What Reddit Says About Hostel Finder Apps
We compiled 14 Reddit discussions about Hostel Finder apps from 9 subreddits. Here's what real users recommend, complain about, and debate.
Reddit Threads
r/Shoestring
Hostelz.com will show you hostels, all the platforms they are listed on, and for what price on each platform.
r/backpacking
Hostelworld, Booking.com or Agoda.
r/Europetravel
Contact the hotel or hostel directly. Cut out the middle agent. Booking.con can charge you up to 45% more than booking directly. Use them to browse accommodation but when you find the place you like contact t the hotel yourself. Ignore them.
r/Shoestring
I mainly use Booking.com and hostelworld only for searching.
r/TravelHacks
Hostelworld, their app lets you search by city or has a map, it lets you filter by specific criteria, also shows private rooms in hostels and one of the best features, after you booked a hostels you will have access to a group chat within the app for the city and one of the hostel, so you can alread...
r/traveladvice
Hey I’m 20 and from Canada. I want to download some apps on my phone that I can scroll to always watch for good deals on travel. No particular destination in mind now. Something that is legit and reliable. Also I’ve never been to a hostel before and was wondering what exactly one is haha.
r/solotravel
Bookings.com is the best site, and it owns hostelworld.com. I've used it to book hundreds and hundreds of nights all over the world. Hostelworld.com is good too, but I would recommend checking both through their respective apps for best pricing.
r/AskAnAustralian
Booking.com is also fine. You can filter accommodation type to hostels.
r/SoloTravel_India
Hostelworld has very very limited options listed and is generally 1.5x the price compared to other platforms like
r/travel
Use www.hostelz.com to check different booking sites' (usually varying) rates (it's a meta-booking site, includes all sites mentioned in the other comments), pick the best one, compare with the hostel's website for the best rate.
r/solotravel
It has a lot of basic information, but a lot of it was shaped around using hostelworld.com to find a hostel. Well, after spending two months using hostelz.com instead, I personally think they provide far superior resources which helps finding ...
r/solotravel
Hotel owned apps and American Express. I don’t trust any other 3rd party vendor ... No difference depends on how much and what comments. I also use hostelworld as well. Sometimes only use google map but comment and often reviewer is most relied on. So far no any problem as per my over 14years backpa...
r/solotravel
It’s always good to check multiple sites and the hotel site as well, but I’ve done well with hotels.com ... type "flights" in your google search bar and a "flights" tab will occur underneath (right next to "map", "images", "news" etc.), showing a wor...
r/Shoestring
Hostelworld, as they're more my kind of people and not entitled muppets too braindead to comprehend what a dorm is. Hostelworld also has a nifty chat feature, to connect to fellow travelers, but it wasn't very active when I was in Morocco (don't know about other places). ... Booking (...
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