Alternatives and competitors
Sites like hostelworld.com
The 20 closest hostel booking alternatives to hostelworld.com, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 19 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to hostelworld.com? The closest matches are Klook, MakeMyTrip and Tripadvisor. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About hostelworld.com
hostelworld.com
Hostels Worldwide - Online Bookings, Ratings and Reviews
Online confirmed bookings for backpacker hostels around the world. City guides, sightseeing, entertainment and backpacking information for hostels and backpacker tours around the world.
Wikidata: hostel booking website
Summary by Claude
Online booking service for hostels worldwide, with guest reviews, traveller profiles, in-app chat with other guests in the same hostel or city, and listings of local events.
- Who it’s for
- Backpackers and budget travellers
- Business model
- Booking commissions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to hostelworld.com’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to hostelworld.com
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to hostelworld.com, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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klook.com
website where tourists can book activities
Very close cos 0.934 - 02
tripadvisor.com
American travel website company
Very close cos 0.930 - 03
Airbnb: Vacation Rentals, Cabins, Beach Houses, Unique Homes & Experiences
Get an Airbnb for every kind of trip → 8 million vacation rentals → 2 million Guest Favorites → 220+ countries and regions worldwide
Very close cos 0.924 - 04
website and mobile apps for booking accommodation
Very close cos 0.925 - 05
Trip.com Official Site | Travel Deals and Promotions
Choose from over 1.2 million hotels in more than 200 countries, 30 million real guest reviews. Book flights to over 5,000 destinations worldwide. 24/7 Customer Service.
Very close cos 0.924 - 06
viator.com
online travel marketplace
Very close cos 0.919 - 07
المطار | حجز طيران وفنادق بأفضل الأسعار
إحجز أفضل الرحلات والفنادق بافضل الاسعار داخل السعودية وخارجها مع موقع وتطبيق المطار.
Very close cos 0.917 - 08
Priceline.com - The Best Deals on Hotels, Flights and Rental Cars.
Deep Discounts on Hotels, Flights and Rental Cars. Get Exclusive Savings with Priceline.com.
Very close cos 0.915 - 09
【去哪儿网】机票查询预订，酒店预订，旅游团购，度假搜索，门票预订-去哪儿网Qunar.com
去哪儿Qunar.com提供机票,飞机票,特价机票,打折机票的查询预订；99元春秋航空特惠折扣机票，百元南航、海航惊喜特价机票任您挑选,国航、深航1折特价机票和折扣机票一网打尽，更多打折机票尽在Qunar.com。实时提供上百家旅游预订网站机票报价和航空公司直销机票价格，为您找到最实惠的飞机票信息,是你查询特价机票和机票预订的最佳途径。
Very close cos 0.909 - 10
Cheap Car Rental, Price Match Guarantee - Rentalcars.com
Find the best rental prices on luxury, economy, and family rental cars with FREE amendments in over 60,000 locations worldwide, reserve online today!
Very close cos 0.906 - 11
Traveloka | Flights, Hotels & Attractions
Book cheap flights, hotels, and activities with Traveloka. Discover global travel deals and plan your perfect trip • Trusted by millions worldwide • One place for all your needs • Flexible booking options • Secure & convenient payment
Very close cos 0.908 - 12
online travel agency
Very close cos 0.902 - 13
12Go: Book Trains, Buses, Ferries, Transfers & Flights
Transport tickets for your journey through Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, Cambodia, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, and beyond – budget travel made easy.
Very close cos 0.900 - 14
Vercel Security Checkpoint
Malaysian travel and location intelligence platform
Very close cos 0.898 - 15
携程旅行网:酒店预订,机票预订查询,旅游度假,商旅管理
携程旅行网是中国领先的在线旅行服务公司，向超过9000万会员提供酒店预订、酒店点评及特价酒店查询、机票预订、飞机票查询、时刻表、票价查询、航班查询、度假预订、商旅管理、为您的出行提供全方位旅行服务。
Very close cos 0.899 - 16
Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do
Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do
Very close cos 0.899 - 17
Hostgator.com
404: Page not found. You might ensure the URL is spelled correctly, or if you followed a link here please let us know. Please try one of the links below in order to reach your desired destination.
Very close cos 0.897 - 18
Search Flights, Hotels & Rental Cars | KAYAK
KAYAK searches hundreds of other travel sites at once to find the information you need to make the right decisions on flights, hotels & rental cars.
Very close cos 0.898 - 19
Trainline : Search, Compare & Buy Cheap Train Tickets
Trainline, your quick & easy way to book train tickets across Europe. ✓ Save 61% on UK Rail ✓ Live Train Times ✓ Save with a Railcard ✓ Get the app
Very close cos 0.895 - 20
Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
Close cos 0.893
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to hostelworld.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones hostelworld.com uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What hostelworld.com is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Fonts
- Google Fonts page source: fonts.gstatic.com
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 mx a:smtp.europe.secureserver.net include:spfip.hostelworld.co…
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 mx a:smtp.europe.secureserver.net include:spfip.hostelworld.co…
- Cookie consent
- TrustArc page source: consent.trustarc.com
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=9585FC174696967538079CA203F3E050AFFC0464A0629B03F…
- Monitoring
- Sentry page source: .ingest.sentry.io
- Hosting
- Google Cloud header via: 1.1 google
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX hostelworld-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
- DNS hosting
- Google Cloud DNS NS ns-cloud-d3.googledomains.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=5dab5625d706ed0e5d8be21c94903205cd98c400b…
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=22mY8OubCHWWu4FA
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=zv7MciMcLbTHBrrKxfdtXxvMqEHTjmXBWvZ1eJJ…
- Bing Webmaster Tools meta msvalidate.01: B062587789B141D9BF3FED9B67A6B3F6
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=fmzrmHurD6JP2yQBaeviIxwhbsuJ1rc-z0IUv…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=_fW2EYm99J9NaKtzGGH8gDIQt-R0cmJAHo_PSwTuDYI
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what hostelworld.com adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Microsoft 365 15/20
- Atlassian 13/20
- Apple Business 12/20
- OpenAI · not on hostelworld.com 9/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on hostelworld.com 9/20
- Google Workspace · not on hostelworld.com 8/20
- Miro · not on hostelworld.com 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on hostelworld.com 7/20
- DocuSign · not on hostelworld.com 7/20
- GlobalSign 7/20
- Adobe 7/20
- Salesforce · not on hostelworld.com 6/20
- Zendesk 6/20
- Cloudflare · not on hostelworld.com 5/20
- NS1 · not on hostelworld.com 5/20