How much does a 21-day trip from London to Japan cost?
Answer
A 21-day trip — 20 nights on the ground — for 2 travellers in 1 room is estimated at 7,400–11,600 GBP in total (flexible dates), around 4,800 GBP per person. Return flights are 2,000–3,100 GBP of that, about 27% of the mid figure, and spending in the destination is 5,400–8,500 GBP. The nearest supported length, 14 days, models 5,600–8,700 GBP (-24.9%).
An estimate produced by MTC's cost model, not a live booking price.
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Your result
- Complete trip total
- 7,400–11,600 GBP
- Mid estimate
- 9,500 GBP
- Nights priced
- 21 days / 20 nights
- Rooms priced
- 1 room for 2 travellers
- Return flights, whole party
- 2,000–3,100 GBP
- Spending in the destination
- 5,400–8,500 GBP
- Flights as a share of the mid figure
- 27%
- Per person
- 4,800 GBP
- Per person per day
- 250 GBP
- Sensible minimum trip length
- 7
- Usual trip length in the record
- 10–18
- Nearest supported length (14 days, same party and style)
- 5,600–8,700 GBP (-24.9%)
Assumptions behind this figure
- 21 days, 2 travellers, flexible dates, departing from the London metro, priced in GBP.
- Travel style comes from the selector; the model prices that style, not a specific hotel or fare.
What is included / What is not included
What is included
- Return flights from the departure metro
- Accommodation for the whole stay
- Daily food, local transport and activities
What is not included
- Visas, insurance and any entry requirement
- Shopping, luxury upgrades and one-off splurges
- Live airline or hotel availability
How certain this is
The range is the model's own low-to-high spread for this style and month. Real fares move with booking date and demand, so treat the mid figure as a planning anchor rather than a quote. Figures use broad planning rounding; the calculator may show finer rounding for the same inputs.
Who this suits / Who should think twice
Who this suits
- Travellers who can go in March, April, May, October and November, when the record rates conditions strongest.
- Trips built around cities, culture and food.
- Trip lengths between 10 and 18 days, the usual window in this destination's record.
Who should think twice
- MTC rates the travel logistics as demanding; check the actual route and transfers before deciding whether they suit you.
- Travellers who need a fixed, guaranteed price today should book directly rather than plan from an estimate.
Principal tradeoffs
- Shorter trips cut accommodation and ground spend but keep the full airfare, so the per-day cost rises.
- 21 days is longer than the record's usual 10–18-day window. Additional days add ground spending while this model holds the airfare fixed; the component figures above show each share.
- Rooms are priced at one per two travellers, rounded up, so a larger party raises the total and only lowers the per-person figure when the extra travellers fill a room that is already paid for. This is a reading of the recorded length bounds, not a break-even calculation and not an itinerary.
Next steps
How MTC produced this
- The same engine the trip cost calculator uses prices this page live: destination cost bands, distance-based airfare from the departure metro, party size, travel style and month.
- No figure on this page is stored, written by hand or edited for presentation.