Friday Fun: The Ten Most Popular Travel Destinations

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I’ve mentioned in that past that I’m a huge fan of TripAdvisor for researching our travel plans. Well, last night I got an e-mail from them containing a list of the ten places that TripAdvisor users searched for most often during the month of August. Here it is:

  1. Las Vegas, NV
  2. Cancun, Mexico
  3. Paris, France
  4. San Francisco, CA
  5. New York, N.Y.
  6. Punta Cana, D.R.
  7. London, England
  8. Maui, HI
  9. Playa del Carmen, Mexico
  10. Orlando, FL

Sounds like fun! I’ve only been to four five of the ten, how about you?

Published on August 29th, 2008 - 19 Comments
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  1. been to one of them 10+ times …. i guess that’s why it’s number one :)

    Comment by mp — Aug 29th 2008 @ 9:23 am

  2. I’ve been to seven of the ten and will most likely go to the remaining three (#6, #8 and #9) in the next few years.

    Comment by savvy — Aug 29th 2008 @ 9:55 am

  3. I’ve been to 5 of the 10.

    Comment by Paul — Aug 29th 2008 @ 10:07 am

  4. I’ve only been to 3 – NY, London and Orlando (spring training, not that Disney crap). I can’t believe Chicago didn’t make it. And why would anyone want to go to Vegas? There is nothing to do there but gamble. I don’t have kids but I wouldn’t take them there if I did.

    Comment by KC — Aug 29th 2008 @ 10:30 am

  5. Six here

    Comment by gm — Aug 29th 2008 @ 11:08 am

  6. @KC

    I don’t mean to be rude, but who in their right mind would want to go to Chicago?

    Comment by skidding — Aug 29th 2008 @ 11:38 am

  7. I have been to 4 of them. I was in Paris and London about 3 months ago and then Las Vegas about 3 weeks ago. I have also visited San Francisco, but that was about 10 years ago.

    Comment by Mike — Aug 29th 2008 @ 11:54 am

  8. Only been to 4, looking forward to Punta Cana and hawaii

    Comment by Moneymonk — Aug 29th 2008 @ 12:32 pm

  9. Woohoo, 6! Although i’m not sure visiting the places with your family can be considered “fun”. haha… or being 5 years old, but technically i’ve been to them ;)

    Comment by Budgets are Sexy. — Aug 29th 2008 @ 5:02 pm

  10. I’ve been to 4 of them and live in the 5th. In a year, I will be able to go to all except 2 (Cancun & DR).

    Comment by rs — Aug 29th 2008 @ 5:54 pm

  11. I’ve been to 8. All but Punta Cana (although I did visit other islands in the Caribbean) and Playa del Carmen. No plans to go to either place any time soon.

    Comment by kitty — Aug 29th 2008 @ 6:00 pm

  12. Been to all of them except #6. I live in #5 and have been to #1 a few dozen times (go to Vegas around 4 or 5 times a year). But I have to say Vegas is starting to suck, each time I go its more and more full of hoods, cheap imitations of nice clubs, and non-stop fleecing. Plus the gambling is starting to suck for anyone betting less than $100 per hand (and even $100 per hand is getting too low). Basically if you go to Vegas with less than a minimum of $10k on you for a weekend don’t expect to get any real service, you’re just part of the masses.

    Comment by TJ — Aug 29th 2008 @ 8:30 pm

  13. I’ve been to 4, all the American cities.

    Comment by MITBeta @ Don't Feed the Alligators — Aug 29th 2008 @ 11:47 pm

  14. I’ve been to none of them. Guess I’m too frugal to value international travel. Or, maybe just to boring !

    Comment by Todd A — Aug 30th 2008 @ 1:40 am

  15. I am reading this from my hotel room in Las Vegas right now. Two days ago on Wednesday it was quiet but this place is too crowded and tourist filled Friday night, labor day weekend.

    Also I committed a frugality sin and must confess and repent. Lost $100 on the roulette wheel tonight playing red/black or columns. How can someone lose $100 and every bet for 12/12 consecutive spins of the wheel? Must be an all time losing streak record. Beans and cabbage to eat for the next 2 weeks as punishment for me.

    Comment by Master Allan — Aug 30th 2008 @ 2:02 am

  16. There’s no PORTUGAL in that list!!!

    It’s so cliché….so many other beautiful places in the world and 8 outta 10 are from North/Central America?!?

    These travel fans don’t inovate????

    No Egypt? No Croatia? No Australia? No Finland? No Austria?

    What lack of imagination….

    Comment by George — Aug 30th 2008 @ 6:38 am

  17. I’ve only been to one place on the list and haven’t been out of my home state for over three years. There’s pros and cons with that; I’m not “well-traveled” but I saved money.

    Comment by Big Winner — Aug 30th 2008 @ 10:35 am

  18. Been to six. Most of us who love world travel would probably agree that this is really the top ten list of places to avoid!

    Comment by Eric — Aug 30th 2008 @ 12:35 pm

  19. I’ve only been to three: Vegas (I’m okay with never going back there), Orlando, and New York (didn’t really see much of it). I was just making a list of places I wanted to visit, but none of the “Top Ten” were on my list.

    Comment by Frugal Vet Tech — Aug 30th 2008 @ 5:55 pm

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