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Increasingly, travelers are looking to escape to less crowded destinations. Therefore, the 2020 Quickie Index only included cities with populations under 1 million and gave higher priority to those with smaller populations.
To create the second annual
“America’s Best Cities for a Quickie”
Index, Hotwire analyzed more than
10,000 internal and external data
points across 300 cities based on
value, driveability, leisure,
and population scores.
Known for their mystery Hot Rate
deals, Hotwire wants to make it easy
and affordable for anyone to take an
unexpected trip, which is why the
experts in last-minute travel ranked
the country’s best cities to make it a
quickie ... getaway, that is!
Hotwire enables more trips with their mystery Hot Rate deals which save you up to half off listed rates, or even more when booked last minute! The Quickie Index lists cities where you’ll get even more bang for your buck, based on the following factors:
For a true quickie getaway, minimizing the time needed to actually get to your destination is paramount to maximizing the fun! With more travelers looking to stay local, the Quickie Index factored in:
Having a quickie is all about having a little fun. The Quickie Index ranks destinations offering a wide variety of entertainment options that cater to all traveler types to ensure a great time, such as:
High hotel demand (based on total number of Hot Rate room nights booked on Hotwire in 2019)
Biggest last-minute savings (based on difference in average hotel daily rate of Hotwire Hot Rates in 2019 booked 8 days or more from arrival vs. within 7 days)
Lowest average hotel daily rate (based on overall average daily rate of Hotwire Hot Rates in 2019)
POPULATION
THINGS TO DO (LEISURE )
EASE OF ARRIVAL(DRIVEABILITY)
Most number of bars and restaurants (based on Yelp)
Most things to do (sites and attractions based on Tripadvisor)
Least number of rainy days per year
BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK (VALUE)
METHODOLOGY
Shortest drive time (based on number of top 50 U.S. metro areas within 250 miles)
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M T W TH F S SN
COMPOSITESCORE*POPULATIONLEISUREDRIVEABILITYVALUECITYRANK
St. Louis, MOTampa, FLAtlanta, GAArlington, VATucson, AZTulsa, OKVirginia Beach, VAPittsburgh, PAMiami, FLCincinnati, OH
111110
9101010111011
123456789
10
1515121515151512
93
101013
79778
128
308,626385,430486,290236,842535,677401,800450,435302,407463,347301,301
210.58207.5
200.68129.93127.66125.29123.75116.23109.16107.52
Las Vegas, NVSan Francisco, CAWashington, DCOklahoma City, OKSeattle, WAMemphis, TNIndianapolis, INAustin, TXDenver, COPortland, OR
119
10121012121110
9
915151215
99
126
12
151413
711
68
121311
641,676884,363693,972643,648724,745652,236863,002950,715704,621647,805
281.03262.71244.86217.77203.52194.04189.84114.87106.31
96.85
123456789
10
COMPOSITESCORE*POPULATIONLEISUREDRIVEABILITYVALUECITYRANK
COMPOSITESCORE*POPULATIONLEISUREDRIVEABILITYVALUECITYRANK
Orlando, FLScottsdale, AZFort Lauderdale, FLReno, NVSalt Lake City, UTSpringfield, MOMadison, WIShreveport, LATallahassee, FLToledo, OH
123456789
10
109
111110
911
899
1215
612151512151515
1110
87776655
203.37189.33
184.7163.27162.45147.66145.33126.01123.99114.31
280,257216,226162,103248,853200,544167,376255,214192,036191,049278,733
COMPOSITESCORE*POPULATIONLEISUREDRIVEABILITYVALUECITYRANK
123456789
10
1297
111010
8988
3121515151515151515
91210
4888665
134,87586,16086,783
102,24556,994
146,444114,761
18,95771,10638,492
182.79175.02151.35137.79137.63128.39103.36
98.1288.2
87.05
Charleston, SCNewport Beach, CASanta Barbara, CASouth Bend, INSarasota, FLSavannah, GATemecula, CATroy, ALWilmington, DEAtlantic City, NJ
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Each destination received a maximum of 45 total points across 7 subcategories and were further ranked based on population.
Leveraging the different scores across all categories, Hotwire created a weighted composite index to determine which cities had the highest ranking across all variables.
Each category score was weighted by the following:
VALUE - 30%DRIVEABILITY - 30%LEISURE - 30%POPULATION - 10%
SCORING
*Total score = weighted composite number x 10000 **Population based on U.S. Census Bureau data
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