For most people, long weekends usually run from Friday to Sunday, a surge that often means higher travel costs. But what if we tinkered with the timing to reset the weekend as Saturday to Monday? Would we save money?

Depending on where you go and stay, the answer is yes, from somewhat to substantially.

The variability starts with your choice of accommodations. The new long weekend takes advantage of a Sunday night hotel stay, generally the lowest occupancy night of the week, which dictates lower rates. STR, a global hospitality benchmarking firm, found that hotel occupancy in the United States in 2018 was 53.2 percent on Sunday nights, the lowest of the week; occupancy peaked on Saturday nights at 74.7 percent.

HotelTonight, the last-minute hotel booking app, notes that Sunday night hotel stays cost 30 percent less on average than Friday or Saturday night rates.

“Friday and Saturday are traditional weekend leisure travel nights, and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are business travel,” Sam Shank, the chief executive of HotelTonight, said. “You’re left with orphan Sunday nights which are neither leisure nor business.”