHIT
Medium confidence 123 reviews
Panajachel · Guatemala

Royal Palace Hostal

Punk Score
32% SHIT
High confidence 373 reviews
373 reviews $7 dorm · $26 priv View
San Jose · Costa Rica

Hostel Casa Colon

Punk Score
32% SHIT
Medium confidence 295 reviews
Las Terrenas · Dominican Republic

Afreeka Beach Hostel & Music Bar

Punk Score
33% SHIT
High confidence 320 reviews
Manuel Antonio · Costa Rica

Planet B Hostel

Punk Score
34% SHIT
High confidence 1,032 reviews

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