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Hostelworld

Hostels.Dorm beds and private rooms with rate plans for a stay. Currency is the property's own.
Look up by
Numeric Hostelworld property id
Coverage
Worldwide
Cost
12 credits a call; failed and empty calls are free
Endpoints
1 endpoint
  • Prices
  • Rooms and rate plans

Endpoints

Example

Hostelworld rooms, with POST /v1/ota/hostelworld. Set SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY to your key and run it; the full parameter list is in the API reference.

curl -X POST "https://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/ota/hostelworld" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "property_id": "88047",
    "check_in": "2026-12-25",
    "nights": 1,
    "guests": 1
  }'
200 response
{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "hostelworld_property",
    "property_id": "88047",
    "check_in_date": "2027-01-15",
    "check_out_date": "2027-01-16",
    "guests": 1
  },
  "property": {
    "property_id": "88047",
    "price_per_night": 52.9,
    "currency": "GBP",
    "sold_out": false,
    "availability": "available",
    "is_soldout": false,
    "deposit_percentage": 15,
    "free_cancellation_available": true,
    "provenance": {
      "schema_version": 1,
      "observation_id": "rateobs_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
      "collection_id": "ratecol_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
      "observed_at": "2026-08-07T01:23:45.678Z",
      "source": "hostelworld",
      "source_kind": "ota_rate_plan",
      "source_property_id": "ChUIoben2Mv6-CYaCi9tLzA3czVwbjQQAQ",
      "requested_market": "US",
      "requested_currency": "USD",
      "returned_currency": "USD",
      "price_basis": "room_base_before_taxes_and_fees",
      "derivation": "normalized_upstream"
    },
    "rooms": [
      {
        "room_id": 383266,
        "name": "8 Bed Mixed Dorm Ensuite",
        "room_type": "dorm",
        "basic_type": "Mixed Dorm",
        "capacity": 8,
        "ensuite": true,
        "beds_available": 42,
        "rate_plans": [
          {
            "rate_plan_id": 151291,
            "rate_plan_type": "STANDARD",
            "payment_procedure": "depositPayable",
            "payment_label": "Deposit only",
            "is_default": true,
            "price": 52.9,
            "original_price": 66.13,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "min_nights": 1,
            "restrictions": [],
            "promotions": {
              "discount": "20.00"
            },
            "rate_code": "151291",
            "rate_category": "unknown",
            "rate_code_scope": "room",
            "provenance": {
              "schema_version": 1,
              "observation_id": "rateobs_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
              "collection_id": "ratecol_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
              "observed_at": "2026-08-07T01:23:45.678Z",
              "source": "hostelworld",
              "source_kind": "ota_rate_plan",
              "source_property_id": "ChUIoben2Mv6-CYaCi9tLzA3czVwbjQQAQ",
              "requested_market": "US",
              "requested_currency": "USD",
              "returned_currency": "USD",
              "price_basis": "room_base_before_taxes_and_fees",
              "derivation": "normalized_upstream"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "hostelworld",
    "nights": 1,
    "elapsed_s": 0.284,
    "dorms_count": 8,
    "privates_count": 4,
    "comparable_across_markets": false
  }
}

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