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

Playa Cocles Puerto Viejo Limon · Costa Rica Best in Playa Cocles Puerto Viejo Limon

Hotel Isla Inn

Punk Score
30% SHIT
Medium confidence 169 reviews
Vancouver · Canada

YWCA Hotel

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 3,090 reviews
Popoyo · Nicaragua

Finca Popoyo

Punk Score
36% SHIT
Medium confidence 118 reviews
118 reviews $23 dorm · $92 priv View
Bastimentos · Panama 4th best in Bastimentos

Hostal Cay

Punk Score
36% SHIT
Medium confidence 229 reviews
229 reviews $19 dorm · $34 priv View
Dallas · USA 2nd best in Dallas

Bishop Hostel

Punk Score
33% SHIT
Medium confidence 140 reviews
140 reviews $55 dorm · $95 priv View
Telluride · USA Best in Telluride

The Bivvi Hostel Telluride

Punk Score
32% SHIT
Medium confidence 266 reviews
266 reviews $46 dorm · $161 priv View
Playa del Carmen · Mexico

Red Panda Hostal

Punk Score
32% SHIT
Medium confidence 216 reviews
216 reviews $11 dorm · $43 priv View
El Paredon · Guatemala

Playa de la Fuente

Punk Score
34% SHIT
Medium confidence 121 reviews
Granada · Nicaragua

Laguna Beach Club

Punk Score
30% SHIT
High confidence 802 reviews
Bacalar · Mexico

Maya Cabaña

Punk Score
33% SHIT
High confidence 615 reviews
615 reviews $19 dorm · $50 priv View
Tortuguero · Costa Rica

Hotel River View

Punk Score
33% SHIT
Medium confidence 95 reviews
Guadalajara · Mexico

Casa Matia

Punk Score
33% SHIT
Medium confidence 144 reviews

All countries in North America