Queenstown, New Zealand - Booking a Hostel

You're going around New Zealand, booking things last minute and start moving your way further south and someone tells you that Queenstown books up weeks in advance. Damn. Now you need to start booking hostels to ensure you have a place to sleep. I've been there. This tourist hub is a jumping off point (quite literally) for many adventurers and since it's now such a big tourist attraction, accommodations can be hard to find. I'd recommend trying to book your hostels in this area (so everything from here to Te Anau and up to Mt Cool/Lake Tekapo area) at least 3-4 weeks in advance so that you aren't switching hostels during your stay or walking far from the city center if you are busing everywhere.

Queenstown doesn't work like most other areas in that not all of the places are listed on Hostelworld or Booking.com (also, for hostels, I recommend Hostelworld over Booking.com because the reviews and pictures are much more accurate and paint a better story of where you'll be setting up for the night).

With this in mind, I started this list to help out other travelers. Hopefully it helps! If I'm missing an accommodation (this list is just for single beds, not hotels or camping), let me know.

NAME - TYPE OF BOOKING

Absoloot - listed on Hostelworld

Adventure Queenstown - their own online booking

Adventure Q2 - their own online booking (** I stayed here and highly recommend it)

Alpine Lodge (BBH) - email/call to book

Aspen Lodge - email/call to book

Base Queenstown - listed on Hostelworld (but heard, if you're desperate, since they hold rooms for Kiwi Experience and Stray, they could have available beds after 4pm)

Black Sheep Backpackers - listed on Hostelworld

Bumbles Backpackers - listed in HostelWorld

Butterfli (BBH) - email/call to book

Coronation Lodge - their own online booking

Deco Backpackers - email/call to book

Flaming Kiwi Backpackers (BBH)- listed on Hostelworld

Haka Lodge - listed on Hostelworld

Hippo Lodge - email/call to book

Nomads Queenstown - listed on Hostelworld

Pinewood - email/call to book

Queenstown Lakeview Holiday Park - their own online booking

Reavers Lodge - their own online booking