# Hostelworld Scraper — Hostels, Prices, Ratings & Facilities (`yugenox/hostelworld-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Hostelworld hostels, hotels and B\&Bs by city or whole country: name, address, coordinates, rating with 7 sub-ratings, review count, dorm and private room prices in your currency, badges and photos. Optional: facilities, check-in times, cancellation and house rules. No login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/yugenox/hostelworld-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Yugenox Corp](https://apify.com/yugenox) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 properties

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## 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:

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

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

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

Specific properties, districts or filter pages:

```json
{
  "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

```json
{
  "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?](https://blog.apify.com/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.

# Actor input Schema

## `cities` (type: `array`):

City names, e.g. "Lisbon", "Porto, Portugal", "Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam". Add the country when a city name exists in several countries. You can also paste Hostelworld city, district or filter page URLs here.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Every city of a country, in Hostelworld’s order (most popular first), e.g. "Portugal", "Thailand", "UK". Max properties caps the run.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional: hostelworld.com property pages (…/hostels/p/12345/name/), city pages (…/hostels/europe/portugal/lisbon/), district or filter pages (…/d/alfama/, …/f/party/), page 2+ (…/p/2/) or country pages.

## `propertyType` (type: `string`):

Which Hostelworld list to read for cities and countries. Hotel and B\&B lists also contain some hostels; every row says its own type.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of properties for the whole run, shared fairly between your cities and countries. 0 = everything.

## `currency` (type: `string`):

Prices are returned in this currency (Hostelworld converts them).

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Also open every property page for the postcode, full description, all photos, every facility (grouped), check-in and check-out times, free cancellation, pets, age limits, curfew, house rules, payment methods, awards, current promotions and Hostelworld’s review summary. One extra request per property, charged separately.

## `minRating` (type: `number`):

Only properties rated at least this (0–10), e.g. 8. Properties without a rating are left out when this is set. Left-out properties are not charged.

## `minReviews` (type: `integer`):

Only properties with at least this many reviews.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy (datacenter) is the default and comes with every Apify plan. If Hostelworld refuses datacenter IPs for a while, the run switches to residential proxies when your account has them.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "cities": [
    "Lisbon"
  ],
  "propertyType": "hostels",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "currency": "USD",
  "includeDetails": false,
  "minRating": 0,
  "minReviews": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped hostels, hotels and B\&Bs.

## `run` (type: `string`):

Status and statistics for this run.

## `report` (type: `string`):

RUN_REPORT: how the run ended, counts, requests and proxy use.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "cities": [
        "Lisbon"
    ],
    "maxItems": 30,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("yugenox/hostelworld-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "cities": ["Lisbon"],
    "maxItems": 30,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("yugenox/hostelworld-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "cities": [
    "Lisbon"
  ],
  "maxItems": 30,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call yugenox/hostelworld-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,yugenox/hostelworld-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dbFzIs9nw89uzD9xR/builds/bLhgIK06L0viwLlmn/openapi.json