The world’s leading travel app & trip planner for backpackers on a budget who want to stay in the best hostels, have fun experiences and mix with like-minded travellers. With new friend-making features, it’s even easier to go from solo to social before your plane hits the runway.
Make new travel besties with super social features
+ Instantly connect and chat with your fellow hostel travellers as soon as you book
+ Share experiences that are right up your street by joining local chat groups based on your interests
+ View travellers’ profiles from around the world and see where people have adventured to
+ See exactly who will be at your hostel when you are
+ Build your own traveller profile & expand your travel network
+ Share memes or discuss travel dreams: join our online community and find top tips for your next adventure
Find affordable accommodation in unmissable locations
+ Search from over 16,500 hostels in 180 countries
+ From cheap hostels in Europe to eco hostels in Southeast Asia
+ Book private rooms or shared dorm rooms (mixed or all-female options available)
+ Filter by location, price, room type, facilities and more on our booking app
+ The best hostels for any budget. Making travel possible for everyone.
Tried, tested and trusted travel app
+ Helping backpackers and solo travellers ‘Meet the World’ for over 20 years
+ Real reviews from over 13 million+ passionate travellers
+ Rated on value, location, atmosphere etc. by previous guests
Find events and experiences
+ Discover hostel events and local plans
+ Find FREE activities, helping you meet like-minded travellers
+ Fun experiences to suit any backpacker or solo traveller. Walking tours, yoga, pub crawls and more
+ Join a Roamies group tour to explore iconic destinations while staying in the world’s best hostels
Packed with plenty of perks
+ FREE cancellation available on all hostel bookings (we know travel plans can change)
+ Use your location to easily find the perfect hostel stay near you
+ Browse accommodation photos and view your future room
+ Get access to your booking info 24/7 with or without internet access
+ See where you’ve been on the interactive ‘My Map’ feature
+ Get inspired by our ‘Top Destination’ feature and discover the best hostels in London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bangkok and more for a backpacking adventure or a gap year abroad
Hostels for anyone, anywhere!
Literally, anyone…
+ Whether you’re a veteran backpacker, travelling around the world on a budget
+ A gap year student on your first ever backpacking trip
+ A solo traveller making friends in every corner of the world
+ A group tour sharing crazy adventures together
+ Looking for cheap vacations, budget holidays or an epic backpacking trip
Almost anywhere…
+ Our easy-to-use travel app offers you the biggest choice of accommodation at the best prices, with exclusive travel deals
+ Find accommodation across 180 countries worldwide
+ Hostels on the beach, in the city, even in the jungle
+ Book accommodation all over the world in an instant
+ Book whenever, from wherever. Whether you’re backpacking in Thailand or exploring Italy, the USA or Spain… Access to the world’s best hostels, 24/7!
“Hostels are the best way to travel and Hostelworld is the best way to find them.” - Elite Daily
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4.82 out of 5
24,936 ratings
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Good luck getting your deposit back on cancellation
I booked at a hostel and was told they had double booked me and someone else so I had to leave and find somewhere else despite paying my deposit (refundable).
The hostel said they would send my deposit to hostel world and I would get it soon.
Since then it has been over 4 weeks and no money to be seen. I contacted the hostel and they said they sent the money to hostel world to send to me (a couple of weeks ago) meaning that hostel world is holding on to my money.
On top of that getting in contact with customer support has been the most difficult thing to get in contact with I have seen from any organisation I know of.
Great app in general but just watch deposits on here.
Bad service. Use other apps
Awful service. Is so difficult to talk with the customer service. And they charge you differents amount in your bank account
Easy
Such an easy application to use - on my phone
And cheaper that the hostels own web
site!!
No Apple Pay Available
Instant 1-star review for not having Apple Pay as an option to pay. How can an app not have that option in 2024? Embarrassing.
Great app
Fast and easy.
Terrible
I don’t rate things ever but because this has cost me over a few thousand dollars I feel I must, I’ve booked 23 hostels all over Europe as I planned to do 2months away. Unfortunately plans changed and I had to cancel them, no where was it possible to cancel, they also coincidentally don’t have email or phone number active
DO NOT USE HOSTELWORLD
Hey travellers, I implore you please don’t use HostelWorld, period!
Do yourself a favour look on here for places to stay then book elsewhere - I can’t stress this enough. Book through the place you want to stay or book on other websites. DONT USE HOSTELWORLD.
They are always more expensive and god forbid if you ever need a refund. They are the worst customer service people I have seriously ever encountered.
Amazing but terribly slow app
Love this app 10/10, but apart from the hostels stuff, it’s almost impossible to open messages or private chats. It gets in a frustrating never ending loop. (iPhone 14Pro)
Smooth and easy booking process
Was very easy to book, select dates and rooms and find accomodation that suited me.
Excellent when it works
This is a fantastic app when it functions, however I have been caught in some sort of glitch where every time I make a booking through my account, I have to keep entering my details in over and over again. It is highly frustrating and the admin team can’t seem to resolve the issue. Hopefully this doesn’t happen to you, because it is a great app for overseas travellers.
