🌆 Chicago · printable plan
South Loop and one Museum Campus ticket
By TopVacay @topvacay. Inspired by TopVacay curator. Prices last checked 2026-10-27. Totals are estimates: $2,240 for 4 travelers.
Recomputed from the price lines stored on each trip. No live hotel, ticket, or airfare feed is connected.
Day by day
Day 1
Midway to the South Loop. The Riverwalk can wait. Deep dish cannot.
- Afternoon · Chicago Riverwalk
- Evening · Deep-dish dinner
- Overnight · Hampton Inn Chicago McCormick Place
Day 2
One museum, Field or Shedd, not both. The campus is the walk.
- Morning · Museum Campus: the Field or the Shedd
- Overnight · Hampton Inn Chicago McCormick Place
Day 3
The Bean in the morning and Navy Pier as a stroll, not a ride obligation.
- Morning · Millennium Park and the Bean
- Afternoon · Navy Pier stroll
- Overnight · Hampton Inn Chicago McCormick Place
Day 4
Checkout toward Midway. These sample fares use Midway, not O’Hare.
- Open day.
Packing
- Comfortable walking shoesThe plan is on foot more than in a car.
- Day bagA small bag holds the water, the layer, and the tickets.
- Light layerMuseums and evenings run cooler than the street.
- Compact umbrellaA short rain should not cancel the afternoon.
Reserve ahead
- American 1096day 1 once you set dates · Hold the seats before the fare you estimated moves.
- Delta 1678day 4 once you set dates · Hold the seats before the fare you estimated moves.
- Deep-dish dinnerday 1 once you set dates · Popular tables go early. Book the seating, then build the rest of the day around it.
- Hampton Inn Chicago McCormick Placeday 1 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Hampton Inn Chicago McCormick Placeday 2 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Hampton Inn Chicago McCormick Placeday 3 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.