Visting Alaska can be expensive, and hostels may provide a way for you to lower your lodging costs. Hostels in general provide budget-oriented accommodation where guests rent a bed in various ways - often a bunk bed, in a dormitory, with a shared bathroom, lounge and sometimes a kitchen. Rooms can be mixed or single-sex. Private rooms are available at some hostels. Each of the Alaska hostels listed below will provide a unique experience.

Alaska Backpackers Inn
Located at 327 Eagle Street in Anchorage.

Alaskan Sojourn Hostel
Located at 8th Avenue and Main Street in Skagway.

Alyeska Hostel
Located at 227 Atla Drive in Girdwood.

Bear Creek Cabins and Hostel
Located at 1.5m Small Tracts Road in Haines.

Bent Prop Downtown
Located at 700H Street in Anchorage.

Bent Prop Inn & Hostel Midtown
Located at 3104 Eide Street in Anchorage.

Billie's Backpackers Hostel
Located at 2895 Mack Blvd in Fairbanks.

Denali Mountain Morning Hostel & Lodge
Nestled in the heart of the Alaska Range, close to the Denali National Park entrance and a variety of hiking trails and adventures.

Eagle View Hostel
Located at 2303 5th Avenue in Ketchikan.

The Eagle Watch
Located at Mile 3 Oil Well Road in Ninchik.

Glacier House Hostel
Located at 535 Glacier Avenue in Fairbanks.

GoNorth Hostel
Located at 3500 Davis Road in Fairbanks.

Homer Hostel
Located at 304 W. Pioneer Avenue in Homer.

Juneau International Hostel
Located at 614 Harris Street in Juneau.

Kayaker's Cove
This remote property is accessed by water taxi from Seward.

Kodiak Island Hostel
Located at 508 Marine Way in Kodiak.

Moby Dick Hostel
Located at 432 3rd Avenue in Seward.

The Nauti Otter
Located at 13609 Mile 5.5 Seward Highway.

Seaside Farm
Located at 40904 Seaside Farm Road in Homer.

Sitka International Hostel
Located at 109 Jeff Davis Street in Sitka.

Skagway Home Hostel
Located at 3rd Avenue and Main Street in Skagway.

Snow River Hostel
Located at Mile 16, Seward Highway.

Spenard Hostel International
Located at 2845 W 42nd Avenue in Anchorage.

Talkeetna Hostel
Located on I Street in Talkeetna.

Thompson's Eagle's Claw
Located at Borealis & West C Street in Tok.

Alaska Hostel Association
The intent of the association is "to further the values of hostelling in general, to assist the budget traveler in locating safe, inexpensive, supervised accommodations, and to provide a networking forum for our members to share information and mutual support. We do not evaluate or limit our members based on arbitrary standards so our membership is both diverse and unregulated."