Hostelworld Scraper: hostels, prices, ratings and facilities

Scrape Hostelworld hostels, hotels and B&Bs for any city, or for every city in a country at once. Each property comes with its name, type, address, coordinates, overall rating and 7 sub-ratings, review count, the cheapest dorm bed and private room price per night in the currency you choose, badges and photos. Turn on property page details to add every facility, check-in and check-out times, free cancellation, pets, age limits, curfew, house rules, payment methods, awards and current promotions. No login, no cookies, no Hostelworld account.

What you get

Property	Hostelworld ID, name, type (Hostel, Hotel, Guesthouse…), property page URL, main photo and photos
Location	Street address, postcode (with details), city, country, continent, latitude/longitude, distance from the city centre
Ratings	Overall rating (0–10), number of reviews, and the security, location, staff, atmosphere, cleanliness, value-for-money and facilities ratings
Prices	Cheapest dorm bed and cheapest private room per night, in any of 65+ currencies
Badges	e.g. Free WiFi, Breakfast Included, sustainability level
Property page details (optional)	Full description, Hostelworld's summary, directions, every facility grouped by category, check-in from/until, check-out until, free cancellation and how many days before, taxes included, pets, children, age restriction, curfew, house rules, payment methods, Hostelworld awards, active promotions (discount %), deposit, bookings today, Hostelworld's AI summary of guest reviews

How to use it

1. Enter one or more cities, e.g. Lisbon, Porto, Portugal, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Add the country when a city name exists in several countries.
2. Or enter whole countries, e.g. Portugal, Thailand, UK — every city, most popular first.
3. Choose the property type (hostels, hotels or bed & breakfasts), the currency and Max properties, then run.

Max properties is the total for the run, shared fairly between your cities and countries.

Input examples

Hostels in two cities, prices in euros:

{
  "cities": ["Lisbon", "Porto, Portugal"],
  "currency": "EUR",
  "maxItems": 200
}

Every hostel in Portugal rated 9 or more, with facilities and policies:

{
  "countries": ["Portugal"],
  "minRating": 9,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 0
}

Specific properties, districts or filter pages:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.hostelworld.com/hostels/p/502/st-christopher-s-london-bridge-the-village/" },
    { "url": "https://www.hostelworld.com/hostels/europe/england/london/d/soho/" },
    { "url": "https://www.hostelworld.com/hostels/europe/england/london/f/party/" }
  ]
}

Output example

{
  "propertyId": "279606",
  "name": "The Passenger Hostel",
  "type": "Hostel",
  "url": "https://www.hostelworld.com/hostels/p/279606/the-passenger-hostel/",
  "address": "Praça Almeida Garrett, Porto",
  "postalCode": "4000-069",
  "city": "Porto",
  "country": "Portugal",
  "latitude": 41.145837,
  "longitude": -8.610228,
  "distanceFromCityCenterKm": 0.71,
  "rating": 9.66,
  "reviewCount": 2554,
  "ratingSecurity": 9.77,
  "ratingLocation": 9.85,
  "ratingStaff": 9.77,
  "ratingAtmosphere": 9.47,
  "ratingCleanliness": 9.69,
  "ratingValueForMoney": 9.61,
  "ratingFacilities": 9.53,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "dormPriceFrom": 21.6,
  "privatePriceFrom": 43.45,
  "badges": [
    "Breakfast Included",
    "Free WiFi"
  ],
  "sustainabilityLevel": "Sustainability Level 2",
  "checkInFrom": "15:00",
  "checkOutUntil": "11:00",
  "freeCancellation": true,
  "freeCancellationDays": 6,
  "facilities": [
    "Free Breakfast",
    "Free City Maps",
    "Free WiFi",
    "Free Internet Access",
    "Free Security Lockers",
    "Free Luggage Storage",
    "Coworking Space",
    "…"
  ],
  "promotions": [
    {
      "name": "LENGTHOFSTAY",
      "discountPercent": 10
    }
  ],
  "awards": [
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "place": 9,
      "award": "WORLDWIDEWINNERMED"
    }
  ],
  "imageUrl": "https://a.hwstatic.com/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto,t_40/propertyimages/2/279606/uvlvhsvf4ugajcjzrcqy.jpg",
  "searchInput": "Porto, Portugal",
  "position": 1,
  "detailsFetched": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-01T23:10:14.996Z"
}

Every row has the same columns; a value Hostelworld doesn't show is null. Fields marked "with details" in the dataset are filled when Include property page details is on (or for property URLs, which are always read in full).

Use cases

• Price monitoring: track dorm and private room prices by city over time with a scheduled run.
• Market research: compare ratings, prices and facilities of every hostel in a city or country.
• Travel content and apps: build "best hostels in…" lists, maps and comparisons from fresh data.
• Sales lead lists: hostels, small hotels and B&Bs by city, with address and coordinates, for travel-tech, POS, linen or booking-software vendors.
• Revenue management: benchmark your property against competitors' ratings, sub-ratings and promotions.

FAQ

Do I need a Hostelworld account, cookies or a login? No. The scraper reads the same public pages any visitor sees. It never logs in and needs nothing from you except a city, a country or a URL.

Which dates are the prices for? Hostelworld's city pages show each property's lowest dorm and private prices for the upcoming nights, without dates. They're good for comparing properties and tracking price levels, not a quote for a specific stay.

Can I get prices in my currency? Yes. Pick any of 65+ currencies under Currency; Hostelworld converts the prices. Every row says which currency it is in.

How do I get every hostel in a country? Put the country under Whole countries and set Max properties to 0. The scraper reads each city's list, most popular city first. Hostelworld splits the UK into England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; UK covers all four.

Why was a city skipped? If Hostelworld has no page for a name, the run says so and doesn't charge for it. Check the spelling, or add the country (Porto, Portugal). Accents don't matter (Kraków works).

How fast is it? Each city page holds 30 properties and loads in 1–2 seconds, so 1,000 properties take about a minute. Property page details add one request per property (three run in parallel), roughly 2 properties a second.

Does it scrape guest reviews? No. It returns each property's rating, sub-ratings, review count and Hostelworld's own summary of the reviews, but never individual reviews, reviewer names or nationalities.

Which proxy should I use? Keep the default (Apify Proxy, datacenter). It comes with every Apify plan, including the free one. If Hostelworld refuses datacenter IPs for a while, the run switches to residential proxies when your account has them, and carries on without them when it doesn't.

What does a run cost? You pay per property saved, per city list read, a small fee per run, and per property page read when details are on. See the Pricing tab. Properties left out by your rating or review filters are never charged, nor are cities Hostelworld doesn't have.

Is it legal to scrape Hostelworld? This Actor only collects publicly available data: property listings that anyone can see on Hostelworld without an account, such as a property's name, address, prices, ratings, facilities and policies. Collecting publicly available data is generally legal, but you're responsible for how you use it. Hostels, hotels and B&Bs are businesses; the scraper doesn't collect guest reviews or anything about individual travellers, and it removes personal e-mail addresses and phone numbers from property descriptions. You must follow privacy laws such as GDPR, PIPEDA and CCPA, as well as Hostelworld's terms. If you're unsure, check with a lawyer. More on this: Is web scraping legal?

Does it access any private data? No. Everything comes from pages Hostelworld shows to any visitor without logging in. It never uses a login, never touches bookings or accounts, and follows the site's robots.txt.

This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Hostelworld.