Martha’s Vineyard Trip Cost Calculator 2026
Planning a trip to Martha's Vineyard? Use this free interactive calculator to estimate your total vacation budget, from ferry tickets and lodging to dining, transportation, and activities. All price data is verified for 2026.
Still picking your month? The trip wizard compares all twelve with verified data. Not sure how you’ll spend the days yet? Build a free day-by-day itinerary first →, then come back and price it out.
Adjust the sliders and dropdowns below to match your travel style. Your estimated cost range updates instantly as you make changes.
Trip cost calculator2026 rates, checked September
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Eight choices, one honest range. Every rate below is a real 2026 figure: ferry tariffs from the operators, room bands from live listings, menus from island restaurants, and the 11.7% rooms tax already folded in.
Where these numbers come from
- Ferry
- Steamship Authority, Hy-Line, Island Queen and Seastreak 2026 tariffs, round trip. Steamship car rates move by season and day of week; the figure is a standard vehicle under 17 feet. Seastreak here is the New Bedford run; the seasonal New York weekend boat is a different product, roughly $250 to 320 round trip.
- Sleeping
- Live 2026 listings across island hotels, inns and rentals, with the 11.7% rooms tax every town charges already included. Off-season is October to May, shoulder is June and September, peak is July and August. Outliers exist on both ends.
- Eating
- Current island menus. Groceries assume Cronig’s or Stop and Shop with some prepared food; sit-down assumes a casual lunch and a real dinner; fine dining assumes two full restaurant meals with drinks. The meals tax (7% in Oak Bluffs and Tisbury, 6.25% elsewhere) is not folded in.
- Getting around
- The VTA bus is free and reaches all six towns. Bike, moped and car figures are daily island rental rates; car rates step up sharply in peak season. Mainland parking applies only when you sail with the Steamship and leave a second car in Falmouth.
- Honesty
- Estimates, not quotes: availability, timing and appetite all move the number. For peak season, book the bed three to six months out.
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