🏨 Hostelz.com Hostel Scraper

🚀 Export global hostel listings with ratings, prices, and amenities in seconds. No login required - just enter a city or country and get structured hostel data instantly.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-22 · 📊 12 fields per record · 55+ hostels per city · Global coverage

The Hostelz.com Hostel Scraper extracts real-time hostel listings from Hostelz.com, one of the world's leading hostel price comparison platforms. Simply enter a city or country name and get structured hostel data including ratings, pricing, amenities, and location details.

This scraper works across all regions - Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa, and Oceania - giving you a global dataset of budget accommodation options.

Coverage: 50+ countries, thousands of cities, 100,000+ hostel listings available, 12 data fields per record.

Target Audience / Use Cases

Audience	Use Case
Travel apps & platforms	Enrich hostel search results with real-time pricing
Backpacker communities	Track hostel ratings and amenities globally
Travel market researchers	Analyze hostel pricing trends across destinations
Price comparison tools	Build hostel price intelligence datasets

📋 What the Hostelz.com Scraper does

• Resolves any city or country name to its Hostelz.com listing page
• Extracts up to 55 hostels per city page (or more for country pages)
• Collects rating, review count, price, distance, and amenities for each hostel
• Visits each hostel detail page to retrieve the full amenity list
• Outputs clean JSON ready for analysis, import, or API use

💡 Why it matters: Hostelz.com aggregates prices from Hostelworld, Booking.com, and other platforms. This scraper captures that aggregated intelligence in one structured dataset.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchLocation	string	Barcelona	City or country to search (e.g. Barcelona, Thailand, Germany)
maxItems	integer	10	Max number of hostels to return (free: 10, paid: up to 1,000,000)

Example - City search:

{
  "searchLocation": "Bangkok",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example - Country search:

{
  "searchLocation": "Portugal",
  "maxItems": 100
}

⚠️ Good to Know: Free users are limited to 10 hostels per run. Create a free account w/ $5 credit to get started with a paid plan for full access.

📊 Output

Each hostel record contains:

Field	Type	Description
🖼️ imageUrl	string	Main hostel image URL
🏨 name	string	Hostel name
🔗 url	string	Hostelz.com listing URL
🏙️ city	string	City name
🌍 country	string	Country name
⭐ rating	float	Combined rating (0-10)
💬 numReviews	integer	Total number of reviews
💰 priceFrom	float	Lowest nightly price (dorm bed)
💱 currency	string	Currency symbol (€, $, etc.)
📍 distance	float	Distance from city center in km
🛎️ amenities	array	Available amenities list
📅 bookingUrl	string	External booking link (if available)
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp
❌ error	string	Error message (if any)

Sample record:

{
  "imageUrl": "https://www.hostelz.com/pics/imported/listings/big/3/5349303.jpg",
  "name": "Onefam Paralelo",
  "url": "https://www.hostelz.com/hostel/197439-Onefam-Paralelo",
  "city": "Barcelona",
  "country": "Spain",
  "rating": 9.7,
  "numReviews": 9448,
  "priceFrom": 14.80,
  "currency": "€",
  "distance": 1.92,
  "amenities": [
    "Bedsheets",
    "Wi-Fi in Lobby/Commons",
    "24 Hour Security",
    "Air Conditioning",
    "BBQ Grill",
    "Kitchen",
    "Laundry",
    "Walking Tours"
  ],
  "bookingUrl": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-22T02:25:05.577Z"
}

✨ Why choose this Actor

Feature	Benefit
🌍 Global coverage	Works for any city or country worldwide
⭐ Rich data	Rating, reviews, price, distance, amenities in one record
🚀 Fast extraction	55+ hostels scraped in under 30 seconds
🛎️ Full amenity list	Detail page visited for complete amenity data
🔒 No login needed	Fully public data, no credentials required
💰 Price-per-event	Only pay for what you actually collect

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Feature	This Actor	Manual scraping	Other actors
Global coverage	Yes	Time-consuming	Varies
Amenity extraction	Full list	Partial	Rarely
Rating + reviews	Yes	Yes	Sometimes
Price data	Yes	Yes	Sometimes
City/country search	Yes	Manual navigation	Sometimes
Maintenance	Ongoing	DIY	Varies

🚀 How to use

1. Open the actor on Apify
2. Enter a searchLocation (city or country name)
3. Set maxItems for how many hostels you need
4. Click Run and wait for results
5. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel

💼 Business use cases

Travel App Development

Build hostel search features with real-time pricing and ratings. Compare hostels across neighborhoods and filter by amenities.

Market Research

Track hostel pricing trends across destinations. Identify which cities have the most budget-friendly options. Monitor seasonal pricing patterns.

Price Comparison Tools

Aggregate hostel data from Hostelz.com alongside other sources. Help travelers find the best deals on dorm beds globally.

Backpacker Community Platforms

Power recommendation engines with real rating and review data. Surface top-rated hostels by city for community guides.

🔌 Automating Hostelz.com Scraper

Connect this actor to your workflows using:

• Make (formerly Integromat) - Schedule runs and push data to Google Sheets, Airtable, or CRM
• Zapier - Trigger downstream workflows when new hostel data is collected
• Apify API - Integrate directly with your backend via REST API
• Webhooks - Get notified when runs complete

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research & Academia

Study the global backpacker accommodation market. Analyze how hostel density correlates with tourism arrivals.

Creative Projects

Build travel budget calculators using real hostel pricing data. Create city guides ranked by hostel quality scores.

Non-profit Travel

Help budget travelers and NGO field workers find affordable accommodation worldwide.

Personal Travel Planning

Export hostel data for your next destination and plan your accommodation budget before you travel.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

You can ask ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI assistant:

"I have hostel data from Hostelz.com with fields: name, city, country, rating, numReviews, priceFrom, currency, distance, amenities. How do I find the top 10 rated hostels under €15/night in Spain?"

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

❓ What cities and countries does this support? Any city or country listed on Hostelz.com - that's thousands of destinations globally.

❓ How many hostels can I get per run? Up to 55 hostels per city page. Country pages may have more. Use maxItems to control the limit.

❓ Does it require login or API keys? No. All data is publicly available on Hostelz.com.

❓ How fresh is the data? Data is scraped in real-time on every run - no cached responses.

❓ What does "priceFrom" represent? The lowest available dorm bed price shown on Hostelz.com at the time of scraping.

❓ Why is bookingUrl null? Hostelz.com uses redirect links for bookings. External booking URLs are not directly exposed in the page HTML.

❓ How do I search for hostels in a specific neighborhood? Enter the city name. The scraper returns all hostels in that city with their distance from the city center.

❓ Can I get hostels for an entire country? Yes. Enter the country name (e.g. "Germany") and the scraper will return hostels from the country listing page.

❓ What amenities does the scraper capture? All amenities listed on the hostel detail page: WiFi, Kitchen, Laundry, Bar, Pool, 24hr Security, and more.

❓ What if a city is not found? The scraper will try multiple URL patterns and search through the global directory. If not found, it returns an error record.

❓ How do I get data for multiple cities? Run the actor multiple times with different searchLocation inputs, or use Apify's scheduler to automate batch runs.

🔌 Integrate with any app

• Google Sheets via Make
• Airtable via Zapier
• PostgreSQL via API
• Slack notifications
• Excel via CSV export
• Custom dashboards via JSON/XML

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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection for more travel data actors.

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Disclaimer: This actor scrapes publicly available data from Hostelz.com for informational purposes. Use responsibly and in accordance with Hostelz.com's terms of service. ParseForge is not affiliated with Hostelz.com.