Hostelworld
Dublin-based, London-listed travel agency focused on hostels since 1999. Books budget beds in thousands of cities with a social layer for meeting other travellers — a European alternative to the big booking platforms.
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Search HostelworldWhy does it score 65?
Hostelworld Group plc is headquartered in Dublin and legally domiciled in Ireland.
Hostelworld is publicly traded on the London and Dublin stock exchanges.
Hostelworld's infrastructure is a mix of cloud providers across Ireland and the EU.
Hostelworld isn't open source and hasn't published independent third-party audits.
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