Two very different city weeks: New York is dense, museum-heavy and fast; Vancouver is smaller, greener and built around the water and nearby mountains.
Scope, dates and party
These are dated ground-cost examples for two adults sharing one room, staying six nights over seven days, 10–16 November 2026. International flights, visas, insurance and shopping are excluded. They are planning examples, not live booking offers or year-round price ranges.
What is specific to this budget
Airfare is excluded and will differ by origin; it can outweigh the ground-cost gap. The two scopes are not the same size, so compare what each trip includes, not just the totals.
Rooms and transit
Manhattan hotels and taxes dominate the New York budget; transit is capped per adult per card over seven days, with the AirTrain extra. Vancouver's examples buy an all-zone DayPass each day, with an AddFare only when leaving YVR by SkyTrain. November is wet in Vancouver and cool in New York.
Dated ground cost side by side
Basket A of each hotel tier, same party and dates, flights excluded. Scopes differ in size and in what each trip includes, so read the full itemised examples on each cost guide before deciding.
Hotel tier
New York City
Vancouver
Budget
2,991.20 USD213.66 USD per person per ground day
1,967.40 USD140.53 USD per person per ground day
Mid-range
3,213.08 USD229.51 USD per person per ground day
2,041.62 USD145.83 USD per person per ground day
Luxury
5,506.22 USD393.30 USD per person per ground day
2,704.08 USD193.15 USD per person per ground day
Compiled and totalled by My Travel Choices (MTC) from the dated sources credited with each example. Research estimates, not bookable offers. How we build these examples · Cite this guide
