Tucson gets high marks for low travel prices - Inside Tucson Business

Discount travel website Hotwire.com has released its rankings of best travel deals and Tucson features prominently.

The Hotwire.com 2011 Travel Savings Indicator ranks destinations based on three categories: hotel, airfare and car rental price drops.

Tucson ranked No. 1 on the list of airfare price declines, with prices falling 8 percent from 2010. The average Hotwire airfare to Tucson was $285, according to the ranking.

The city also was No. 5 on the list of largest drop in car rental prices, falling 42 percent to $23 per day.

The Old Pueblo did not make the top five list for dips in hotel prices.

The rankings follow.

Hotel Market:

1. Rochester, N.Y.; - 13 percent; $81 (night)

2. Williamsburg, Va.; - 8 percent; $70

3. Branson, Mo.; - 6 percent; $62

4. Napa County, Calif.; - 5 percent; $119

5. Santa Fe, N.M.; - 5 percent; $130

Airfare market:

1. Tucson; -8 percent; $285 (average)

2. Burbank, Calif.; -4 percent; $316

3. Kailua, Hawaii; -4 percent; $549

4. Oakland, Calif.; -4 percent; $304

5. Vancouver, B.C.; -3 percent; $414

Car rentals:

1. Honolulu, Hawaii; -53 percent; $26 (day)

2. Washington, D.C.; -53 percent; $31

3. Las Vegas, Nev.; -52 percent; $25

4. Arlington, Va.; -49 percent; $26

5. Tucson; -42 percent; $23

21 Sep, 2011

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