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

Washington DC · USA

I Street Capsule Hostel

Punk Score
20% GODAWFUL
High confidence 871 reviews
Canmore · Canada

Canmore Rocky Mountain Inn

Punk Score
22% SHIT
High confidence 330 reviews
Antigua · Guatemala

Hostal Antigua

Punk Score
22% SHIT
High confidence 634 reviews
634 reviews $12 dorm · $52 priv View
Panajachel · Guatemala

Hostal Dulces Sueños

Punk Score
21% SHIT
High confidence 685 reviews
685 reviews $8 dorm · $52 priv View
Kailua-Kona · USA 3rd best in Kailua-Kona

Gingerhill Farm

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 163 reviews
163 reviews $72 dorm · $142 priv View
San Francisco · USA

Golden Gate Hotel

Punk Score
22% SHIT
High confidence 699 reviews
Akumal · Mexico

Del Sol Beachfront

Punk Score
22% SHIT
High confidence 546 reviews
Oaxaca · Mexico

Hostal De Las Américas

Punk Score
21% SHIT
High confidence 929 reviews
Palenque · Mexico

Hostal Pakal King

Punk Score
21% SHIT
High confidence 435 reviews
435 reviews $14 dorm · $17 priv View
Mexico City · Mexico

RMS Suites - Zona rosa

Punk Score
21% SHIT
High confidence 565 reviews
Mexico City · Mexico

Hostal CASA MX bellas artes

Punk Score
21% SHIT
High confidence 878 reviews
878 reviews $10 dorm · $57 priv View
Las Terrenas · Dominican Republic

Jardin del Caribe

Punk Score
21% SHIT
Medium confidence 248 reviews
San Miguel de Allende · Mexico

Selina San Miguel de Allende

Punk Score
21% SHIT
High confidence 996 reviews
San Jose · Costa Rica

BnB Ecostay

Punk Score
21% SHIT
Medium confidence 76 reviews

All countries in North America