About

Hostelworld users voted HI USA the best hostel network in North America in 2024! Additionally, HI Boston was voted Best Extra Large Hostel in North America for 2024!

At HI Boston Hostel, You’ll Get:

- FREE events, activities, and walking tours led by locals
- FREE Coffee and Tea
- FREE Wi-Fi throughout the property

Our modern, centrally located hostel is an easy 10-15-minute walk to just about everything you want to see in downtown Boston! We’re also just blocks from multiple T (that’s the subway) lines, so you can get all over the city and across the river to Cambridge on the cheap.

Designed for the modern hosteller, our dorm rooms feature secure lockers, privacy walls between bunks, and personal shelves, a reading light, and power outlets at every bunk. Our fully equipped guest kitchen and guest laundry facilities will help you feel right at home, and our comfy lounge, game room, and library make it easy to meet fellow travelers. We offer men’s, women’s, and all-gender dorms that range in size.

Individual bathrooms are located just outside each room in the hallway. All guests receive complimentary linens, pillows, and towels. Bathrooms are equipped with soap and shampoo and hair dryers are available to borrow from the front desk. Our private rooms have full en-suite bathrooms and televisions.

House Rules

Check In

16:00 - 23:00

Check Out

until 11:00

  • Taxes Not Included
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Facilities

  • Free City Maps
  • Free WiFi
  • Free City Tour
  • Free Security Lockers
  • Free Luggage Storage
  • Bicycle Parking
  • Meeting Rooms
  • Coworking Space
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Reviews

9.5Superb(10050)
  • Value for Money
    9.2
  • Security
    9.8
  • Atmosphere
    9.4
  • Cleanliness
    9.4
  • Staff
    9.6
  • Location
    9.8
  • Facilities
    9.5
Stayed in May 2025
10
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Sharon
Female, 41+, USA
This hostel should be the model for all others. I especially appreciate the bed curtains and the electricx connecions and light at each bed. Signs are well labeled and clear. I wish all hostels would have these features.
Stayed in May 2025
9.4
J
Judith
Female, 41+, USA
Great staff, great location, secure, overall clean. Wonderful that they have free baggage storage. Clean laundry facilities. My only gripe is the lack of privacy curtains and reading light in my all-female dorm — not an issue per se, but the overhead room lights are motion activated, meaning you stand a good chance of being awakened by someone moving in the room.
Stayed in May 2025
10
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Lorene
Female, 41+, USA
My first time hosteling and its amazing.
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Location

19 Stuart St., Boston, MA, Boston, USA
0.8km from city centre
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Hostelworld says

Opened in 2012, Hostelling International Boston is in a great central location near Boston Common, Chinatown, the subway and most of the city's sights. This clean, modern and purpose-built hostel offers personal lights and power sockets at each bed and a great atmosphere. Plenty of kitchen and common space makes socializing, cooking, playing pool, or doing work on the free Wi-Fi easy, according to one Hostelworld user. We like that this hostel is actively environmentally friendly.