{"id":51302,"date":"2025-11-25T04:32:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T04:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/51302\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T04:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T04:32:06","slug":"how-much-would-kevins-nyc-trip-in-home-alone-2-cost-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/51302\/","title":{"rendered":"How much would Kevin&#8217;s NYC trip in &#8216;Home Alone 2&#8217; cost in 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kevin McCallister learns the true value of Christmas in &#8220;Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,&#8221; but what exactly is the true value of his iconic trip in 2025?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A new analysis by those at the travel insurance comparison service iSelect seems to have to answer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW YORK &#8211; Kevin McCallister learns the true value of Christmas in &#8220;Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,&#8221; but what exactly is the true value of his iconic trip in 2025?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A new analysis by those at the travel insurance comparison service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iselect.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:iSelect;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">iSelect<\/a> seems to have to answer.<\/p>\n<p>How much NYC trip from \u2018Home Alone 2\u2019 would cost today?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By the numbers<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the data, the bill for Kevin\u2019s trip has ballooned over the years from $2,109 in 1992 to $8,511 in 2025, which is a jump of over 300%.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 14: A view outside The Plaza Hotel on November 14, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai\/WireImage)&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ec5bf59ff18e0db242e3fe43f26335cd.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK, NY &#8211; NOVEMBER 14: A view outside The Plaza Hotel on November 14, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai\/WireImage)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More specifically, the Plaza Hotel suite would increase from $1,100 in 1992 to $6,244 in 2025. In addition, Kevin\u2019s room service feast would increase from $967 to $2,233.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This cost still doesn\u2019t include taxi rides around the city. In addition,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/iselect.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:iSelect.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">iSelect.com<\/a> said almost none of it would be covered by modern travel insurance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Unfortunately, a minor traveling alone without a parent or guardian\u2019s knowledge would invalidate most travel insurance policies,&#8221; Adrian Bennett, the general manager of General Insurance said in a statement. &#8220;In Kevin\u2019s case, the lack of consent, the unauthorized use of a credit card and the luxurious choices he made on his New York stay would not be covered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Home Alone: Fun in New York\u2019 at the Plaza<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Local perspective<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The hotel featured in the film, The Plaza, features a special offer based around Kevin&#8217;s stay in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplazany.com\/special-offers\/home-alone-fun-in-new-york\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Home Alone: Fun in New York;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Home Alone: Fun in New York<\/a>&#8221; is a package that includes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A limousine ride around the city, specifically featuring the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Central Park, Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One large cheese pizza to eat during the ride<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One ice cream sundae to have after the guest has returned to their room<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prices vary depending on the selected room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article includes data provided by iSelect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Kevin McCallister learns the true value of Christmas in &#8220;Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[28593,9,56,63,65,64,19844,28594,28595],"class_list":["post-51302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-kevin-mccallister","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-plaza-hotel","tag-travel-insurance","tag-true-value"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}