Inexpensive Weekend Getaway Ideas
We all need to get away now and again, especially when we find ourselves under a lot of stress. Sadly, that weekend getaway that we desperately need, may not come cheap. If you are looking for inexpensive weekend getaway ideas, read on!
Here are a couple of suggestions for when you are looking for an inexpensive weekend getaway:
Girls Getaways
It has never been easier to get away for the weekend with your girlfriends and do so inexpensively. The reason for this is that you can get an awesome group rate for you and your girlfriends just about anywhere. Last minute deals often even include air fare and meals!
Since the economy took a down turn, extras and extravagant luxuries also came down in price. Companies are looking for ways to fill their locations and will offer group rates that are excellent.
For example, if you are looking for a Florida vacation, stay in one of the lesser known and least crowded areas such as St. Petersburg or St. Augustine. The beaches are beautiful, but the cost is significantly less than your typical Miami or Orlando stay.
The draw of a girls' getaway is that it resembles an old-fashioned sleepover, with a bunch of girls crammed into one room. Who needs a lot of activities when you are with your girlfriends? Enjoy the pool or beach while spending time catching up and laughing.
Romantic Weekend Getaways
If you are planning a romantic weekend getaway, you are in luck. Variety is the spice of life on this one. You could always opt for a more luxurious hotel in New York or Atlanta that offers spa treatments and choose to do things that are free such as a romantic picnic in the park or a stroll downtown to window shop.
Hotels offer amazing packages if you can travel with short notice. Check your local area for deals too. I like to figure out the area that is within 2 hours of our home and look for places within that circle to book our getaways. That way, transportation costs do not add to the weekend and we are close enough to get home should a need arise.
Romantic Bed and Breakfast Inns are a great way to save some money as your meals are often included. Many B&B's are located in historical areas and have amazing parks to wander or properties that just want you to grab a blanket, a book and your sweetie for afternoon of relaxing together.
Off Weekend Adventure Getaways
Consider taking your couple of nights either on a Thursday/Friday or a Sunday/Monday instead of the traditional Friday/Saturday nights. Rates are normally lower and locations are less crowded. We recently found a trip from Cincinnati to Jamaica for a total of $399! This was not for each person.. but for both of us! Meals, lodging and transportation were included in the package price. We never needed to leave the resort location.
If you are looking for ways to sneak away for the weekend, consider signing up for last minute notifications from your favorite travel agency or airline.
As you can see, there is always a way if you have the desire to getaway for the weekend. Time and effort are the best tools you can use to find the location and attractions within your budget. Email or call the manager of the property you are hoping to visit and ask if they have any manager specials they could offer. Call other locations in the area and see what they will offer or if they will match the offer from another property. Your couple of hours searching for deals, could save you hundreds of dollars on your next getaway.
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What great ideas, thanks for sharing
these are great ideas. I LOVE inexpensive getaways. They are the best!
Not only do we love booking off season, we look for places like booking.com for better deals.
I loved your ideas! I have been begging hubbby for a getaway for us to loose our stress and re-connect to each other!
As a past Travel agent, when you call these places to book your getaway. Ask for Ex-Military discounts, AAA, Government employee discounts and local rates ( IF applicable)
Love these ideas and can’t wait to “runaway” to Niagara Falls next month on an inexpensive weekend getaway
Great idea!
Love These Ideas.
Been looking for a romantic getaway for our anniversary! Thanks!
I like going on a couple days getaway. Thank you for sharing.
Love these ideas! Will have to start planning a weekend getaway with the hubby soon. 😉
One of our favorite things to do in the winter is get a hotel room for the weekend at the beach. Rates are very low because it’s off season. We’re just looking for alone time anyways and we like the beach no matter how the weather is.
Airbnb is changing lives
There has been so much going on lately in our lives I would so love to getaway for a few days. These are some great tips.
We have a hot springs about 75 miles from where I live that offers some great deals during off season and during the week. So looking forward to a girls weekend.
I’ve never been to a bed and breakfast.. looks nice
count down to our next one.
Easter and birthday beach getaway.
I’ve always thought it would be fun to stay at a Romantic Bed and Breakfast!
Geat ideas. We have been married over 39yrs. We should do date nights more often
These are some really great tips to getaway. I am in need of a getaway and hope that I will be able to here in the next few months for a girls getaway.
Great ideas! We’re trying out Air BNB’s with good success. I want to plan a girlfriend getaway and rent a house!
My husband and I enjoy staying in bed and breakfasts. They are so much fun!
This is perfect. I am a single mom on a budget. I love this.
Interesting ideas. What a deal on the trip for $399! We like to get a hotel with an indoor pool off season.
Thank you for this! A girl getaway sounds fun too, and I never do that! I like to go off season when weather is beautiful but places are cheaper and less crowded, if possible.
We have just booked a quick 2 day getaway to Anna Maria Island before heat and crowds. For my birthday in april…
My husband and I are planning a getaway to Dallas thus summer. I usually save up what we don’t spend couponing and all that for a nice hotel and try to get the best savings on that through a membership program or a bundle.
With the kids we like to just rent a hotel room where there is a pool during the winter! It’s a fun little break from the routines of being at home. We all love and enjoy it and it’s typically fairly cheap!
Thanks.
Important to keep romance alive..especially after many years of loving togetherness.
Lots of great ideas.We like to go to a nearby town and stay overnight in a hotel,take in a ,movie and dinner.
My sister and I love to do stuff like this. We don’t go “cheap” but we do watch our money and get any discounts we can. These are some nice tips they we will use.
What great tips and advice. My favorite is the Romantic Getaway idea. I would love to book a room and go walking around downtown in our old market area. They have carriage rides and great places to eat at. What a great time this would make.
These are great tips thanks.
I always like to rent a house or condo with a kitchen. A short getaway can be just what you need to feel rejuvenated. Awesome tips!
We like going camping in our tent just the two of us. But I would like to try a couple of these out .
I need to do one of these getaways soon. My hubby and I like to drive over the Sierra Nevada mountains and go to Reno where there are always deals. We like to go to Virginia City and walk around. Lots of fun.
Great ideas! My fiance, and I should have a weekend getaway soon!
thanks and i am so ready for a weekend getaway..
Thanks for sharing your great ideas. Some day I will be able to afford to go great places.
We get a place with a kitchen. That way we buy our own groceries and save money on dining out.
Great ideas!
thanks for tips…for rejuvenation its a good thing to getaway for even just one night.
Thinking I need a get away here soon!!!
very cool !
Love the idea
Looking for somewhere for a vaca now to stay in the mountains
Wonderful ideas
I love when you can go somewhere and it doesn’t cost a lot
So ready for a vacation come tax time!!!!
Great ideas for those with some extra money. We send our children out to do shopping and my husband and I spend time doing things we want to do together. There are several reasons for this but the main reason we do this is because I am 100% disabled with so many allergies that going anywhere for me could be a death sentence. When I do go anywhere I can get really sick even at the Dr. Office because people swim in fragrances. Even the cleaners many places use make me sick. So I stay home and just send the kids to do any shopping they need to do and give them the money for what we need and my husband put a Christian Video in and watch or just listen to a MP3 audio for a couple hours.
If possible its important to get away a few times a year..good for the soul and spirit..
great tips
Thank you! Great ideas!
love our beach weekend getaways..and lucky for us close to many beaches and off rates too..including campgrounds oceanfront.
Sometimes we get away for just one day and it has to count as a weekend!
Great ideas! I am so ready for a vacation!
I love weekend getaways with my girlfriends and my husband. It’s fun to just take a few days and relax and enjoy life without having to spend a million dollars!
One of our favorite getaways is to rent a cabin at a state park during off season. We find it is quiet, reasonably priced, and there is nothing better than hiking and enjoying the outdoors all day, then sitting around a campfire at night.
Great ideas!
I like to book in the middle of the week and if you go to the beach they have winter rates compared to rates much higher in the summer. I like places that include breakfast too.
Thanks for the ideas. I don’t get away very often and would love to do it more.
A getaway would be wonderful!
We like to get away to Santa Barbara, so pretty there.
We enjoy doing a weekend trip locally to a place we haven’t explored yet.
I am so ready for one of these
I think we are going to have a beach getaway soon.
a couple times a year…we take a weekend within 50 miles of home..a nice break when prices are way down because of the heat.
Weekend trips and activities without breaking the bank!
we love camping for free here in florida on our island in the river…fun fun
Great ideas. I am ready for a little getaway myself!
Good tips.
The best deal we ever got was with NW..round trip from Florida to San Francisco..for $199 round trip..for two..unbelievable and a fantastic two week trip traveling all over norther California, coastal highway, to Yosemite and Lake Tahoe
Weekend getaways can be a lot of fun! I am definitely in need of one myself. I love weekend getaways because they are long enough to give you a break but not so long that you get bored
these getaways look like a lot of fun, I need a vacation for sure
Love this! I am in desperate need of a mini getaway and reset! Great ideas! Thanks for sharing 💞
Sounds like great fun.
This sounds like fun for a weekend. And also inexpensive fun also.
My girlfriend and I do this all the time and it’s so much cheaper this way!! We planned a trip to Ocean City, MD in September one year and it only cost us $50/each for a three day hotel stay right by the beach. I loved it because it was still warm enough out to enjoy the beach and not as crowded as it is in the summer!! We had a blast
Awesome idea, there are just some times that we need a quick getaway somewhere out of the city and away from the hustle and bustle so sometimes we go to the smokies and get a cabin for the weekend with a pooltable and a hot tub and a jacuzzi. Ahhh just thinking about it makes the stress melt away!
I had friend years ago whose family would stay in nicer local hotels during the off season in the middle of the week. They got great deals and it was a nice getaway from home.
What a sweet idea! A nearby vacation is a great idea!
Awesome. I have not had a getaway or vacay in years!
These are such great ideas. I need to start searching for some of these trips. I can’t afford much. Thank you so much for sharing
The way we save money is day trips. We go ocal or within say maybe 2 hours of home. I have senior animals now and cant stay gone long one needs shots. Day trips are most often enough to re energize, get you out and away from the house.
I like the idea of girls’ getaways. I’ve never been on one. Thanks for sharing!
These are great ideas for a weekend getaway! Of course, I have three small children so I doubt that I will have the chance to do one of them until they are older. I do love to go camping as a family though, I find it very relaxing! 🙂
Always in need of a quick getaway.
We have not been away for some time so perhaps in the near future.
Thank you for the ideas.
These are GREAT ideas!! I love that these are inexpensive and easily planned!
These are some cool tips for getaways
nice ideas for get aways
I love local getaways such as going biking with friends and camping on a weekend.
I like these ideas! Traveling on a budget can be fun and not break the bank!
Using these ideas will insure that I can visit Williamsburg this year, I am retired so I can go anyday
We all need to get away at times to relax and think about our lives and what is important. Thank you so much for sharing these great ideas. God Bless
These are really good ideas but I would love to know what places you get your info froM for your last min trips? Thanks
I always watch for last minute deals on travel sites like Priceline and Groupon.
I like your getaway ideas! If people would search for deals themselves they would see how cheap they can actually travel! There is so many last minute flights and deals that you can choose!
Great ideas! We all need to get away sometimes and even a weekend getaway can replenish our energy and improve our health. I am really looking forward to a getaway soon.