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

Curacao · Netherlands Antilles 4th best in Curacao 4th best in Netherlands Antilles

The Ritz Hostel

Punk Score
26% SHIT
High confidence 434 reviews
Oaxaca · Mexico

Hostal Xao

Punk Score
26% SHIT
Medium confidence 227 reviews
Honolulu · USA

Bposhtels Waikiki Retreat

Punk Score
28% SHIT
Medium confidence 68 reviews
Antigua · Guatemala

Central Hostel Boutique

Punk Score
27% SHIT
High confidence 648 reviews
648 reviews $13 dorm · $50 priv View
Cancun · Mexico

Hotel Green Caps Cancun

Punk Score
27% SHIT
High confidence 430 reviews
Quetzaltenango · Guatemala

Hotel Casolia

Punk Score
30% SHIT
Medium confidence 158 reviews
Tulum · Mexico

Mr Pakal

Punk Score
26% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 31 reviews
31 reviews $10 dorm · $26 priv View
Mexico City · Mexico

Hostal Roma Condesa

Punk Score
27% SHIT
Medium confidence 280 reviews
280 reviews $23 dorm · $64 priv View
Mexico City · Mexico

Downtown Beds

Punk Score
27% SHIT
Medium confidence 180 reviews
180 reviews $22 dorm · $120 priv View
Puerto Vallarta · Mexico

Hotel Casa Kavia Vallarta

Punk Score
26% SHIT
High confidence 311 reviews
Esteli · Nicaragua 4th best in Esteli

Finca Neblina Del Bosque

Punk Score
26% SHIT
Medium confidence 80 reviews

All countries in North America