Hostelworld Scraper - Hostel Prices & Ratings
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Hostelworld Scraper - Hostel Prices & Ratings
Scrape Hostelworld.com for hostel listings by city. Extract prices, ratings, reviews, property type, and images. Great for travel research, price comparison, and backpacker trip planning.
Hostelworld Scraper
Apify Actor for scraping Hostelworld.com hostel listings by city. Uses CheerioCrawler for fast, efficient HTML parsing.
Features
- Search hostels in any city worldwide
- Extract prices, ratings, review counts, and property types
- Multi-page pagination support (~30 hostels per page)
- Currency selection (USD, EUR, GBP, etc.)
- Optional date filtering for availability-based pricing
Input
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
cities | string[] | ["Los Angeles"] | City names to search |
maxPages | integer | 3 | Max pages per city (~30 hostels/page) |
maxListings | integer | 100 | Max total listings (0=unlimited) |
currency | string | "USD" | Currency code for prices |
dateFrom | string | - | Check-in date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
dateTo | string | - | Check-out date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
proxyConfiguration | object | {} | Proxy settings (optional) |
Example Input
{"cities": ["London", "Barcelona", "Bangkok"],"maxPages": 5,"maxListings": 200,"currency": "EUR"}
Output
{"name": "HI Los Angeles - Santa Monica","url": "https://www.hostelworld.com/hostels/p/1851/hi-los-angeles-santa-monica/","propertyId": "1851","price": 19.38,"priceCurrency": "USD","rating": 9.3,"ratingLabel": "Superb","reviewCount": 6577,"propertyType": "Hostel","imageUrl": "https://a.hwstatic.com/image/upload/...","position": 0,"city": "Los Angeles","scrapedAt": "2026-04-03T12:00:00.000Z"}
Popular Cities
| City | Examples |
|---|---|
| Europe | London, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin, Paris, Rome |
| Southeast Asia | Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Bali, Kuala Lumpur, Manila |
| Americas | New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Lima, Buenos Aires |
| Oceania | Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland |
How It Works
- Builds search URLs for each city with optional date/currency params
- Follows Hostelworld redirects to canonical city URLs
- Parses property cards from SSR HTML (Nuxt 3)
- Extracts names, prices, ratings, reviews, images, and property IDs
- Automatically paginates through results pages
Quick Start
$apify run --purge
Deploy to Apify
apify loginapify push
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