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

Los Angeles · USA

Seasun Hostel

Punk Score
28% SHIT
Medium confidence 198 reviews
198 reviews $52 dorm · $75 priv View
Antigua · Guatemala

Taura

Punk Score
30% SHIT
Medium confidence 114 reviews
114 reviews $15 dorm · $54 priv View
San Jose · Costa Rica

Sura

Punk Score
30% SHIT
High confidence 1,052 reviews
Playa Samara · Costa Rica

Hostel Marisol

Punk Score
28% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 44 reviews
44 reviews $20 dorm · $45 priv View
Bacalar · Mexico

Hostalito Lahar

Punk Score
27% SHIT
Medium confidence 184 reviews
184 reviews $7 dorm · $14 priv View
Santa Barbara · USA 5th best in Santa Barbara

Social Stays

Punk Score
27% SHIT
Medium confidence 188 reviews
Cancun · Mexico

Moloch Hostel

Punk Score
27% SHIT
High confidence 1,738 reviews
1738 reviews $14 dorm · $36 priv View
Belize City · Belize 5th best in Belize City

Golden Bay Hotel by Marine Parade

Punk Score
27% SHIT
High confidence 655 reviews

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