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

Puerto Vallarta · Mexico

Kualena Hostel

Punk Score
19% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 101 reviews
101 reviews $21 dorm · $48 priv View
Panama City · Panama

Hotel Terranova

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
High confidence 3,332 reviews
San Salvador · El Salvador

Ximena's Guest House

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 190 reviews
190 reviews $13 dorm · $20 priv View
Playa Samara · Costa Rica

Blue Iguana

Punk Score
19% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 246 reviews
Chicago · USA

Stay 424

Punk Score
20% SHIT
High confidence 327 reviews
327 reviews $35 dorm · $53 priv View
Cozumel · Mexico

Hostelito Cozumel

Punk Score
19% GODAWFUL
High confidence 683 reviews
683 reviews $13 dorm · $46 priv View
Playa del Carmen · Mexico

Tres Mundos Hostel

Punk Score
20% SHIT
High confidence 358 reviews
358 reviews $10 dorm · $24 priv View
Puebla · Mexico

Casa Eva Hotel Boutique & Spa

Punk Score
20% SHIT
Medium confidence 181 reviews
La Fortuna · Costa Rica

Hotel Sierra Arenal

Punk Score
19% GODAWFUL
High confidence 663 reviews
Canmore · Canada

The Georgetown Inn

Punk Score
19% GODAWFUL
High confidence 853 reviews
Santo Domingo · Dominican Republic

Tropical Island Apart-Hotel

Punk Score
19% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 106 reviews
Fort Lauderdale · USA

Crocodhouse

Punk Score
19% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 228 reviews
228 reviews $40 dorm · $77 priv View

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