Hostelworld: Hostel Travel App Reviews

Makes traveling so much easier.

Vendixon

App is incredibly convenient. Use it.

So helpful

IJustFeltLikeRunning

This app is wonderful and makes finding and booking hostels a breeze. I told a friend about it and he uses it and was impressed by it as well.

Why someone thought it was a good idea to remove the ratings from the map view is beyond me. It used to be easy to find the right balance of rating/price. Now on the map view I have to click each accommodation individually to see the ratings. Was much better before the recent update.

Perfect for finding the best hostel

Jesse UX

Amazing service, lots of user engagement - aka recent and relevant reviews from other travelers who have stayed at the hostels - along with great search and filters, and the app is so easy to use and confirm bookings. Takes me just a few minutes to book my stays. Well done, Hostelworld!

Absolute garbage service absolute garbage app

Jimmy Russell's

This service is about the worst garbage I've ever experienced when booking a hostel. They try and scam you for insurance booking fees and then take an entire deposit instead of just a booking fee. Use AirBnB or another hostel site. Much better

Suggestion

SA-Traveler

While the app is great for finding a hostel, there is no way to see your current bookings while not connected to the internet. Since many people thy are using the app are traveling away from their home country they typically do not have internet connectivity while between wifi hotspots. This forces users to remember the name/address of their booking so that they can tell ask a local or taxi driver for directions when they arrive in a new town. My memory is shot especially after bumping around for +10 hours on a bus - the last thing I want to do is dig through my email in the back seat of a taxi cab and hope to find the address of my booking. Hopefully a future release can include offline access to reservations. Cheers and happy traveling

Easy to use and accurate

Carmen88347352

I would recommend this app. Easy to see all services offered by the hostel and allows bookings to be added to your Apple wallet

Glitchy!

Wms1120

Great concept but poor execution. Keeps asking me repeatedly to sign in even though I'm already signed in. Every time I click on anything within the app, I have to sign in again. Takes awhile to load the bookings. Was trying to access my Future Bookings but asked me to sign in 2-3 times and after about a minute, it finally loaded. Doubt that it's the Internet connection as I'm in NYC at the moment using Verizon Fios.

Great service, bad technology

Bunjamin123

After a few bad hostel experiences, I use hostel world for every booking now and it has been great. The app lacks the ability to filter searches like the website does, leaving the user to flip back and forth between hostels from the list of results. The app also lacks offline functionality. I can still grab addresses from my email. Having addresses, phone numbers, and airport/bus station directions would be very convenient for international travelers that don't yet have SIM cards.

Charges you "deposit" but takes your money

thee_demps

They claim you are putting a "deposit" on the hostel but you're actually paying a service fee to hostel world when booking through the app. Search with it but book direct with the hostel's website. Scammy.

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