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With nearly 80% of American travelers planning trips during 2022, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2022’s Best Summer Travel Destinations, as well as accompanying videos and expert commentary, to supplement its Best Travel Credit Cards and Currency Exchange studies.
To help travelers plan the perfect summer getaway, WalletHub compared 100 metro areas across 43 key indicators of budget- and fun-friendliness. The data set ranges from the cost of the cheapest flight to the number of attractions to COVID-19 cases.
| Top 20 Summer Travel Destinations | |
| 1. Orlando, FL | 11. Miami, FL |
| 2. Washington, DC | 12. Charleston, SC |
| 3. Tampa, FL | 13. Raleigh, NC |
| 4. Austin, TX | 14. Jacksonville, FL |
| 5. Salt Lake City, UT | 15. Philadelphia, PA |
| 6. Los Angeles, CA | 16. Oklahoma City, OK |
| 7. Honolulu, HI | 17. Tulsa, OK |
| 8. Minneapolis, MN | 18. Knoxville, TN |
| 9. Cincinnati, OH | 19. San Diego, CA |
| 10. San Antonio, TX | 20. St. Louis, MO |
Best vs. Worst
- The average flight to a popular summer destination costs $356, lasts 3 hours and 34 minutes and has 0.3 connections.
- The Los Angeles metro area is the most attractive destination on the West Coast and the Washington, D.C. metro area is the most attractive destination on the East Coast.
- Florida and Texas are home to the most top summer destinations in the U.S., each with at least two metro areas in the top 15. Oppositely, New York and California have the largest numbers of the most unpopular summer destinations, each with two metro areas.
- The Wichita metro area has the lowest nightly rate for a three-star hotel room, $36, which is 4.6 times less expensive than in Santa Rosa, the metro area with the highest at $165.
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-summer-travel-destinations/3792
