Multi-Day Tours from Los Angeles with Flights Included

This is where LAX genuinely leaves every other US gateway behind. No other city on the continent matches the mix of direct non-stops, carrier competition and frequent fare sales that Southern California offers across the Pacific into Asia and Oceania.

Japan tours run from around $2,900 for 10-14 day small-group trips, with ANA and JAL flying LAX direct to Tokyo Haneda and Narita daily and United and Delta piling on frequency — about 11 hours non-stop westbound. Thailand sits at from around $2,600 for 12-14 day tours on a one-stop via Tokyo, Taipei or Seoul, where EVA and China Airlines usually win on price. Vietnam comes in from around $2,700 for 12-14 days, most often routed through Taipei or Incheon. Australia and New Zealand are the long-flight royalty at from around $3,800 for 10-14 day tours, but Qantas flies LAX-Sydney and LAX-Melbourne direct daily, Air New Zealand does LAX-Auckland, and United adds a Sydney non-stop — a density no other US city can touch.

Asian-carrier fare sales out of LAX land three or four times a year (late January, Black Friday, early March) and drop economy returns to $750-$950. If Asia is on your list, LA is the US city to fly from.

Europe from the West Coast is a longer pull than it is from New York, but the direct-flight map out of LAX is broader than most travellers expect, and the bundled math still adds up.

Italy comes in from around $2,700 for 10-14 day small-group tours. British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France and Iberia all fly LAX direct to their respective hubs daily, with American and Delta adding Heathrow and Paris non-stops. Most Italy trips run you through London, Frankfurt, Paris or Madrid then a short hop to Rome, Milan or Venice. Egypt is one of the best-value long-hauls at from around $2,600 for 10-day tours, usually flown via Istanbul on Turkish Airlines (a daily LAX non-stop) or via Frankfurt on Lufthansa. Greece runs from around $2,400 for 10-day trips, routed LAX-Athens through a European hub — no direct yet, though a seasonal LAX-ATH has been rumoured. Portugal lands at from around $2,300 for 10-day Lisbon-Porto tours, routed via TAP's Lisbon hub off SFO with a LAX connection, or direct via London.

For most West Coast travellers Europe is a one-connection trip whatever you do, so the bundle sits within $50-$120 of booking separately. Book the tour with the flight unless you're stitching in a specific award ticket.

Latin America is LA's other built-in edge over New York and the East Coast gateways. The geography is on your side — Central America is a short-haul flight, Mexico is almost a commuter run, and direct South America service has grown a great deal.

Peru is the headline value at from around $2,300 for 10-12 day tours, and this is exactly where LATAM's direct LAX-Lima non-stop (about 8.5 hours) shows its worth. Copa Airlines via Panama City is a cheaper one-stop if your dates are loose. Costa Rica runs from around $1,800 for 8-10 day tours with direct non-stops on Alaska, United, American and Delta into San Jose or Liberia — under 6 hours in the air. Mexico is the cheapest long-haul category of the lot, from around $1,100 for 7-10 day tours through Mexico City, Oaxaca, the Yucatan or Baja, with direct flights on Aeromexico, Volaris, Alaska and the US majors. Argentina sits at from around $3,100 for 12-14 day trips, usually routed LAX-Buenos Aires via Lima on LATAM, via Panama on Copa, or via Santiago — American runs a seasonal LAX-EZE direct.

For any Central or South America tour, LAX consistently prices 10-20% below the JFK total, simply because the flying distance is shorter from the West Coast.

LAX is functional rather than elegant, and a little terminal literacy saves you real time.

Tom Bradley International (officially Terminal B) is the long-haul hub — all the Asian carriers, Qantas, Air New Zealand, Emirates, Qatar, Turkish, Lufthansa, Air France, Iberia, KLM and most of the Middle Eastern and European majors. Terminals 2 through 8 handle domestic mainline and short-haul international: Delta at T2/3, American across T4/5 with some operations in TBIT, Alaska at T6, United at T7/8, Southwest at T1. They all connect airside through an interior corridor and the new Terminal Connector between TBIT and T4, so you rarely have to re-clear security on a connection.

There's no rail link yet — the LAX/Metro Transit Center opens late 2024 and the people mover joining the terminals and rental cars to Metro is pencilled in for 2026-2028. Until then, ground transport is the weak link. Uber, Lyft and taxis now work out of the off-site LAX-it lot, with a shuttle from your terminal, so build in 15-20 extra minutes each way. The FlyAway bus from Union Station and Van Nuys is $9-$10 and skips the LAX-it shuffle entirely. Parking runs $25-$40 a day at Economy Lot E and $40-$60 in the close-in P1-P7 structures, while off-site lots like The Parking Spot and WallyPark go for $15-$22 a day with free shuttles. Arrive three hours before an international departure — TBIT security queues regularly hit 45-60 minutes at peak.

West Coast pricing runs to its own rhythm, and long-haul out of LAX has a fare-sale calendar all its own that's worth tracking.

The shoulder seasons to target: October, late February through March, and the two weeks before Thanksgiving in early-to-mid November. They pair lower tour land prices with lower fares and steer clear of the demand spikes. Asian-carrier sales come round most reliably during Black Friday week and the first three weeks of January and February, dropping LAX-Tokyo or LAX-Seoul economy returns to $750-$950 for travel March through June. Set a reminder if Japan, Thailand or Vietnam is on your 2026 list.

Give a wide berth to Christmas week (20 December to 2 January), Easter, the July to mid-August peak, Chinese New Year (late January to mid-February for Asia trips) and Thanksgiving week itself — all push fares up 40-90%. Lunar New Year in particular makes Asia trips 25-40% dearer.

Book a long-haul tour-plus-flight bundle four to six months ahead of a shoulder-season departure and you'll land at the bottom of every range above time after time. For Europe, three to five months works; for Mexico and Costa Rica, six to eight weeks is plenty, since the route density keeps fares flat. Last-minute is rarely the play out of LAX — premium-cabin upgrades aside, economy long-haul fares climb steadily from 60 days out.