Halloween trips from your city: 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 your city for Thursday, October 29 to Sunday, November 1, plus the same weekend in 2027.
Dates: Halloween weekend 2026, Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2026.
Choose your departure city
Each city page shows real round-trip fares from that city, with the cheapest one for each destination.
United States: Seattle · New York · San Francisco Bay Area · Los Angeles · Miami or Fort Lauderdale · Chicago · Denver · Minneapolis · Houston · Washington, DC · Dallas-Fort Worth · Atlanta · Orlando · Las Vegas · Charlotte · Phoenix · Boston · Detroit · Philadelphia · Salt Lake City · San Diego · Nashville · Tampa · Austin · Honolulu · Portland · Raleigh/Durham · Saint Louis · Sacramento · San Juan · New Orleans · Kansas City · Fort Myers · San Antonio · Indianapolis · Cleveland · Pittsburgh · Columbus · Cincinnati · West Palm Beach · Jacksonville · Maui · Hartford · Charleston · Milwaukee · Anchorage · Boise · Omaha · Albuquerque · Buffalo · Richmond · Norfolk
United Kingdom: London · Manchester · Edinburgh · Birmingham · Glasgow · Bristol · Newcastle · Liverpool · Leeds · Aberdeen
Canada: Toronto · Vancouver · Montreal · Calgary · Edmonton · Ottawa · Winnipeg · Halifax · Quebec · Victoria
Where to go and why
- Boston · 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
- New Orleans · 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
- Orlando · 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
- Los Angeles · 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
- New York · 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
- Dublin · 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
- Belfast · Derry Halloween (Oct 28–Nov 1), Oct 28 – Nov 1, 2026: Derry Halloween's carnival parade and fireworks, about 90 minutes by road from Belfast
- Edinburgh · 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
- Bucharest: Bran Castle, Transylvania's Dracula castle, about three hours from Bucharest, with medieval Brasov nearby
- Las Vegas: Costume parties up and down the Strip and on Fremont Street, with warm late-October nights
- Savannah: Ghost tours through the historic district's squares and Bonaventure Cemetery, in a city built on ghost stories
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