The Top 50 Hostels in North America Book is Live on Kickstarter
From Zack Reed, author of Same Bag, Different Bunk: My Life Inside American Hostels, and Bobby Dyer, co-founder of ITH Hostels, Hostelmanagement.com, and Chair of the Marketing Committee for the North American Hostel Association, comes a book about the top 50 hostels in North America. The book will be produced and put out by Hostelmanagement.com in partnership with This Could Be Good Media.
On October 6, 2026, Bobby and Zack launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the book. The campaign will run for 30 days, and the goal is to raise $12,000. The money raised on Kickstarter will go towards producing, publishing, and promoting the book on a global scale.
With the money raised, the book will be able to reach a wide audience through paid marketing and media outreach. From hosting release parties and pop-ups at various hostels to running paid ads on several social media platforms and doing press outreach, the money raised on Kickstarter will also help build awareness about not only the book but also the hostel industry as a whole.
The book, which will highlight the top hostels in North America, will be a compilation of interviews and stories that will tell the founder’s stories of the best hostels in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, as well as a spotlight on some of the continent’s industry’s most prominent and influential individuals. For the last two months, Zack has been interviewing hostel owners throughout North America and writing their stories as he prepares the book for production.
By creating this book, their mission is to help educate people on what hostels are and show off the magic that happens in them each day. With the help of hostels around North America and the world, the book can be shared across various platforms and reach a wider audience.
Head over to Kickstarter to sign up for release updates. Share the link. Tell other hostel travelers and hostel owners about this new, exciting project. The campaign ends November 5, 2026.
