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

Guatemala City · Guatemala

Hostal Urban

Punk Score
17% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 191 reviews
Austin · USA 4th best in Austin

Ramada by Wyndham Austin South

Punk Score
17% GODAWFUL
High confidence 827 reviews
Washington DC · USA

Mayflower Hospitality Hostel 2

Punk Score
17% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 213 reviews
213 reviews $40 dorm · $80 priv View
Magog · Canada

Au Sommet du Lac Magog

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
High confidence 951 reviews
San Pedro La Laguna · Guatemala

Cristalinas Hotel

Punk Score
16% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 30 reviews
Cancun · Mexico

Hotel Los Girasoles

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
High confidence 913 reviews
Montezuma · Costa Rica

Aurora

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 291 reviews
Puerto Vallarta · Mexico

CASA MARÍA MALECÓN

Punk Score
16% GODAWFUL
High confidence 621 reviews

All countries in North America