Quick answer: a two-night weekend costs £180–£340 per person in Krakow and £660–£1,230 in New York. The middle of the list is where most UK weekends land: £300–£500.
Cite this page: Atravel.uk, “What a weekend costs, by destination”, updated 12 November 2026. https://atravel.uk/weekend-cost/
Every figure is built the same way — travel, two nights in a mid-range room shared between two, food, local transport and one paid attraction — so the destinations compare with each other rather than with a brochure.
Weekend costs, cheapest first
| Destination | Country | Two nights, per person |
|---|---|---|
| Krakow | Poland | £180–£340 |
| Prague | Czechia | £200–£395 |
| Cardiff | United Kingdom | £200–£350 |
| Alicante | Spain | £205–£390 |
| Liverpool | United Kingdom | £210–£385 |
| York | United Kingdom | £215–£395 |
| Lanzarote | Spain | £215–£400 |
| Oxford | United Kingdom | £215–£375 |
| Cambridge | United Kingdom | £215–£380 |
| Málaga | Spain | £220–£420 |
| Faro & the Algarve | Portugal | £220–£440 |
| Bristol | United Kingdom | £220–£380 |
| Bath | United Kingdom | £225–£395 |
| Lisbon | Portugal | £225–£415 |
| Manchester | United Kingdom | £225–£410 |
| Belfast | United Kingdom | £225–£410 |
| Barcelona | Spain | £235–£445 |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | £240–£445 |
| Cotswolds | United Kingdom | £240–£425 |
| Palma & Majorca | Spain | £245–£470 |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | £245–£460 |
| Dublin | Ireland | £250–£460 |
| Edinburgh | United Kingdom | £255–£465 |
| Lake District | United Kingdom | £255–£470 |
| Cornwall | United Kingdom | £260–£515 |
| Tenerife | Spain | £265–£540 |
| Rome | Italy | £265–£510 |
| Istanbul | Turkey | £270–£535 |
| London | United Kingdom | £280–£520 |
| Paris | France | £295–£525 |
| Antalya | Turkey | £300–£580 |
| Sharm el-Sheikh | Egypt | £385–£730 |
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | £590–£1,120 |
| Orlando | United States | £620–£1,130 |
| New York | United States | £660–£1,230 |
Compiled 2026-11-12 from our own partner searches. Mid-range, two sharing, not quotes.