How HostelHound works

Each day, we record the lowest available dorm and private-room price for each hostel and check-in date. That's 14832 hostels tracked, with 368M individual price points recorded over time.

Prices are per dorm bed or private room, per night. We store them in US dollars, then convert them for display when you choose another currency. We also filter out obvious bad readings before they reach the charts.

The "last updated" date on each city and hostel page tells you when its prices were most recently refreshed.

For some dates, HostelHound shows whether a dorm price is likely to drop or stay about the same. Members can also see an estimate of the typical drop size. We don't publish exact probabilities.

We save each prediction before the check-in date, then compare it with what actually happened. We only show "likely to drop" when recent results meet our accuracy standard.