Trip guides with the price attached
Trips priced by the month, planned by the day.
Every guide answers the two questions that decide a trip: what it costs and when to go. Real nightly rates for all twelve months, day-by-day itineraries for the length of trip you actually have, and the places we would book ourselves.
Twelve months of prices
Average nightly hotel and flight cost for every month of the year, shown against the annual average so the cheap weeks are obvious in one glance.
Itineraries by trip length
Five days, seven days, ten days. Pick the trip you can take and read the nights, ferries and transfers written for that length.
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Newest destinations
The most recently published guides, newest first.
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Lisbon by Funicular: The Hills, the Miradouros, and the $111 Shoulder Season
A March night in Lisbon runs a median $111. The same room in May is $204, and the weather is barely different. This is the city…
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Barcelona for the Booked-Ahead Traveller: Gaudi Slots, Beach-and-City Split Days, and the Gothic Quarter After Six
A December bed in Barcelona runs a median $106 a night and the same room in May runs $252, but the number that actually decides your…
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Rome in Two Halves: Walking the Ancient City and the Baroque One Around the Heat
Rome’s centre is three kilometres across and splits cleanly in two: the ancient half east of the Forum, the baroque half west of Via del Corso.…
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Paris Without the Queue Tax: Arrondissements, Timed Slots and the Nights the Museums Stay Open Late
The median Paris bed runs $184 a night in August and $302 in October, and almost everything else you will overpay for is a choice rather…
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Tokyo Without the Overwhelm: A First Trip Taken One Neighbourhood at a Time
Tokyo is not a city you conquer, it is a city you take one district a day. Do that, use the jet lag instead of fighting…
Recently updated
Prices move. These guides were re-checked most recently.
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Lisbon by Funicular: The Hills, the Miradouros, and the $111 Shoulder Season
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Barcelona for the Booked-Ahead Traveller: Gaudi Slots, Beach-and-City Split Days, and the Gothic Quarter After Six
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Rome in Two Halves: Walking the Ancient City and the Baroque One Around the Heat
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Paris Without the Queue Tax: Arrondissements, Timed Slots and the Nights the Museums Stay Open Late