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

Tuxtla Gutierrez · Mexico

Hostal Tres Central

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 1,269 reviews
1269 reviews $15 dorm · $33 priv View
Tulum · Mexico

Luhme Tulum Hostel

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 543 reviews
543 reviews $8 dorm · $32 priv View
Los Angeles · USA

The Wilshire Metro

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 472 reviews
San Francisco · USA

Podshare San Francisco Marina

Punk Score
25% SHIT
Medium confidence 101 reviews
Detroit · USA 3rd best in Detroit

Detroit Foundation Hotel

Punk Score
25% SHIT
Medium confidence 176 reviews
Ometepe Island · Nicaragua

Hostal Casa Moreno

Punk Score
22% SHIT
High confidence 390 reviews
Mexico City · Mexico

HoM Monterrey

Punk Score
23% SHIT
High confidence 441 reviews
441 reviews $12 dorm · $28 priv View
Puebla · Mexico

Hotel Kapu, Puebla

Punk Score
23% SHIT
Medium confidence 275 reviews
Antigua · Guatemala

Hospedaje el Viajero Antigua II

Punk Score
23% SHIT
High confidence 897 reviews
Playa del Carmen · Mexico

Kaban 44 Hostel

Punk Score
20% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 21 reviews
Nassau · Bahamas Best in Nassau Best in Bahamas

The Island Garden Hotel

Punk Score
20% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 88 reviews

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