Cheapest Countries to Travel to From India in 2026, With Real Prices

The three cheapest countries we sell trips to from India are Bali at ₹13,999 per person, Nepal at ₹15,500 and Thailand at ₹15,999. Those are real starting prices from our current catalogue, not teasers. But the cheapest ticket in is not the same as the cheapest holiday, and the gap between the two is where most budget trips go wrong. ## What these prices are Every figure below is the lowest per-person price in our live catalogue for that country, on twin sharing, for the itinerary as listed. Flights from India are quoted separately unless a day explicitly includes them. That is the single most important sentence in this article, because a headline price that silently includes or excludes airfare is how two quotes for the same trip end up ₹25,000 apart. Bali, Indonesia is the lowest entry at ₹13,999 per person, over a typical six to eight days, and the window that works is April to October. Nepal follows at ₹15,500 across five to seven days, best in March to May or October to November. Thailand is ₹15,999, and it stretches anywhere from four days to ten depending on how much island you want, with November to February the easy season. The middle of the list runs Malaysia at ₹23,999 for five to seven days, best November to February, and Cambodia at ₹27,500 for four to six days, November to March. Dubai sits at ₹28,500 for four to six days in that same winter window. Vietnam is ₹29,999 for six to nine days, and the north is comfortable from September through April. At the top, Sri Lanka is ₹32,000 for six to eight days and suits December to March on the west coast. Singapore is ₹34,999 for four to six days, with February to April the pick. ## The honest ranking, once you are actually there Nepal is the cheapest trip, not Bali. Bali has the lower starting price, but Nepal is a short flight, needs no visa for Indian passport holders, and the rupee goes further on the ground than almost anywhere else you can fly to. If the question is "where can I go abroad for the least total money", the answer is Nepal, and it is not close. Bali is the cheapest good week. The ₹13,999 entry buys a real six-to-eight-day trip. What moves the number is the villa. Ubud and the beach clubs are where a budget Bali becomes a mid-range Bali, and it happens quietly. Two upgrades and you are at Vietnam money. Thailand is the most flexible. Four days or ten, temples or islands, ₹15,999 or five times that, all from the same starting point. If your dates are fixed and your budget is not, Thailand absorbs that better than anywhere else on the list. Vietnam is the best value, which is a different thing from cheapest. It starts at more than double Bali, and it is the one country here where people routinely come back saying it was worth more than they paid. Longer distances, more to see, and food costs almost nothing once you are there. Dubai and Singapore are not budget destinations. What they have is a budget entry price. The trip costs what you spend after you land, and in both places that is a lot. Put them on this list if the flight and hotel are the whole holiday; take them off if you plan to do anything. ## What the cheap number does not include For every country above, assume these are extra unless your itinerary says otherwise: international flights, visa fees where applicable, travel insurance, lunches and dinners outside the stated meal plan, optional activities, and tips. None of that is a hidden charge. It is simply not in a per-person land package, and any operator quoting you an all-in figure below these numbers has moved something out of the quote rather than out of the trip. ## When "cheapest" is the wrong question If you have four or five days of leave, the cheapest international trip is often worse value than a good domestic one. Two travel days out of five is a bad ratio, and you will spend more of the budget getting there than being there. Kerala, Goa and the Andamans all start lower than every country on this list and give you more hours on the ground. Cheap also moves with the calendar. Every price above is a low-season or shoulder-season entry point. The same trip in a peak window, whether that is Bali in July, Thailand at New Year or Nepal in October, is a different number. Sometimes by half again. If your dates are fixed to a school holiday, plan around that rather than around these figures. ## Who this list is not for If you want a resort you never leave, skip Nepal and Cambodia entirely. If you are travelling with parents who need short transfers and predictable food, Bali's driving distances and Vietnam's internal flights are harder work than Thailand or Dubai. And if this is a honeymoon, the cheapest entry price is almost never the right call. The gap between the ₹13,999 villa and the one you actually want is the whole trip. ## How to use this Pick the country on how the trip should feel, then let us tell you what that costs in your month, from your city, for your group. We will tell you when a cheaper country is the better trip and when it is a false economy, including when the honest answer is to stay in India this time. Prices on this page come from the same catalogue the booking pages use, and are per person on twin sharing unless stated. They change as the season does.