How much does a trip to Cancún cost?

A 3-night Cancún trip for 2 adults costs about $2,755 ($2,175 on a tight budget, $5,736 in comfort), with round-trip flights from Los Angeles. Prices checked Oct 12.

Trip cost by length

For 2 adults sharing a room. hotel prices checked Oct 12, 2026, 10:09 PM EDT

StayStretchBalancedComfort
3 nights$2,175$1,088 each$2,755$1,378 each$5,736$2,868 each
5 nights$2,957$1,478 each$3,878$1,939 each$8,801$4,400 each
7 nights$3,738$1,869 each$5,002$2,501 each$11,866$5,933 each

Flights: the cheapest recent round trip we found from the US cities we check (Los Angeles, $434 per person). Not included: getting around. Stretch, Balanced and Comfort are the same styles our trip plans use.

Where the money goes

A Balanced 3-night trip for 2, 4 days of meals and getting around.

Hotel

$359 a night, a typical well-reviewed hotel, with taxes and fees.

$1,077

Flights

$434 round trip per person from Los Angeles.

$868

Meals

$101.25 a day per person. 75% of the federal meals & incidentals rate ($135/day).

$810

Getting around

We don’t have transit fares for this city yet.

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Total

$2,755

Is my budget enough for Cancún?

  • $1,000 is tight for 2: even 3 nights at the Stretch level is about $2,175. Plan it ›
  • $1,500 is tight for 2: even 3 nights at the Stretch level is about $2,175. Plan it ›
  • $2,000 is tight for 2: even 3 nights at the Stretch level is about $2,175. Plan it ›
  • $3,000 covers 5 nights at the Stretch level for 2 (about $2,957), not counting getting around.. Plan it ›
  • $5,000 covers 7 nights at the Stretch level for 2 (about $3,738), not counting getting around.. Plan it ›

A hotel at the typical price

Adhara Hacienda Cancun

$96 a night

For 2 adults, Nov 13 – 15, with taxes and fees.

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How we worked this out

  • Hotels: live rates for 2 adults, Nov 13 – 15, with taxes and fees (LiteAPI live rates, all-in (incl. fees paid at the hotel as one seller reports them), 2 adults). Stretch is a cheaper well-reviewed room (rated 7.5+), Balanced the typical one, Comfort the best-rated 4★ hotel. Weekend rates; weeknights are often lower.
  • Flights: the cheapest recent round trip we’ve seen from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas or Atlanta. From your city it can be more or less.
  • Meals and getting around: per person per day, for nights + 1 days, the same way our plans count them. Meals: US State Department foreign per diem, Cancun (effective 2024-08-01).
  • Not included: activities, entry tickets, travel insurance, and anything we name as missing above.

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