Americans are preparing to spend the holidays this Memorial Day weekend (May 24-27), marking the unofficial start of summer.
New data from Priceline shows travelers are already showing more interest in the busy season in late May, with increased searches for flights and hotels.
Many travelers are heading to popular warm-weather destinations, but the places travelers are eager to visit this Memorial Day may surprise you.
Nationally, Priceline reports a more than 20% increase in hotel searches in cities such as Washington, D.C., Charlotte, Charleston and Honolulu.
Texas is also proving to be very popular this upcoming Memorial Day. Compared to Memorial Day 2023, Dallas saw a 98% increase in hotel searches, while Houston saw a massive 25% increase.
Meanwhile, Montreal has emerged as a trending international destination, with searches up 112%.
Salt Lake City, Honolulu, San Diego, Tampa and Dallas are hot spots this spring when it comes to the nation's trendiest destinations based on flight searches. Other favorites include Detroit, Boston, Charleston, St. Louis, and Houston. According to Priceline, the average cost of a round-trip ticket to these cities is between $312 (Detroit) and $440 (San Diego).
Cancun's famous hotel zone in Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Photo credit: Adobe Stock/jdross75)
Internationally, trendy destinations include Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. Mexico, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, Canun. Toronto and Montreal in Canada, and Nassau in the Bahamas. The latter is the cheapest option, with an average round-trip airfare of $335, compared to $872 for Los Cabos.
According to Priceline, which looked at hotel searches, the most trending destinations in the U.S. for Memorial Day 2024 are Washington, DC, Houston, Honolulu, Seattle, Boston, Chicago, San Juan, Orlando, and New Orleans. , turns out to be Atlanta. Travelers can find hotels as low as $140 per night in places like Houston, but they have to splurge in Honolulu, where the average nightly rate is closer to $300.
When it comes to trending international destinations, a hotel search shows travelers aren't just interested in tropical destinations, with cities like Tokyo, Vancouver and Paris emerging as popular regions. . Other popular places to spend Memorial Day weekend include Cabo San Lucas, Tulum, Cancun, and Los Cabos, Mexico. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Nassau, Bahamas, Niagara Falls.
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