How Much Does Boston Cost?
A week for two runs about $2,453 door to door from New York. Day to day, a hotel night usually costs $153, and daily spend is $33–$110 a person.
Fare, hotel night and daily spend for Boston, USA, line by line, from where you fly — from backpacker to luxury.
What a trip to Boston costs
The fare from where you fly, the usual hotel night and daily spend. Change the travellers, nights or travel style.
- Fare · New York to Boston × 2Economy round trip, usually about $306 eachPricier than 14 of the 15 days we checked fares on this route, by our own fare checks since Jun 2026. How we know$612
- Hotel night · $153 × 7 nightsWhat a night here usually costs, from hotel prices we check every week. 2 travellers share a room.$1,071
- Daily spend · $55 × 2 travellers × 7 daysRestaurants, transport and paid sights, per person per day. The hotel isn't in it.$770
7 nights, 2 travellers, mid-range, flying from New York. Usual prices we track ourselves, not a price you can book.
How we know
- Fare: the middle price of the economy round trips we found from New York on our latest check (half were cheaper, half dearer), for departures in the coming weeks.
- Hotel night: the middle nightly price of the Boston hotels we check three times a week (see our hotel price index).
- Daily spend: food, local transport and sights per person, from our city guide, by travel style. The hotel isn't in it.
- Total: fare × travellers + hotel night × nights × rooms + daily spend × travellers × days. Prices move, so treat it as a guide, not a quote.
Daily spend by travel style
Per person per day: food, getting around and something worth doing. The hotel isn't in it; a hotel night usually costs $153.
- Budget, per day
- $33A week for two with the hotel: $1,533, before flights
- Mid-range, per day
- $55A week for two with the hotel: $1,841, before flights
- Luxury, per day
- $110A week for two with the hotel: $2,611, before flights
Where a day's spend goes
Pick a travel style to see how a day's spend splits in Boston. The hotel is separate.
- FoodCasual restaurants$23
- TransportMetro + occasional taxi$14
- Sights & activitiesPaid attractions, tours$18
- Daily spend, per person$55
Boston on our hotel price index
Where the usual night sits against every city we track.
Across the 242 destinations we track, Boston is the 57th priciest for hotels — one of the priciest on our index — with a typical night of $153.
Cheaper than Dublin ($154) · Pricier than Chicago ($152).
See the full hotel price indexWondering whether to book now? The price check, our 4-week forecast and the cheapest dates to fly are in the Boston guide.
Money-saving tips for Boston
- Walk the Freedom Trail — 2.5 miles through 16 historic sites, all free to see from outside
- Eat lobster rolls in the North End and follow with a cannoli from Mike's Pastry
- Take the T (subway) everywhere — it's the easiest way around the city
- Day trip to Cambridge to walk the Harvard and MIT campuses
- Visit during shoulder season (April to June, September to November) for the best balance of weather and prices
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