What makes us different from those other sites?
- Twice as many listings as any other online database. Our database is updated daily, including corrections and information from you, our visitors. All listings are provided for free.
- Your real brutally honest comments and reviews (the booking sites let hostel owners censor their own "reviews").
- Over 1,500 exclusive full-length professional reviews written by Hostelz.com's own paid reviewers who visit the hostels in person, and over 8,000 exclusive photographs taken by our paid reviewers.
- Direct contact information for the accommodations (imagine that!).
- We're much more than just a booking site, but if you do want to book online we offer online booking at more hostels than any other website by linking our listings to as many online booking systems as possible (whether or not they pay us commission). Our system goes a step further by searching for the best availablility in all of the major booking engines each time you make a booking request to provide the best possible prices and availability (similar to what other sites do for air travel).
"I just wanted to say a great big thank you for providing this website. It has been an invaluable aid in choosing my hostels on my round the world trip. The reviews feature made it real. No other website does that. Excellent. Just excellent."
