Pocket TP Partners with Hostelworld to Help Backpackers Find the Right Hostel

Pocket TP has partnered with Hostelworld, the world's leading hostel booking platform. It's our first official partnership, and it puts 36,000+ properties in 179 countries at your fingertips. Pocket TP users will be able to help backpackers find a hostel that fits their budget and their trip, without sending them anywhere else to look.

Pocket TP is for anyone who wants to start a travel agency in minutes, from anywhere, with no overhead or costly setup. Maybe you're a creator whose followers keep asking where you stayed. Maybe you're a backpacker turning years of hostel know-how into your own small agency. Either way, finding the right bed for someone else just got a lot easier.

At a glance

• Partner: Hostelworld, Pocket TP's first official partner
• Inventory: 36,000+ properties in 179 countries
• Built for: travel creators, travel entrepreneurs and backpackers running a travel business on Pocket TP
• Coming soon: a Find a Hostel section inside the Pocket TP app

How Big Is the Backpacker Hostel Market?

The global hostel market was worth USD 8.0 billion in 2025, and backpackers and solo travelers made up 55.7% of it. That's a big, growing audience looking for places to stay that are affordable, social and easy to find.

• Global hostel market, 2025: USD 8.0 billion (Grand View Research)
• Projected hostel market, 2033: USD 14.3 billion, 7.8% CAGR from 2026 (Grand View Research)
• Backpackers and solo travelers' share of the hostel market, 2025: 55.7% (Grand View Research)
• Backpacking trips taken each year: About 45 million (The Broke Backpacker, via Grand View Research)
• Solo travelers' share of Hostelworld bookings: 63% in 2024, up from 57% in 2021 (LBC)
• Youth travelers (ages 15 to 29) as a share of international arrivals, 2019: 23%, over 330 million trips (WYSE Travel Confederation)

More people are traveling young, traveling solo and choosing hostels. With 36,000+ options, the hard part isn't finding a hostel. It's finding the right one. That's the gap a Pocket TP travel business can fill.

How Will Pocket TP Creators Help Backpackers Find Hostels?

You'll find Hostelworld's properties right inside your Pocket TP dashboard and match each backpacker with a stay that fits their budget, route and travel style. You bring the local knowledge. Hostelworld brings the beds.

Here's what that could look like:

1. Get the brief. A backpacker tells you where they're headed, when, and what they can spend per night.
2. Shortlist the right stays. Look at each stop with their needs in mind: dorm or private room, central or quiet, party hostel or early-night crowd.
3. Build it into the trip. Add the hostels to their itinerary or group trip so the route, the stays and the budget live in one place.
4. Keep it running. Track bookings and earnings on your Dashboard, and point travelers to what's on with Events Nearby.

A bed for the night is one of the first things a backpacker sorts out and one of the easiest to get wrong. Get it right for them, and you've earned a client who comes back for the next trip.

Why Did Pocket TP Choose Hostelworld?

Hostelworld is the go-to hostel platform for backpackers, with more than 36,000 properties in 179 countries. When you recommend a stay from Hostelworld, you're recommending something your travelers already recognize.

• Reach. Coverage from Southeast Asia's backpacker trail to Europe's city-hop routes and well beyond.
• Range. Dorms, private rooms and social spaces at price points for every kind of budget.
• Reviews. Properties are rated by real guests, so your picks come with backup.

What Is the Find a Hostel Section?

Find a Hostel is a new section coming to Pocket TP. It will sit between your Dashboard and Events Nearby, so you can check your bookings, find a bed for a traveler's next stop and see what's on locally, all in one flow.

Stay tuned. We'll share more as it rolls out to beta users.

FAQ

What is the Pocket TP and Hostelworld partnership?

It's Pocket TP's first official partnership. It gives travel creators and entrepreneurs on Pocket TP access to Hostelworld's 36,000+ properties in 179 countries, so they can help backpackers find the right hostel.

Who is it for?

Travel creators, travel entrepreneurs and backpackers who run, or want to start, a travel business on Pocket TP.

Can I run a travel business on Pocket TP while I'm backpacking?

Yes. Pocket TP is built to run from your phone, so you can plan trips, manage bookings and help travelers from the road.

Where will I find hostels in Pocket TP?

In the new Find a Hostel section, between the Dashboard and Events Nearby.

When does Find a Hostel launch?

Soon. Beta users will hear about it first.

Does it cost anything to join?

The Starter plan is free to join during beta, with a 15% transaction fee on sales. Paid plans lower that fee.