🏨 Hostelworld Scraper

🚀 Export hostel and budget accommodation listings from Hostelworld in seconds. Get names, ratings, reviews, prices, addresses, and images - no account needed.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-21 · 📊 13 fields per record · 312+ hostels per city · Worldwide coverage

The Hostelworld Scraper extracts hostel and budget accommodation listings from Hostelworld.com - the world's largest hostel booking platform with over 36,000 properties across 180+ countries. Data is scraped in real-time from live property pages so you always get current ratings, reviews, and prices.

Each record includes the property image, name, type, rating, review count, minimum nightly price, currency, city, country, full address, and direct listing URL.

Coverage: 180+ countries, 36,000+ hostels, guesthouses, and budget hotels. For any city supported by Hostelworld - Bangkok, Paris, Amsterdam, Tokyo, New York, Sydney, and thousands more.

Who uses this	What they build
Travel platforms	Hostel comparison tools and budget travel apps
Data analysts	Price tracking and destination popularity studies
Researchers	Accommodation market analysis and tourism research
Marketers	Competitive intelligence for hospitality businesses

📋 What the Hostelworld Scraper does

• Searches any city and country available on Hostelworld
• Scrapes all listed hostels, hotels, guesthouses, and budget accommodations
• Exports names, types, ratings, review counts, minimum prices, and addresses
• Paginates through all results automatically (30 per page, up to hundreds per city)
• Returns clean image URLs, direct listing links, and structured location data

💡 Why it matters: Hostelworld is the definitive source for budget travel accommodations worldwide. There is no public API - this scraper gives you programmatic access to a dataset that would take weeks to collect manually.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum number of listings to return
city	string	Bangkok	City name (e.g. Paris, Amsterdam, Tokyo)
country	string	Thailand	Country name (e.g. France, Netherlands, Japan)
checkIn	string	-	Optional check-in date (YYYY-MM-DD)
checkOut	string	-	Optional check-out date (YYYY-MM-DD)

Example - Bangkok hostels:

{
  "maxItems": 50,
  "city": "Bangkok",
  "country": "Thailand"
}

Example - Paris with dates:

{
  "maxItems": 100,
  "city": "Paris",
  "country": "France",
  "checkIn": "2026-07-01",
  "checkOut": "2026-07-05"
}

⚠️ Good to Know: Free accounts are limited to 10 items as a preview. Create a free account w/ $5 credit to unlock up to 1,000,000 items.

📊 Output

Field	Type	Description
🖼️ imageUrl	string	Main listing photo URL
🏨 name	string	Property name
🏷️ type	string	Type: HOSTEL, HOTEL, GUESTHOUSE, etc.
⭐ rating	number	Average guest rating out of 10
📝 reviewCount	integer	Total number of guest reviews
💰 pricePerNight	number	Minimum price per night
💵 currency	string	Currency code (USD)
🏙️ city	string	City name
🌍 country	string	Country name
📍 address	string	Full street address
🔗 url	string	Hostelworld listing URL
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of scrape
❌ error	string	Error message if scraping failed

Sample record:

{
  "imageUrl": "https://a.hwstatic.com/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto,t_40/propertyimages/3/337829/wb2ofaxqw67jgqzczjgv.jpg",
  "name": "Nomads Bangkok Khao San Road Hostel",
  "type": "HOSTEL",
  "rating": 9.9,
  "reviewCount": 129,
  "pricePerNight": 8.66,
  "currency": "USD",
  "city": "Bangkok",
  "country": "Thailand",
  "address": "104/1 Soi Rambutri, Talat Yot Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok",
  "url": "https://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/nomads-bangkok-khao-san-road-hostel/bangkok/337829",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-21T23:31:05.984Z",
  "error": null
}

{
  "imageUrl": "https://a.hwstatic.com/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto,t_40/propertyimages/3/315033/tfvlhhzkgfnxk8nwuwyy.jpg",
  "name": "Khao San Social Capsule Hostel",
  "type": "HOSTEL",
  "rating": 9.62,
  "reviewCount": 1699,
  "pricePerNight": 13.13,
  "currency": "USD",
  "city": "Bangkok",
  "country": "Thailand",
  "address": "147/14 Thanon Tani Talad Yod Phra Nakhorn",
  "url": "https://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/khao-san-social-capsule-hostel/bangkok/315033",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-21T23:31:05.984Z",
  "error": null
}

✨ Why choose this Actor

Feature	Benefit
🌍 Worldwide coverage	Any city on Hostelworld - 180+ countries
🔄 Real-time data	Scraped live, not cached
📄 Full pagination	Automatically collects all pages of results
💰 Price data	Minimum nightly prices with currency
⭐ Ratings + reviews	Both numeric rating and review count
📍 Full addresses	Street-level location for every property
🖼️ Image URLs	Direct CDN links for property photos
🏷️ Property types	Distinguishes HOSTEL, HOTEL, GUESTHOUSE, etc.

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Method	Speed	Cost	Coverage	Ease
Manual browsing	Very slow	Free	One city at a time	Hard
Hostelworld website	Slow	Free	Manual	Manual
This Actor	Fast	Pay-per-use	Any city, worldwide	One click
Custom scraper	Developer time	High dev cost	Limited	Very hard

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account
2. Find the Hostelworld Scraper in the Apify Store
3. Set your city (e.g. "Amsterdam") and country (e.g. "Netherlands")
4. Set maxItems to control how many results you want
5. Click "Run" and download your dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML

💼 Business use cases

Travel Platform Development

Build hostel search engines, budget travel comparison sites, or destination guides. The full dataset gives you structured accommodation data for any city without maintaining a Hostelworld account or scraping infrastructure.

Price Intelligence

Track minimum nightly prices across multiple cities to understand budget travel market dynamics. Identify price trends, seasonal variations, and competitive positioning.

Travel Research and Analytics

Analyze hostel density, rating distributions, and review counts by city to understand budget accommodation supply in different markets. Useful for tourism boards, hospitality researchers, and market analysts.

Marketing and Content

Generate location-specific content about budget travel options, enrich travel guides with current pricing data, or build email campaigns around hostel availability.

🔌 Automating Hostelworld Scraper

Connect Hostelworld Scraper to your tools using Apify integrations:

• Make (Integromat): Trigger a scrape on schedule and send results to Google Sheets or Airtable
• Zapier: Pipe new hostel data into Slack, Notion, or any 5,000+ apps
• Webhooks: POST results to your API endpoint when a run completes
• Apify API: Trigger runs programmatically and fetch data in real time
• Slack alerts: Get notified when price thresholds change for a city

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Academic Research

Study the global distribution of budget accommodations, pricing patterns across regions, and the relationship between tourism infrastructure and hostel density.

Personal Travel Planning

Export hostel data for a planned destination, sort by rating or price, and build your own shortlist - all without clicking through dozens of pages.

Non-profit and NGO Work

Organizations working in budget travel, youth tourism, or hospitality development can benchmark accommodation options in target regions.

Developer Experimentation

Use the structured dataset to prototype travel apps, test recommendation algorithms, or experiment with hospitality data visualizations.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Not sure if this is the right tool? Drop this URL into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini and ask:

"Does the Hostelworld Scraper on Apify extract the data I need for [your use case]?"

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What cities does this scraper support? Any city available on Hostelworld - covering 180+ countries worldwide. If Hostelworld has listings for it, this scraper can collect them.

How many properties can I scrape per city? Bangkok has 312+ properties. Popular cities like Paris, Amsterdam, and Barcelona have hundreds. All pages are automatically paginated.

Is the data real-time or cached? All data is scraped live in real-time. No cached responses - you always get current ratings, prices, and availability.

What property types are included? HOSTEL, HOTEL, GUESTHOUSE, and other budget accommodation types that Hostelworld lists. The type field tells you exactly which category each property is.

Do prices include all fees? The pricePerNight is the minimum advertised price from Hostelworld for either a dorm bed or private room. Final booking prices may vary.

Can I filter by dates? Yes - optionally provide checkIn and checkOut dates in YYYY-MM-DD format to filter results by availability.

How long does a full city scrape take? Bangkok (312 properties, 11 pages) takes approximately 25-35 seconds. Most cities complete in under a minute.

What does the free tier get me? Free users get 10 items as a preview of the data quality. Upgrade to a paid plan for full city coverage.

Can I scrape multiple cities in one run? Currently one city per run. Run the Actor multiple times with different city inputs, or use the Apify API to orchestrate multi-city scrapes programmatically.

Is this scraper maintained? Yes - actively maintained. The Last updated date at the top of this README is bumped on every update.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Export your dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, JSONL. Use the Apify API to:

• Fetch data via REST endpoints
• Integrate with Make, Zapier, n8n, and 5,000+ apps
• Trigger runs from your backend and retrieve results programmatically
• Store datasets long-term with Apify Storage

View the full API docs

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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection for more travel, hospitality, and data scrapers built by the same team.

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Disclaimer: This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Hostelworld Group Limited. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. Use responsibly and in accordance with Hostelworld's Terms of Service.