Washington DC is the number one, Orlando the number two and Austin number three U.S. Travel Destination for the Summer on a scale from 1 to 100. The number 100 is Santa Rosa, California. This is according to a recent study released by Wallethub.
According to the study comparing the best vs. worst:
- Theย average flightย to a popular summer destination costs $319, lasts 3 hours and 57 minutes and has 0.4 connections.
- The Las Vegas metro area is theย most attractive destinationย on the West Coastย and the Washington D.C. metro areaย on the East Coast.
- Florida and Texas are home to theย top summer destinations in the U.S., each with at least two metro areas in the top 15. Oppositely,ย ย Pennsylvania has one of the largest number of mostย unpopular summer destinations.
- The Oklahoma metro area has the lowestย nightly rate for a three-star hotel room, $43, which is five times less expensive than in New Orleans, the metro area with the highest at $214.
Compared with other rankings that focus on each destinationโs scenic quality, this report focuses primarily on the cost and convenience of traveling to each location as well as its affordability. However, it does take into account the number of attractions and variety of activities in each destination to ensure visitors will stay busy and entertained throughout the trip.
Rank (1=Best) |
Destination (Metro Area) | Total Score | โTravel Costs & Hasslesโ Rank | โLocal Costsโ Rank | โAttractionsโ Rank | โWeatherโ Rank | โActivitiesโ Rank | โSafetyโ Rank |
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1 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | 67.34 | 9 | 84 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 6 |
2 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area | 67.25 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 62 | 2 | 67 |
3 | Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area | 66.37 | 19 | 36 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 32 |
4 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area | 66.18 | 8 | 86 | 4 | 55 | 3 | 38 |
5 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area | 65.93 | 10 | 55 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 58 |
6 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area | 64.85 | 1 | 34 | 36 | 48 | 16 | 25 |
7 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | 64.56 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 34 | 37 |
8 | Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area | 62.80 | 11 | 1 | 48 | 17 | 79 | 69 |
9 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area | 62.63 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 77 | 7 | 91 |
10 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area | 62.36 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 50 | 29 | 77 |
11 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area | 62.26 | 33 | 93 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 10 |
12 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area | 62.17 | 46 | 82 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 51 |
13 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area | 62.12 | 28 | 43 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 29 |
14 | St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area | 62.06 | 21 | 50 | 25 | 12 | 24 | 57 |
15 | Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area | 61.21 | 12 | 64 | 27 | 11 | 25 | 83 |
16 | Richmond, VA Metro Area | 60.93 | 66 | 21 | 35 | 32 | 23 | 18 |
17 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | 60.57 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 45 | 89 |
18 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area | 60.26 | 35 | 83 | 12 | 42 | 12 | 40 |
19 | Knoxville, TN Metro Area | 59.66 | 64 | 2 | 50 | 36 | 50 | 62 |
20 | Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area | 59.47 | 16 | 54 | 47 | 71 | 20 | 8 |
21 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area | 59.42 | 6 | 67 | 20 | 70 | 19 | 53 |
22 | Columbus, OH Metro Area | 59.30 | 22 | 25 | 74 | 20 | 56 | 31 |
23 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area | 59.27 | 25 | 7 | 77 | 44 | 39 | 41 |
24 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area | 59.25 | 2 | 20 | 66 | 56 | 51 | 61 |
25 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area | 58.86 | 38 | 72 | 53 | 3 | 36 | 56 |
26 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area | 58.82 | 4 | 74 | 34 | 75 | 17 | 27 |
27 | Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area | 58.58 | 56 | 18 | 38 | 14 | 77 | 76 |
28 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area | 58.56 | 27 | 92 | 10 | 80 | 4 | 20 |
29 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area | 58.56 | 60 | 13 | 32 | 16 | 53 | 66 |
30 | Raleigh, NC Metro Area | 58.42 | 29 | 45 | 46 | 22 | 52 | 59 |
31 | El Paso, TX Metro Area | 58.33 | 43 | 10 | 86 | 10 | 86 | 23 |
32 | Jacksonville, FL Metro Area | 57.95 | 48 | 16 | 26 | 61 | 27 | 65 |
33 | Boise, ID Metro Area | 57.85 | 75 | 24 | 39 | 30 | 62 | 5 |
34 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area | 57.81 | 39 | 77 | 14 | 67 | 5 | 71 |
35 | Albuquerque, NM Metro Area | 57.71 | 40 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 54 | 99 |
36 | Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area | 56.99 | 5 | 56 | 51 | 37 | 67 | 70 |
37 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area | 56.93 | 15 | 53 | 30 | 43 | 41 | 84 |
38 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area | 56.91 | 14 | 81 | 41 | 51 | 37 | 35 |
39 | Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metro Area | 56.50 | 49 | 76 | 21 | 6 | 42 | 73 |
40 | Tulsa, OK Metro Area | 56.41 | 42 | 12 | 60 | 18 | 60 | 86 |
41 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area | 56.03 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 52 | 57 | 81 |
42 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area | 56.03 | 37 | 85 | 6 | 90 | 11 | 30 |
43 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area | 55.82 | 51 | 40 | 75 | 64 | 44 | 16 |
44 | Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA Metro Area | 55.78 | 58 | 79 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 42 |
45 | Tucson, AZ Metro Area | 55.70 | 70 | 17 | 17 | 57 | 30 | 88 |
46 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metro Area | 55.65 | 36 | 35 | 59 | 76 | 69 | 12 |
47 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area | 55.45 | 62 | 5 | 49 | 9 | 88 | 98 |
48 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area | 55.35 | 31 | 96 | 11 | 73 | 26 | 7 |
49 | Madison, WI Metro Area | 54.84 | 34 | 65 | 57 | 87 | 22 | 4 |
50 | Dayton, OH Metro Area | 54.75 | 30 | 26 | 89 | 65 | 83 | 39 |
51 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area | 54.61 | 24 | 37 | 40 | 23 | 58 | 96 |
52 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area | 54.41 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 92 | 47 | 60 |
53 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area | 54.25 | 45 | 11 | 45 | 13 | 87 | 97 |
54 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area | 53.58 | 41 | 27 | 76 | 24 | 80 | 90 |
55 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | 53.19 | 57 | 87 | 55 | 26 | 31 | 44 |
56 | Jackson, MS Metro Area | 52.74 | 82 | 38 | 92 | 8 | 96 | 25 |
57 | Columbia, SC Metro Area | 52.66 | 72 | 28 | 64 | 28 | 73 | 85 |
58 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metro Area | 52.26 | 18 | 59 | 58 | 79 | 38 | 79 |
59 | Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area | 52.05 | 61 | 42 | 83 | 35 | 65 | 55 |
60 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | 51.77 | 55 | 32 | 95 | 53 | 94 | 33 |
61 | Springfield, MO Metro Area | 51.76 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 27 | 82 | 94 |
62 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area | 51.54 | 81 | 29 | 88 | 29 | 95 | 48 |
63 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Metro Area | 51.44 | 54 | 30 | 91 | 25 | 78 | 93 |
64 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Metro Area | 51.29 | 50 | 61 | 62 | N/A | 32 | 54 |
65 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area | 50.91 | 73 | 47 | 72 | 60 | 66 | 63 |
66 | Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area | 50.63 | 74 | 41 | 52 | 54 | 84 | 47 |
67 | Rochester, NY Metro Area | 50.18 | 63 | 73 | 56 | 85 | 46 | 14 |
68 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area | 50.16 | 78 | 91 | 15 | 39 | 21 | 74 |
69 | Lafayette, LA Metro Area | 50.12 | 80 | 33 | 73 | 47 | 97 | 50 |
70 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area | 49.90 | 83 | 71 | 80 | 7 | 76 | 45 |
71 | Akron, OH Metro Area | 49.30 | 68 | 22 | 93 | 74 | 100 | 24 |
72 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY Metro Area | 49.28 | 65 | 70 | 42 | 82 | 43 | 43 |
73 | Syracuse, NY Metro Area | 49.18 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 84 | 75 | 11 |
74 | Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area | 48.51 | 69 | 68 | 37 | 78 | 72 | 52 |
75 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area | 48.19 | 84 | 62 | 85 | 68 | 92 | 13 |
76 | Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC Metro Area | 47.94 | 47 | 57 | 54 | N/A | 35 | 95 |
77 | Fresno, CA Metro Area | 47.81 | 92 | 52 | 71 | 2 | 93 | 80 |
78 | Wichita, KS Metro Area | 47.74 | 52 | 23 | 79 | 33 | 90 | 100 |
79 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | 47.61 | 67 | 89 | 63 | 72 | 55 | 17 |
80 | Honolulu, HI Metro Area | 47.31 | 98 | 100 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 46 |
81 | Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area | 47.17 | 94 | 51 | 69 | 46 | 48 | 78 |
82 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area | 47.03 | 44 | 94 | 43 | 88 | 49 | 21 |
83 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area | 46.97 | 76 | 80 | 94 | 45 | 40 | 64 |
84 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area | 46.70 | 32 | 99 | 3 | 95 | 8 | 72 |
85 | Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area | 46.36 | 87 | 66 | 68 | 34 | 64 | 92 |
86 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area | 45.45 | 53 | 97 | 5 | 94 | 13 | 68 |
87 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area | 45.10 | 96 | 4 | 96 | 58 | 98 | 34 |
88 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area | 44.83 | 79 | 58 | 100 | 59 | 59 | 49 |
89 | Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metro Area | 44.77 | 91 | 48 | 97 | 81 | 63 | 22 |
90 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area | 44.70 | 93 | 75 | 70 | N/A | 70 | 3 |
91 | Toledo, OH Metro Area | 44.49 | 89 | 44 | 84 | 63 | 89 | 75 |
92 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | 44.39 | 85 | 46 | 90 | 82 | 99 | 36 |
93 | Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area | 44.30 | 77 | 95 | 29 | 93 | 33 | 1 |
94 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area | 44.15 | 90 | 78 | 78 | 86 | 81 | 15 |
95 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area | 43.14 | 86 | 39 | 65 | 89 | 74 | 82 |
96 | Bakersfield, CA Metro Area | 41.51 | 99 | 63 | 87 | 4 | 91 | 87 |
97 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area | 39.14 | 100 | 90 | 81 | 69 | 71 | 2 |
98 | North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL Metro Area | 37.63 | 88 | 49 | 99 | N/A | 61 | 28 |
99 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area | 33.84 | 95 | 88 | 82 | 95 | 85 | 9 |
100 | Santa Rosa, CA Metro Area | 28.01 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 91 | 68 | 19 |
eTN last week published an article on Where Americans are going on their vacation?
Source: Wallet Hub
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