Destinations
First-trip city guides to Tokyo, Paris, Rome, London, New York and more. Where to stay, how to get around, and what a few days there actually costs.
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Montego Bay in hurricane season, a year after Melissa
October is the cheapest month for a Montego Bay hotel, a median of $369 a night against $575 in March. Storm risk is the reason, so…
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Nassau in October costs less than half what February does
October is the cheapest month to sleep in Nassau, a median near $232 a night, and February is the dearest at $577. The first half of…
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Cancun in hurricane season costs the same as March
February is the cheapest month to sleep in Cancun at about $356 a night, June is the dearest by far, and hurricane season barely moves the…
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What San Juan’s $231 hurricane season discount costs you
A September room in San Juan runs about $190 a night, and the same room in January is more than twice that. The difference is hurricane…
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The same Punta Cana beach costs half as much in hurricane season
October is the cheapest month to sleep in Punta Cana, about $330 a night, and November the dearest at close to $520. Both of those are…
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Four hours of light in January, twenty-one in June
April is the month to book Reykjavik, a median of about $150 a night when we checked in September 2026, against more than double that in…
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Plan Bangkok around the heat and the rest gets easy
February is the month to book Bangkok, a median of about $93 a night, and it lands inside the dry cool season rather than outside it.…
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Mexico City is cheapest in the month the jacarandas flower
March is the cheapest month in Mexico City, a median of about $105 a night, and it’s also the month the jacarandas go purple over Roma.…
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A New York trip built around the weeks hotels get cheap
A New York hotel room runs about $143 a night in January and double that in October. Nothing shuts for winter here except the outdoor tables.…
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In London the bed is the trip and the fares cap at GBP 8.90
January in London runs a median $99 a night, against more than three times that in July. The big museums are free in both months, so…
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Take Tokyo one neighbourhood a day and it stops being too big
June is the cheapest month to sleep in Tokyo, around $105 a night against $223 in November. That’s the tsuyu rainy season, and the rain rarely…
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The Paris queue tax is optional if you book the right nights
August is the cheapest month to sleep in Paris, about $184 a night against $302 in October. Half the good bistros shut for the month and…