About HomeOrAbroad

Side-by-side, all-in trip costs for US vacations vs. overseas trips, with round-trip flights from your departure city (Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, Dallas, Seattle, Chicago or New York) included.

Why we built this

Flight search tools tell you where you can fly cheaply. They don't tell you what the whole week will cost. HomeOrAbroad puts a US trip and an overseas trip side by side, with flights from Los Angeles (LAX), Las Vegas (LAS), Phoenix (PHX), Denver (DEN), Dallas (DFW), Seattle (SEA), Chicago (CHI) or New York (NYC), lodging and daily spending in a single all-in number, so you can see whether "Europe is too expensive" is actually true for your trip. Pick your departure city with the "Flying from" switcher on any comparison; we currently cover Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, Dallas, Seattle, Chicago or New York, and more departure cities are coming.

How we estimate prices

Flight ranges come from typical round-trip economy fares that fare-search sites (KAYAK, Google Flights, Priceline, momondo, Expedia, airline fare pages) published for each route from each departure airport we cover (currently LAS and LAX), viewed October 2026. Lodging uses published hotel averages where we found them (Engine's August 2026 US city averages; Budget Your Trip traveler averages abroad), adjusted to a mid-range room; otherwise it is an editor estimate. Daily food, local transport and activity budgets are editor estimates for a mid-range couple; where a Budget Your Trip average exists we set the range around it, but the range bounds are our own judgment and have NOT been verified against a single published source. Ski lift tickets use published 2025/26 (or 2026/27) resort prices; euro and yen prices are converted at editor-assumed exchange rates. Taxes, resort fees, baggage fees and tips may not be fully included. Flight ranges marked "Travelpayouts (Aviasales) Data API" in the sources are refreshed automatically from cached round-trip economy fares that Aviasales users found recently for departures about 1–4 months out (low = cheapest fare found, high = roughly the 75th percentile); routes without enough fresh data keep their previous published-fare range.

  • Every price is a sample estimate, not live pricing or a quote. Prices change daily with season, demand and booking window.
  • We show ranges and midpoints, list our sources on every matchup, and date when we last checked.
  • Anything we estimated ourselves is labeled "editor estimate (unverified)" in the sources.
  • Before booking, always confirm the live price with the airline, hotel or tour operator.

Affiliate disclosure

HomeOrAbroad is reader-supported. Some links on this site are affiliate ("paid") links. If you click one and book a flight, hotel, tour or travel insurance, we may earn a commission from the provider at no extra cost to you. The buttons in the "Book this trip" section of each comparison (flights, things to do, travel insurance, eSIM data, airport transfers) are affiliate links, tracked through the Travelpayouts network, and are labeled as affiliate links next to where they appear.

We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

Commissions never change our cost estimates or verdicts. We compare destinations on our own data, and we would rather you take the cheaper trip than click a link. We don't accept payment for positive coverage. If a page is ever sponsored by a tourism board or brand, it will say so clearly at the top.

This disclosure is provided in line with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255).

Current partner programs (via Travelpayouts): Aviasales, Klook, Tiqets, EKTA, Airalo, Welcome Pickups, Go City.

We don't sell travel

HomeOrAbroad is an information and comparison site. We don't take bookings or payments; when you click through, the partner handles your booking and payment under its own terms.

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Photos

Destination photos are real photos of each place from Wikimedia Commons, used under Creative Commons (CC BY / CC BY-SA), CC0 or public-domain terms. Authors, licenses and sources are listed on the photo credits page.

Contact

Questions, corrections or a better price we should know about? Email hello@homeorabroad.com.