Halloween trips from San Diego: Salem, New Orleans, Horror Nights, Derry and Transylvania

Halloween 2026 is a Saturday, so the big parades and festivals land on the weekend. Each place below has its main days and a fare from San Diego for Thursday, October 29 to Sunday, November 1, plus the same weekend in 2027.

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Destination	Why go	Axel	Dates
Boston (BOS)	Salem Haunted Happenings (Oct 31 drone show), Oct 1 – Oct 31, 2026. Salem's month of Haunted Happenings, 30 minutes by train, ending with a 400-drone show on Halloween night	No matching fare saved	Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2026 (suggested)	Search these dates
New Orleans (MSY)	Krewe of Boo parade (Oct 24), Oct 24, 2026. The Krewe of Boo parade through the French Quarter, then costumes on Frenchmen Street on Halloween night	No matching fare saved	Oct 23 – Oct 25, 2026 (suggested)	Search these dates
Orlando (MCO)	Halloween Horror Nights (select nights to Nov 1), Aug 28 – Nov 1, 2026. Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando on select nights through November 1, plus Halloween at the Disney parks	No matching fare saved	Oct 30 – Nov 2, 2026 (suggested)	Search these dates
Los Angeles (LAX)	Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood (select nights to Nov 1), Sep 3 – Nov 1, 2026. Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood and Knott's Scary Farm in Buena Park	No matching fare saved	Oct 30 – Nov 2, 2026 (suggested)	Search these dates
New York (JFK)	Village Halloween Parade (Oct 31), Oct 31, 2026. The Village Halloween Parade up Sixth Avenue on October 31, and Sleepy Hollow an hour up the Hudson	No matching fare saved	Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2026 (suggested)	Search these dates
Dublin (DUB)	Bram Stoker Festival (Oct 23–26), Oct 23 – Oct 26, 2026. The Bram Stoker Festival in Dracula's author's home city, with the Macnas street parade and late-night shows	No matching fare saved	Oct 22 – Oct 27, 2026 (suggested)	Search these dates
Edinburgh (EDI)	Samhuinn Fire Festival (Oct 31), Oct 31, 2026. The Samhuinn Fire Festival on Calton Hill on Halloween night, plus ghost tours of the Old Town's closes	No matching fare saved	Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2026 (suggested)	Search these dates
Bucharest (OTP)	Bran Castle, Transylvania's Dracula castle, about three hours from Bucharest, with medieval Brasov nearby	No matching fare saved	Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2026 (suggested)	Search these dates
Las Vegas (LAS)	Costume parties up and down the Strip and on Fremont Street, with warm late-October nights	No matching fare saved	Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2026 (suggested)	Search these dates
Savannah (SAV)	Ghost tours through the historic district's squares and Bonaventure Cemetery, in a city built on ghost stories	No matching fare saved	Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2026 (suggested)	Search these dates

About these places

Horror Nights, Knott's Scary Farm and the Samhuinn Fire Festival need tickets, sold separately (Samhuinn's 2026 tickets went fast); the parades are free to watch. For Mexico's Day of the Dead, see Día de Muertos trips.

Facts checked October 8, 2026. Sources: Destination Salem: Haunted Happenings 2026 (Halloween night finale Oct 31) · Krewe of Boo: 2026 parade rolls Saturday, October 24 · Blog Mickey: Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights Aug 28–Nov 1, 2026 · WDWNT: Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights Sep 3–Nov 1, 2026 · Bram Stoker Festival: 23–26 October 2026 · Derry Halloween: 28 October to 1 November 2026 · Beltane Fire Society: Samhuinn Fire Festival, 31 October 2026, Calton Hill · Village Halloween Parade: Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 7 pm

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This page: Halloween trips from San Diego: Salem, New Orleans, Horror Nights, Derry and Transylvania. Fly from San Diego for Halloween 2026: Salem's Haunted Happenings and its October 31 drone show, New Orleans' Krewe of Boo parade, Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando and Hollywood, Dublin's Bram Stoker Festival, Derry Halloween, Edinburgh's Samhuinn Fire Festival, New York's Village Halloween Parade and Bran Castle in Transylvania, with fares for Halloween weekend 2026 and 2027.
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