How Much Does San Antonio Cost?
A week for two runs about $2,354 door to door from New York. Day to day, a hotel night usually costs $140, and daily spend is $33–$110 a person.
Fare, hotel night and daily spend for San Antonio, USA, line by line, from where you fly — from backpacker to luxury.
What a trip to San Antonio 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 San Antonio × 2Economy round trip, usually about $302 eachCheaper than 11 of the 14 days we checked fares on this route, by our own fare checks since Jun 2026. How we know$604
- Hotel night · $140 × 7 nightsWhat a night here usually costs, from hotel prices we check every week. 2 travellers share a room.$980
- 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 San Antonio 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 $140.
- Budget, per day
- $33A week for two with the hotel: $1,442, before flights
- Mid-range, per day
- $55A week for two with the hotel: $1,750, before flights
- Luxury, per day
- $110A week for two with the hotel: $2,520, before flights
Where a day's spend goes
Pick a travel style to see how a day's spend splits in San Antonio. The hotel is separate.
- FoodCasual restaurants$23
- TransportMetro + occasional taxi$14
- Sights & activitiesPaid attractions, tours$18
- Daily spend, per person$55
San Antonio on our hotel price index
Where the usual night sits against every city we track.
Across the 242 destinations we track, San Antonio is the 76th priciest for hotels — mid-priced on our index — with a typical night of $140.
Pricier than Bariloche ($139).
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 San Antonio guide.
Money-saving tips for San Antonio
- Walk the San Antonio River Walk at night — the canal lined with restaurants and bars is free and beautiful
- The Alamo is free and takes 45 minutes — go first thing in the morning to beat tour groups
- Mission San Jose (5 min south) is less crowded than the Alamo and architecturally more impressive
- Eat Tex-Mex at Mi Tierra in Market Square — open since 1941, runs 24 hours a day
- Visit during shoulder season (March to May, October to November) for the best balance of weather and prices
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