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

San Juan Del Sur · Nicaragua

Hostal los Chamos

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 409 reviews
409 reviews $11 dorm · $23 priv View
David City · Panama

PaCasa Hostel

Punk Score
25% SHIT
Medium confidence 275 reviews
275 reviews $10 dorm · $27 priv View
Yosemite · USA 2nd best in Yosemite

Yosemite International Hostel

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 799 reviews
799 reviews $37 dorm · $99 priv View
Uvita · Costa Rica

Bungalows Ballena

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 369 reviews
Tulum · Mexico

Casa Frida Tulum

Punk Score
25% SHIT
Medium confidence 94 reviews
94 reviews $25 dorm · $62 priv View
Key West · USA

Not Your Average Hotel

Punk Score
25% SHIT
Medium confidence 79 reviews
79 reviews $75 dorm · $206 priv View
Playa del Carmen · Mexico

Cache Hotel Boutique - Adults Only

Punk Score
25% SHIT
Medium confidence 80 reviews
80 reviews $21 dorm · $63 priv View
Leon · Nicaragua

Hotel Austria

Punk Score
24% SHIT
Medium confidence 70 reviews
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca · Costa Rica

Mandacarú

Punk Score
24% SHIT
Medium confidence 81 reviews
Bozeman · USA Best in Bozeman

Treasure State Hostel

Punk Score
25% SHIT
High confidence 716 reviews
716 reviews $37 dorm · $84 priv View
Santa Fe · Panama Best in Santa Fe

La Qhia Eco Retreat

Punk Score
23% SHIT
Medium confidence 242 reviews
242 reviews $28 dorm · $58 priv View
Guadalajara · Mexico

Casa Artemisa

Punk Score
23% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 39 reviews
39 reviews $12 dorm · $29 priv View

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