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

Yogi's Hostel

Punk Score
28% SHIT
Medium confidence 73 reviews
73 reviews $7 dorm · $17 priv View
Niagara Falls · USA Best in Niagara Falls

Gorge View

Punk Score
29% SHIT
High confidence 1,148 reviews
1148 reviews $32 dorm · $89 priv View
New York City · USA 3rd best in New York City

Hotel 17

Punk Score
26% SHIT
Medium confidence 266 reviews
Guadalajara · Mexico

Hostal Americana

Punk Score
26% SHIT
Medium confidence 118 reviews
San Juan · Puerto Rico

Fortel Hostel

Punk Score
26% SHIT
High confidence 1,178 reviews
Manuel Antonio · Costa Rica

Hostel Manuel Antonio

Punk Score
26% SHIT
High confidence 578 reviews
578 reviews $10 dorm · $50 priv View
Campeche · Mexico

Melisa Hostal

Punk Score
26% SHIT
High confidence 628 reviews
Queretaro · Mexico

Blue Bicycle House

Punk Score
27% SHIT
Medium confidence 139 reviews
139 reviews $14 dorm · $38 priv View
New York · USA

Americana Inn

Punk Score
27% SHIT
High confidence 472 reviews
San Juan Del Sur · Nicaragua

Casa Maria

Punk Score
27% SHIT
Medium confidence 55 reviews
Bacalar · Mexico

Local 2

Punk Score
26% SHIT
Medium confidence 170 reviews
Flores · Guatemala

La Terraza Hostel

Punk Score
28% SHIT
High confidence 539 reviews

All countries in North America