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

Panajachel · Guatemala

Amaranto

Punk Score
27% SHIT
High confidence 741 reviews
741 reviews $24 dorm · $69 priv View
Lanquin · Guatemala 5th best in Lanquin

Hostal Oasis

Punk Score
28% SHIT
High confidence 528 reviews
528 reviews $12 dorm · $30 priv View
Boquete · Panama

Isabella Hostel and Pool

Punk Score
29% SHIT
Medium confidence 103 reviews
103 reviews $20 dorm · $32 priv View
Leon · Nicaragua

Volcano Hostel

Punk Score
29% SHIT
High confidence 826 reviews
Quetzaltenango · Guatemala

Villa Alissa

Punk Score
26% SHIT
Medium confidence 110 reviews
Antigua · Guatemala

Impronta-Huella

Punk Score
26% SHIT
Medium confidence 142 reviews
142 reviews $13 dorm · $32 priv View
Ometepe Island · Nicaragua

Hostal Tortuga Viajera

Punk Score
26% SHIT
Medium confidence 186 reviews
186 reviews $11 dorm · $17 priv View
Canmore · Canada 5th best in Canmore

Super 8 by Wyndham Canmore

Punk Score
25% SHIT
High confidence 746 reviews
Liberia · Costa Rica

Hostel Casa Mar

Punk Score
27% SHIT
Medium confidence 286 reviews
286 reviews $17 dorm · $22 priv View
Washington DC · USA

Duo Nomad

Punk Score
27% SHIT
Medium confidence 273 reviews
Cahuita · Costa Rica

Secret Garden

Punk Score
27% SHIT
High confidence 2,227 reviews
2227 reviews $12 dorm · $51 priv View
Oaxaca · Mexico

Andaina Hostel

Punk Score
27% SHIT
High confidence 1,970 reviews
1970 reviews $11 dorm · $16 priv View
Ometepe Island · Nicaragua

Dragon's Garden

Punk Score
26% SHIT
Medium confidence 169 reviews
169 reviews $9 dorm · $20 priv View

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