How much does a 5-night trip to Los Angeles cost?

About $2,742 for 2 adults at a typical level ($2,071 to $4,594), checked Oct 12.

How much does a 7-night trip to Los Angeles cost?

About $3,641 for 2 adults at a typical level ($2,719 to $6,215), checked Oct 12.

How much is a hotel in Los Angeles?

A typical well-reviewed hotel is about $310 a night for 2 adults with taxes and fees; cheaper ones start around $168. Checked Oct 12.

How much does a trip to Los Angeles cost?

A 3-night Los Angeles trip for 2 adults costs about $1,844 ($1,423 on a tight budget, $2,972 in comfort), with round-trip flights from Chicago. Prices checked Oct 12.

Trip cost by length

For 2 adults sharing a room. hotel prices checked Oct 12, 2026, 9:19 PM EDT

Stay	Stretch	Balanced	Comfort
3 nights	$1,423$711 each	$1,844$922 each	$2,972$1,486 each
5 nights	$2,071$1,035 each	$2,742$1,371 each	$4,594$2,297 each
7 nights	$2,719$1,359 each	$3,641$1,820 each	$6,215$3,108 each

Flights: the cheapest recent round trip we found from the US cities we check (Chicago, $179 per person). 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

$310 a night, a typical well-reviewed hotel, with taxes and fees.

$930

Flights

$179 round trip per person from Chicago.

$358

Meals

$64.50 a day per person. 75% of the federal meals & incidentals rate ($86/day).

$516

Getting around

$5 a day per person on public transit. Taxis and rideshares not included.

$40

Total

$1,844

Is my budget enough for Los Angeles?

$1,000 is tight for 2: even 3 nights at the Stretch level is about $1,423. Plan it ›
$1,500 covers 3 nights at the Stretch level for 2 (about $1,423). Plan it ›
$2,000 covers 3 nights at the Balanced level for 2 (about $1,844). Plan it ›
$3,000 covers 7 nights at the Stretch level for 2 (about $2,719). Plan it ›
$5,000 covers 7 nights at the Balanced level for 2 (about $3,641). Plan it ›

A hotel at the typical price

USC Hotel

$187 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 GSA per diem FY2027, Los Angeles, CA.
Not included: activities, entry tickets, travel insurance, and anything we name as missing above.

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