Crashpod Hostel

2/10

Poor

23 Jul 2026

Cara

The owners are SO rude. They change prices for everyone and argue with all guests in front of other guests. And even when you call them out for being unfair they just tell you too bad. Pay the higher price or leave. We watched them do it to a few people as well as us. The husband has no idea what is going on ever. He doesn’t have the code for anything and has to ask his wife for everything while you stand outside in the hot sun. It’s a dirt lot. They yell at you for leaving your AC or fan on even if you just have to run out to your car real quick. It’s 110° and they don’t have the house AC on most of the time so the common areas, bunk area and rooms with no AC unit are miserable. The food in the vending machines is old and expired. They throw your food away out of the fridge whenever they want, not just on the days they say. It’s horrible. It’s worth it to pay more for a motel 6 in the area just to not have to deal with the owners. It’s so so bad. Save your money and go somewhere else.

2/10

Poor

09 Jul 2026

Kyle

Horrible. Do not book with them as you won't be able to even contact anybody regarding your reservation. Horrendous staff service.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2026

Jenna

Quiet, cool with sweet kitties outside. Rustic and welcoming all for a great price.

Self

2/10

Poor

11 Jun 2026

German

👎

Partner

2/10

Poor

29 Apr 2026

Safa

Unprofessional and do not answer phone or emails.

Self

8/10

Excellent

28 Apr 2026

Evan

Clean place. Great staff. Easy parking. Some sort of private space although it's a shared room. Convenient access (straight line from freeway).

Self

8/10

Excellent

28 Apr 2026

Evan

The place is a bit hidden/remote yet it's close enough to get to nearby cities. The staff has a great vibe. John and Sarah are wonderful hosts.
Place is not for everyone. One must understand the rural vibe and the quietness. It's a nice hommie place. Although it's shared rooms, one has certain privacy in the bunk beds with the curtains. Plus, if it's a place to just crash, one gets there just to sleep and doesn't even see a person. Lol. I didn't. Clean bathroom, very important. All in all, a \"yes\" for the option of \"would come back\".

Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2026

Veronica

Staff and guests are respectful and everyone keeps to themselves. Rooms are dark enough to get a good night's sleep or a day nap after a long day.

4/10

Poor

17 Apr 2026

Emily

The big roach on the floor scared me. No staff on site. It feels unsafe and scary. Would not recommend doing it alone..

10/10

Exceptional

22 Mar 2026

Ronaldo

About 1.2 mile away there was this affordable market place.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

18 Mar 2026

Timothy

Just needed a place to crash overnight after seeing a concert in Pioneertown and CrashPod did the job. The staff was super friendly and helpful. They made checking in super easy. The facilities were very clean and well maintained.

8/10

Excellent

18 Mar 2026

Wezi-Anne

You get what you pay for. Helpful staff. Cute chickens and kittens outside which is sweet. Washer/dryer out of commission. Privacy curtains on bunk beds were helpful. Quiet guests without drama, noise, or smells. Never a line at the shower/bathroom. Bathroom was pretty clean but be sure to bring shower shoes and toiletries. Building didn’t get too hot on 93 degree days

Self

8/10

Excellent

17 Mar 2026

Kurt

Interesting place to stay for the adventurous traveler!

4/10

Poor

14 Feb 2026

dan

We reserved the best room in the hostel, a private room (shared bath) with a/c. There was only a bed and a single hanging light. No hooks to hang anything, no tables, no chairs—just a bed. No towels at this hostel (I brought my own). So many things amiss here…one community bathroom “out of order.” In the kitchen the community stove “out of order.” Some rooms have no doors. Mgmnt looking for “volunteer” to clean—it needs it…chickens in yard apparently provide eggs, but the grounds look like a junk yard. No indoor common areas other than small kitchen.

Partner

2/10

Poor

31 Jan 2026

Brittney

It was so dirty, made me pay 10$ extra just for a bed

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2026

David

They have had everything we needed

Business Family

4/10

Poor

29 Dec 2025

Ernestine

Small, dirty house (esp. bathrooms) that smells like cat litter & old bed sheets. Cats & loud roosters on property. No door in dorm & you can hear everything going on in room 6.

6/10

Pleasant

18 Dec 2025

Van Trong Thien

Good

4/10

Poor

30 Nov 2025

Cristina

Staff were friendly and the place was clean. There were no bugs inside. It is also quiet. The whole place was very dark though at all times. I had to use phone flashlight to enter the room. If you like your weed this is a good place.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

09 Nov 2025

Maureen

Nice staff, nice cats.

Self

4/10

Poor

06 Nov 2025

Henry

Took a while to get the entry code, very uncomfortable bunk bed, no lights in hallway, huge cockroach in bathroom, and no light switch in room. Only saving grace was the cute kitty that greeted me ... unfortunately though the other one was eating a baby bird.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 May 2025

Jesse

This place has a homey vibe I enjoy. The other guests are nice, the cats and chickens are fun to wake up to.

Not perfect, but they are actively improving this hostel, but great prices if you are traveling on a budget.

Business_and_leisure Self

2/10

Poor

25 Apr 2025

Kapree

Place suck they need to shout it down

2/10

Poor

25 Apr 2025

kisha

This place is extremely ran down

2/10

Poor

23 Apr 2025

Renato

Very dirty. Felt very uncomfortable

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Mar 2025

Jd

Its nice and quiet

6/10

Pleasant

16 Mar 2025

Kasandra

Objective Feedback: Volunteers were great in helping with check-in, but only saw a staff member one time as they were knocking on the door and telling me to leave by 9am (this was at 8.30am). There is hand written signage everywhere with conflicting information about rates, check out times, etc. The room is a makeshift space with walls that do not reach the ceiling. The bed felt much like sleeping on a floor, I'm in considerable pain the morning after and I couldn't do it again. There were several minivans full of items parked on the property.

On the plus side, the room does have a lock and the bathroom had hot water. There are very sweet kitties and chickens with great personalities. The premises felt secure and my car was not bothered during the night. Note: roosters start sounding off very early in the am.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

09 Mar 2025

Kapree

Bedbugs they do not tell you that until you payed

Was ok was not inside much remember first day got there went got comfortable layed down started inching dude tell me late that there bedbugs there was dirty man can't sleep at all I couldn't be in kitchen 8-5 but everybody else was not recommended again

2/10

Poor

22 Feb 2025

James

When I pulled up to the property it was not very people friendly looking there was a whole lot of broken down looking cars in the property it looked like just not a safe comfortable place to stay so I did not stay there did not even check in very disappointed with hotels.com for putting that place on the app and I'm not even able to get my money refunded to me very very upset about that I definitely would love to Yelp report and I will definitely be getting a hold of the city of desert Hot springs to have them question the business license of the people there running that business

Self

4/10

Poor

21 Feb 2025

Michael

Ewwww

Ok so this place is a make-shift Hostile from a single family home in the middle of nowhere...no stores or anything walking distance. It felt like a homeless shelter more than anything. Vending machines out in the carport chickens running throughout the entire yard with chicken poop all over the place. Makeshift signs saying that there is a $20 late checkout fee after 11:00 because they make it known they're just for the money. The walls for the rooms that they do have is made from plywood which so thin you can hear every move the other person makes on the other side or even from outside there's no AC even though there's an AC unit that does not turn on and no TV that I saw. I didn't even step foot into the shower let alone use their restroom as soon as the sun came up in the morning I was out of there never again would I ever stay at this place I am surprised that hotels.com even has it as a listing it's pretty sad shows where their quality has gone

Self

6/10

Pleasant

12 Feb 2025

Verified traveler

Not like European Hostels

I wasn't sure if I would arrive \"in time\" for check in and was given my entry codes early, which was nice. I did make it in time but there was no one there. I got an individual room and I am so grateful I did. The walls didn't reach the ceiling and there was hardly room for my carry-on suitcase between the bed and the wall, but all the other bunks were in the hallways of the house with no privacy whatsoever. When I got home after dark I couldn't turn house lights on because there were people sleeping and I didn't want to disturb them. The wifi code posted throughout the house didn't work. I texted the contact number when I got there to \"check in\" and heard back more than 15 hours later, around the time I was checking out, with the actual wifi password - worthless. The place was dark which made it seem dirtier than it was - I had to crawl under the bed cause I dropped my phone and there was no dirt or dust on my sweater when I got out. The 4\" mattress was minimal but it was the frame that was awful. If I moved at all it squeaked loud enough to wake the people outside my room, forget rolling over. The single thin blanket was not enough and I have been sneezing since this morning. I didn't go into the bathrooms, I just held it overnight. There were beds right next to the bathroom entrance/exits and it was dark. Someone knocked loudly for hours trying to get in, and there was a cat roaming the house meowing loudly a few different times throughout the night.

8/10

Excellent

16 Jan 2025

Maureen

Beautiful area, and interesting set-up.
Wonderful place to stay.

Self

2/10

Poor

10 Jan 2025

F

This property did not provide the type of room I had reserved, they offered another room which I did not wanted and they guided me to call Expedia for cancellation, I called Expedia but the property changed their word telling Expedia they can offer same room, once they knew I am no longer interested in that property, I did not feel safe when I realized they are lying and changing their word constantly, they only wanted to charge me. This was a rubbery, Stay away from this place.

2/10

Poor

29 Dec 2024

Claudette

I actually left and checked into another hotel as the place felt very unsafe. The owners were arguing. The rooms had no window. I honestly wondered if I would wake up alive in the morning

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Dec 2024

CHANGHU

Nice

6/10

Pleasant

11 Nov 2024

Lydia

I enjoyed the fresh eggs and the washer/ dryer I enjoy your he chickens wondering frr along with the cats,, I do NOT enjoy dogs very well or at I do not care for dogs to close

Business

4/10

Poor

29 Oct 2024

Karolina

What can I say, this is not a typical hostel for a young traveler when he/she is traveling on a budget, trying to stay safe, in a clean and comfortable space where there’s a sense of community and an opportunity to meet new and interesting people. This is more like a combination of halfway house with low income people where half of guests is either drunk or stoned, some people “volunteer” there for “room and board”, but except for one lady it’s really hard to say what they really do there. The house is a dirty shack, with plywood walls separating rooms, hair and dead bug laying on the shower floor in the bathroom, a pile of dirty dishes sitting in the sink, everything grimy and sticky to touch. Mattresses in the bedroom were still wrapped in plastic, I didn’t feel comfortable using their sheets, so I slept in my own sleeping bag. Expedia also mentioned free breakfast but there was no breakfast. And the cost was high, I expected much higher quality for $65 a night. I could stay in a nice motel for this price. I really don’t recommend this place and I would never stay there again, even if someone paid me.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

24 Jun 2024

James

Roach-infested Fire Hazard

There were roaches. Then, you couldn’t use the light switches because they had probably illegally remodeled and bypassed the house’s original floor plan by erecting plywood walls to make “bedrooms.” They ignored the fire code by plugging extension cords into other extension cords. Also, the smoke detectors were either removed or didn’t have batteries.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

12 Jun 2024

Veronica

I would have brought food for the pets.

I really enjoyed the wild hosts. They really come alive at night. I met up with the cat right before leaving and you’d barely recognize it since it looks like skin and bones during the day. At night, it resembles a fat cat without loose skin or rolls. Wish I would have known that there were going to be chickens around. I would have brought food. You also need change for the laundry machines. The place was nice and cozy. I kept to myself. It was in good condition when I arrived. I would have used new mops or t shirts in each room for mopping.

Self

4/10

Poor

09 Jun 2024

Veronica

Hen and Kitty house

Best staff included two cats and over eight chickens. They decorated the entry and greeted right away. You wouldn’t recognize them at night. Don’t forget to bring them brand new and sealed food.

Self

2/10

Poor

07 May 2024

jan

I made a reservation for May 4 for one night and when I arrived, they told me the room was not available and I could not stay there. I need a credit for this reservation. Please advise.

2/10

Poor

14 Apr 2024

vera

It was close to our destination. Outside the facility dirty,we didn't get no towels place looks old outdated,there was a roach in our room, bed uncomfortable more like a camping cot

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Mar 2024

Ravi

Great value! I got my own room and the basics. I was able to get in despite arriving later than planned thanks to a helpful on site manager. It's about 25 minutes from Indian Wells if you're considering it for the tennis tournament. Bathrooms are shared but clean and I was happy with the overall experience.

Recommend earplugs if you're a light sleeper (I had a snorer next door and the private rooms are not noise proof due to incomplete walls).

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

20 Feb 2024

Joseph

Not what we were expecting at all

I want to make it clear that the two of us have stayed in hostels multiple times - both separately and as a couple - so this review is taking into account the fact that Crashpod is not a hotel and isn't pretending to be one.

That being said, the room that we booked was not at all what we were expecting. It was tiny, almost closet-sized, with a cot for a bed. You can see this from the pictures, but I still wanted to include it as context. The room was described as \"private\" but I would disagree with this description - the doorway had large gaps above and below the door, presumably for ventilation, which make it possible to see, hear, and smell the other guests. There were also no windows and the room was extremely hot and stuffy, despite the fact that it was only around 65 degrees outside. Also, other guests had clearly been smoking inside the hostel and the entire room reeked.

I don't have a ton to say about the other facilities - the hostel itself was cute and seemed clean enough, the staff that we spoke with were friendly and somewhat helpful - because we ultimately decided not to stay. I gave the hostel a head's up that we were not satisfied with the room and I was not offered any kind of refund, which is why I feel the need to write this review. I hope others booking these private rooms understand what they are getting into before paying.

Partner

2/10

Poor

20 Feb 2024

Robert

Dirty did not get what i paid for i did no not look like the property. I could not stay there it was filthy one guy was on drug's or was drunk he was manger .no one in their right mind would stay there the room did not have blinds or curtains on window walls dirty no sheets on bed .the bathroom was nasty .i was not told no refund till i paid for it .

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

20 Feb 2024

Craig

This is an extremely basic accommodation. Be prepared for cats, chickens, and \"interesting\" folks you share the space with. Travel light and keep your stuff with you. Slept with my stuff in my bunk with me. I would do it again though, just be aware before you go what to expect.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

11 Feb 2024

Peter

Not what I was expecting

Room was not what was expected. It was an internal room with no windows. bed was 2 single bed frames with a piece of wood on top and an extremely thin mattress on top. The only furniture in the room was a plastic chair with a small light on it. The door had gaps above and below it. Bathrooms looked clean but i chose not to stay and went elsewhere. Staff member was very unsure of which room i was in and wrote front door and room lock codes on a scrap of paper and gave it to me.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Feb 2024

Christopher

The chickens where friendly.

6/10

Pleasant

05 Feb 2024

Brian

Funky

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jan 2024

steven

Quieter than I would have expected. Will go back!

Business_and_leisure Self