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

Windsor · Canada 3rd best in Windsor

The Siren Hotel, an Ash Hotel

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
High confidence 496 reviews
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca · Costa Rica

Sonora Jungle & Yoga Retreat

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
High confidence 661 reviews
Caye Caulker · Belize

Caye Caulker Plaza Hotel

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
High confidence 357 reviews
Tamarindo · Costa Rica

Hotel Marielos Tamarindo

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
High confidence 599 reviews
Mexico City · Mexico

RMS Hostal - Roma Norte

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 157 reviews
157 reviews $12 dorm · $26 priv View
Puerto Vallarta · Mexico

Hospedaje Ixaya

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 286 reviews
Boston · USA

Meco Hostel

Punk Score
17% GODAWFUL
High confidence 789 reviews
789 reviews $75 dorm · $172 priv View
Canmore · Canada

Falcon Crest Lodge by CLIQUE

Punk Score
17% GODAWFUL
High confidence 891 reviews
San Jose · Costa Rica

Casa Aldea

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
High confidence 580 reviews
Oaxaca · Mexico

Nomada Hostel Oaxaca

Punk Score
17% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 89 reviews
89 reviews $27 dorm · $107 priv View
Placencia · Belize 3rd best in Placencia

Sliver Sand Placencia

Punk Score
17% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 29 reviews
29 reviews $25 dorm · $101 priv View
Puebla · Mexico

Hostel Gente de Mas

Punk Score
15% GODAWFUL
High confidence 412 reviews
412 reviews $9 dorm · $22 priv View
Chicago · USA

Grand House

Punk Score
15% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 104 reviews
104 reviews $34 dorm · $77 priv View
Thunder Bay · Canada

Nights Inn Motel

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
High confidence 790 reviews
Tulum · Mexico

Hotel Ko'ox Wenne

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
High confidence 674 reviews

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