HotelTonight's trending destinations, for staycations and spontaneity
USA TODAY
HotelTonight, a last-minute hotel booking app, has released its 2019 trend report based on bookings and searches on the platform. Scroll through to see the trending destinations, spontaneous cities and top staycation destinations, starting with top trending U.S. destination (based on year-over-year increase in unique searches comparing January-September 2018 to the same period in 2019). No. 5: Nashville, Tennessee
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A painting crew power washed the 1890 Castle Hill Lighthouse and applied three layers of paint to the walls and countless coats of Rustoleum to the metal railing and housing at the top, at a cost of about $17,000.
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Top trending U.S. destination No. 3: Florida Keys
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Top trending U.S. destination No. 2: Maui, Hawaii
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Top trending U.S. destination No. 1: Raleigh, North Carolina
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Most spontaneous city (based on highest percentage of same-day bookings made after 8 p.m.) No. 5: Washington
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Most spontaneous city No. 4: Philadelphia
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Most spontaneous city No. 3: Houston
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Most spontaneous city No. 2: Dallas
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Most spontaneous city No. 1: Atlanta
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Top staycation destination (metros with the highest percentage of room nights coming from users’ home metro) No. 5: Phoenix
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Top staycation destination No. 4: Houston
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Top staycation destination No. 3: Detroit
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Top staycation destination No. 2: New York City
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Top staycation destination No. 1: Chicago
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