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What a lake trip costs

Fresh water and a short summer. The season is sharper than the beaches and runs the same way.

Through the year

Nightly lodging through the year across 5 lakesA shaded band from the cheapest to the most expensive of 5 destinations each month, with the group median and the all-library median. The same figures are in the table below.$0$125$250$375$500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Median of these 5Cheapest to priciest of the 5All destinations median of 40
Nightly lodging for a property sleeping four. The band spans the cheapest and the most expensive of the 5 each month, so its width is the disagreement between them.

The 5 of them, cheapest first

DestinationPer nightyear average A weekfor eightSwinglow to high Cheapest
Door County, WI$197$8,33021%Jan
Lake George, NY$211$10,30059%Jan
Traverse City, MI$248$11,50075%Jan
Coeur d'Alene, ID$264$10,60053%Jan
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV$304$9,85075%Sep

Per night is the average of twelve monthly rates for a property sleeping four, so it is lower than a July quote and higher than a January one. A week for eight adds lodging at the larger property size and the daily spend for eight people, and is rounded because it is several estimates multiplied together.

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