Best Weekend Trips From Los Angeles: 8 Short-Haul Escapes
California short-haul
San Francisco is a 1-hour direct flight at $700 to $1,800 per person for four nights. Napa Valley adds a 1-hour drive from SFO for a wine-country weekend at $1,400 to $3,000 per person. Both are among the shortest LA weekend trips available.
Las Vegas and Southwest desert
Las Vegas is a 1-hour direct flight at $600 to $1,800 per person for four nights (highly weekend-dependent). Phoenix and Scottsdale (October to April) run $800 to $2,200 per person. Sedona is reached via Phoenix at $1,000 to $2,500 per person for four to five nights.
Hawaii short-haul
LA has some of the shortest flight times to Hawaii from the continental US (5 hours to Honolulu or Maui). A long weekend to Maui runs $1,500 to $3,500 per person for four nights with mid-tier condos. Maui works as a four-night trip; a full week delivers more but a long-weekend version is realistic from LA.
Mexican short-haul
Cancun is a 4.5-hour direct flight from LA at $1,100 to $2,500 per person for four nights. Cabo and Puerto Vallarta are 2.5-hour flights at $900 to $2,200 per person. For true weekend trips, Baja Mexico is closer than most US destinations.
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