Priceline.com Release New Survey Findings
Credit Pacific Service Union While most Americans are sticking closer to home during the Memorial Day holiday period, there are signs that travelers are putting economic and other concerns aside and becoming more adventurous in their trip selection.
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Card Credit Mobile Service The findings are part of a new survey by Internet travel service priceline.com(R), which looked at actual hotel room demand for the Memorial Day period.
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Card Credit Discover Service Priceline.com typically sells around 1 million hotel room nights in a quarter, so the survey is one of the largest publicly available gauges of travel purchase intent.
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Credit Public Service Union "Priceline.com`s findings are generally consistent with prevailing travel sentiment, but some of these trends could signal a welcome shift in consumer attitudes with summer almost upon us," said travel expert and consumer advocate Christopher Elliott. "The triple whammy of geopolitical, health and economic issues is still influencing consumers` travel choices. Vacations are supposed to relieve stress, so it`s natural to see people gravitate to the so-called `safe-haven` destinations where they won`t be concerned. Stressed-out consumers are even waxing a bit nostalgic in their vacation plans this year and heading back to childhood memories, which could explain the popularity of places like Niagara Falls, Myrtle and Virginia Beach and, of course, Disney."
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Card Credit Processing Service Mr. Elliott continued, "The travel industry should be encouraged to see the further-away, fly-in destinations like Hawaii and Europe popping back onto travelers` radar screens. It shows that people are willing to spend again on travel if the deals are good and the value is there."
Center Credit Service Union Priceline.com`s 50 Most-Popular Vacation Destinations for Memorial Day are:
1 - Las Vegas Strip, 2 - Chicago`s North Michigan Avenue, 3 - New York City`s Midtown West, 4 - Miami`s South Beach, 5 - New York`s Central Park South, 6 - New York`s Upper West Side, 7 - West Strip, Las Vegas, 8 - San Francisco`s Union Square East, 9 - The French Quarter, New Orleans, 10 - Orlando`s Disney World, 11 - Chicago`s South Michigan Avenue, 12 - Universal Studios/Sea World 13 - Myrtle Beach, 14 - Key West, 15 - New York`s Midtown East, 16 - Wailea-Makena (Maui), 17 - San Juan 18 - Niagara Falls, 19 - Santa Monica/Marina del Rey, 20 - Virginia Beach, 21 - Downtown San Antonio, 22 - Downtown San Diego, Harbor Island, 23 - Paris, 24 - Barcelona, 25 - Montreal, 26 - Waikiki West, 27 - Hollywood, 28 - Destin/Ft. Walton, 29 - Boston`s Back Bay/Theater District, 30 - Downtown Seattle, 31 - Vancouver, 32 - Downtown Boston, 33 - Myrtle Beach, 34 - Baltimore Inner Harbor, 35 - San Antonio West, 36 - Fort Walton Beach, 37 - San Diego`s Torrey Pines area, 38 - New York`s Midtown South, 39 - Hilton Head, 40 - Rancho Mirage/Indian Wells, 41 - Washington, DC, White House area, 42 - Monterey, 43 - Downtown Orlando, 44 - Ka`anapali/Lahaina (Maui), 45 - Anaheim/Disneyland, 46 - Mission Bay, 47 - New York`s Upper East Side, 48 - Indianapolis Speedway area, 49 - Downtown San Francisco, 50 - Charlotte
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