Top Domestic Summer Travel Destinations
WalletHub just released their top 20 summer travel destinations and some other very interesting facts.
The List
Per WalletHub: To help travelers plan the perfect summer getaway, WalletHub compared 100 metro areas across 40 key indicators of budget- and fun-friendliness. The data set ranges from cost of the cheapest flight to number of attractions to average price of a two-person meal.
| Top 20 Summer Travel Destinations | ||||
| 1 | Washington, DC | 11 | New York, NY | |
| 2 | Orlando, FL | 12 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 3 | Austin, TX | 13 | Tampa, FL | |
| 4 | Chicago, IL | 14 | St. Louis, MO | |
| 5 | Atlanta, GA | 15 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 6 | Cincinnati, OH | 16 | Richmond, VA | |
| 7 | Dallas, TX | 17 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 8 | Oklahoma City, OK | 18 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 9 | Las Vegas, NV | 19 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 10 | Houston, TX | 20 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
Here is a map of the top 100
Other Interesting Facts
There dished out some other interesting travel facts:
- The average adult is expected to spend $6,237 on summer travel this year.
- 47% of travelers worry about money, just behind weather (50%) and topping delays (45%), theft (38%) and illness (33%).
- 35% of people think travel is worth getting into debt for.
- 40% of people have used credit card rewards to pay for at least part of a vacation.
$6,000 ouch. Some people need to do a better job at using miles and points! I am surprised the debt percentage isn’t higher than 35%. I feel like a lot of people put their trips on 0% interest cards and pay them off over the next several months.
Conclusion
It’s Friday so I thought this would be a little fun to kick off the weekend. I hope you enjoyed. Share your thoughts on the list or the interesting facts in the comments section.
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Where are the beach towns and national parks on the list? I’d personally put Yellowstone or Glacier National Park above any of the cities on the list.
I think this list was based only on metro areas and didn’t include parks etc. I don’t think it was an all encompassing list just for city travel.
As a DC native I’m going to suggest not coming here in the summer. It’s a miserable time to visit DC. We have a lovely city, definitely visit. But seriously. Summer averages above 90 with 70-90% humidity. It’s a steam room. DC has beautiful spring and fall weather. And winter is extremely mild. Christmas time here is lovely. But summer? We all try to leave.
Haha I feel like that is the case for everywhere on the list though. Atlanta, Vegas etc. are all kind of miserable in the summer 🙂