Hostelworld Scraper 🛍️ — Scrape Hostelworld.com ID, Name, Type, URL

Hostelworld Scraper — Search Hostelworld hostels & properties by location and extract full listing + property detail (all images, facilities, room/dorm types & prices, ratings breakdown, geo, policies) from the app's private mobile API. It reads Hostelworld's own API directly, so it's fast, reliable and complete — no flaky HTML parsing, no headless browser. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or an API.

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✨ Why use this Hostelworld Scraper?

• 🟢 No code required — set your input, click Start, download your data.
• ⚡ Fast & accurate — reads Hostelworld's own private API and returns structured JSON, not scraped HTML.
• 🧾 Rich, structured data — every field below, clean and ready to use.
• 🔁 Full pagination — collects results to your maxItems cap.
• 💸 Transparent pay-per-result pricing — pay only for the rows you get.
• 📤 Export anywhere — JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or pull it live via the Apify API.

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🎯 What can you do with Hostelworld data?

• Market & competitor research — analyse Hostelworld products at scale.
• Price & availability monitoring — track changes over time.
• Data science & trend analysis — build clean datasets.
• Lead generation & enrichment — feed Hostelworld data into your own tools.

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📥 What data does the Hostelworld Scraper extract?

Each row includes: id, name, type, url, overallRating, numberOfRatings, pricePerNight, averagePricePerNight, originalPricePerNight, promotions, currency, city, country, latitude, longitude, distanceFromCentreKm, images, imagesGallery …and more. See the full Data table below.

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🚀 How to scrape Hostelworld.com (3 steps)

1. Set your input — provide q or maxItems (see the table below; defaults work out of the box).
2. Pick options — filters, a proxyConfiguration, and a maxItems cap.
3. Run & export — click Start, then download the dataset as JSON/CSV/Excel or fetch it via the API.

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
q	string	Lisbon	A location to search: a city, neighbourhood, or property name (e.g. 'Lisbon'). Resolved via Hostelworld's own mobile autocomplete.
maxItems	integer	50	Maximum number of properties to return (0 = all in the location).
numberOfGuests	integer	2	Guests for pricing/availability.
dateStart	string	–	Check-in date YYYY-MM-DD (optional; enables live room prices).
numNights	integer	2	Number of nights (1-31) for availability pricing.
currency	string	EUR	ISO currency code for prices (EUR, USD, GBP, ...).
includeDetails	boolean	true	Fetch full detail + room/dorm availability + reviews for each property (slower, more requests).
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy	Route requests through a proxy (Apify Proxy by default).

⚠️ About q: it's resolved through Hostelworld's own autocomplete, which returns one best match — the actor takes the first result, same as picking the top suggestion in the app. A city name (e.g. "Lisbon") returns every property in that city (capped by maxItems); a specific property name (e.g. "Lisbon Calling") returns just that one property. If your query is ambiguous (a city name that also matches a property, a common word, a typo), you may get the wrong match — use the full, distinctive property or city name to be safe, and check the returned name/url match what you expected.

Example input

{
  "q": "Lisbon",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "numberOfGuests": 2,
  "numNights": 2,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}

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📤 Output

Each result is a JSON object like this:

{
  "id": 98483,
  "name": "Avenue Hostel and Suites",
  "type": "HOSTEL",
  "url": "https://www.hostelworld.com/hostels/p/98483/avenue-hostel-and-suites/",
  "overallRating": 91,
  "numberOfRatings": "2100",
  "pricePerNight": "15.70",
  "averagePricePerNight": null,
  "originalPricePerNight": null,
  "dormPricePerNight": null,
  "averageDormPricePerNight": null,
  "originalDormPricePerNight": null,
  "privatePricePerNight": null,
  "averagePrivatePricePerNight": null,
  "originalPrivatePricePerNight": null,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "city": "Lisbon",
  "country": "Portugal",
  "latitude": 38.7185,
  "longitude": -9.1447,
  "distanceFromCentreKm": 1.36,
  "isFeatured": true,
  "isPromoted": false,
  "isNew": false,
  "hostelworldRecommends": false,
  "freeCancellationAvailable": false,
  "freeCancellationAvailableUntil": "2026-07-10T13:17:28+01:00",
  "promotions": [],
  "images": [
    "https://a.hwstatic.com/propertyimages/9/98483/rp6yw0yummxjw3i3lcys.jpg",
    "https://a.hwstatic.com/propertyimages/9/98483/bhtrqpmiaruuqajinxw8.jpg",
    "…+2 more"
  ],
  "imagesGallery": [
    "https://a.hwstatic.com/propertyimages/9/98483/xcy3ivw4o38qhbyvkyxu.jpg",
    "…+3 more"
  ],
  "ratingBreakdown": {
    "ratingsCount": 122,
    "security": 97,
    "location": 88,
    "staff": 93,
    "fun": 91,
    "clean": 94,
    "facilities": 92,
    "value": 93,
    "average": 93
  },
  "facilities": [
    {
      "name": "General",
      "id": "FACILITYCATEGORYGENERAL",
      "facilities": [
        {
          "…": "2 fields"
        },
        {
          "…": "2 fields"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Services",
      "id": "FACILITYCATEGORYSERVICES",
      "facilities": [
        {
          "…": "2 fields"
        },
        {
          "…": "2 fields"
        },
        "…+2 more"
      ]
    },
    "…+12 more"
  ],
  "rooms": {
    "dorms": [
      {
        "…": "26 fields"
      },
      {
        "…": "26 fields"
      },
      "…+6 more"
    ],
    "privates": [
      {
        "…": "26 fields"
      },
      {
        "…": "26 fields"
      },
      "…+1 more"
    ],
    "cancellationPolicies": [
      {
        "…": "2 fields"
      },
      {
        "…": "2 fields"
      }
    ],
    "depositPercentage": 15,
    "vat": 0,
    "promotions": [
      {
        "…": "5 fields"
      },
      {
        "…": "5 fields"
      }
    ],
    "lowestPricePerNight": {
      "value": "30.01",
      "currency": "EUR"
    },
    "lowestDormPricePerNight": {
      "value": "30.01",
      "currency": "EUR"
    },
    "lowestPrivatePricePerNight": {
      "value": "105.16",
      "currency": "EUR"
    }
  },
  "detail": {
    "…": "22 fields"
  }
}

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🧾 Data table

Field	Type	Description
id	text	ID
name	text	Name
type	text	Type
url	link	URL
overallRating	number	Overall rating
numberOfRatings	text	Number of ratings
pricePerNight	text	Price/night
currency	text	Currency
city	text	City
country	text	Country
latitude	text	Latitude
longitude	text	Longitude
distanceFromCentreKm	number	Distance from centre (km)
dormPricePerNight / privatePricePerNight	text	Lowest dorm / private room price
averagePricePerNight / averageDormPricePerNight / averagePrivatePricePerNight	text	Average nightly price over the stay (when Hostelworld exposes it)
originalPricePerNight / originalDormPricePerNight / originalPrivatePricePerNight	text	Pre-discount price (when a promotion applies)
promotions	array	Active promotions/discounts on the property
isNew	boolean	Recently listed on Hostelworld
hostelworldRecommends	boolean	Hostelworld editorial pick
freeCancellationAvailable / freeCancellationAvailableUntil	boolean / text	Free-cancellation eligibility and deadline
images	array	Property images
imagesGallery	array	Extended photo gallery images
ratingBreakdown	object	Rating breakdown
facilities	array	Facilities
rooms	object	Rooms
detail	object	Detail

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💰 Pricing — pay per result

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay only for the rows it delivers.

You scrape	Price
Property row	$2.00 per 1,000 rows

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🔌 Use the Hostelworld Scraper via API

Run it programmatically with the Apify API:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/hostelworld-api-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "q": "Lisbon",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "numberOfGuests": 2,
  "numNights": 2,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}'

Or with the Apify CLI: apify call hostelworld-api-scraper -i input.json -o.

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❓ FAQ

Do I need an account or API key for Hostelworld?

No. The actor talks to Hostelworld's public/mobile API for you — you only need an Apify account.

Do I need a proxy?

A proxy is recommended for reliable runs; set proxyConfiguration (Residential is safest for geo-restricted or bot-protected sites).

What export formats are supported?

JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, JSONL, RSS, or live via the Apify API and dataset endpoints.

Is scraping this legal?

You are responsible for how you use the data. Scrape only public product data and comply with Hostelworld.com's Terms and applicable law (e.g. GDPR/CCPA for personal data).

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🛠️ How it works

The actor impersonates Hostelworld's official app/site and calls its private API the same way the app does, then normalises each response into the flat record above. No browser, no HTML scraping — just clean, structured data.

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📌 Good to know

• Scrape only public product data and respect Hostelworld.com's Terms of Service and robots policy.
• For personal data, comply with GDPR/CCPA and applicable law — you are the data controller.
• Fields can be null when Hostelworld doesn't expose them for a given record.

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