San Francisco, U.S.A. — On December 11, Hotwire.com, a discount travel site, announced the top ten destinations where Canadians are vacationing this holiday season. Travellers seem to be taking advantage of the strong CAD when visiting U.S. warm weather cities like Las Vegas and Orlando, which have gained popularity since last year. However, big domestic cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver also remain an attraction.

Toronto rose from third in 2011 to take the top spot this year, while Las Vegas (sixth last year) and Orlando (fourth last year) rose to push New York and Montreal down to numbers four and five, respectively. Seattle, a popular border city, rose from ninth to sixth this year, while Vancouver held at seventh place followed by Miami, San Francisco and San Diego. The two newcomers to the list, Miami and San Diego, not only boast fantastic deals this season, but also offer warm weather and clear skies for those looking to ditch the earmuffs for a little sun.

“Based on what we’re seeing, we believe travellers are feeling more comfortable getting away during the holidays to enjoy the season’s festivities in fun U.S. destinations like Las Vegas, New York, and Orlando,” said Pierre-Eitienne Chartier, vice president of the Hotwire Group. “This is no surprise considering the current strength of the dollar and the appeal of a winter break.  It also helps that many top destinations see a falloff in demand during big family holidays, which means vacationers can find deep price reductions on discount travel sites like Hotwire.com.”

The 10 most popular holiday destinations for Canadian travellers by hotel bookings, along with average nightly prices for each are as follows:

The 10 most popular holiday destinations for Canadian travellers and average prices are based on hotel bookings made on Hotwire.com between October 1 and November 14, 2012 for travel between December 23, 2012 and December 28, 2012.

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London, UK — Leading car hire website, 121carhire.com, has revealed its top ten European car hire destinations for the month of October leading up to the last half term holidays before Christmas. While the Faro region of Portugal has taken the official top spot, Spain has dominated the board with 50% of the top ten located in the country.

With temperatures in popular tourists spots such as Spain, Portugal and Greece still standing comfortably at around 20 degrees during the day, families often make a last dash for a sunshine break in the half term October holiday week before the temperatures cool down in November.

121carhire.co.uk, a leading car hire specialist which supplies vehicles in over 15,000 locations across 115 countries, released its top 10 European destinations based on car hire rental figures for September-October 2012. The most popular pick up point was revealed as Faro in Southern Portugal, however Spain seemed the most popular overall. Malaga, Alicante, Murcia, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca respectively, all appeared in the top 10 alongside Lisbon, Paphos and Larnaca (Cyrpus).

Although nine out of the top ten locations were traditional summer sun holidays, in at number four wasGeneva in Switzerland, which at this time of year is between its summer season and ski season for travellers, making it quite a surprising entry.

Michael Bond of 121carhire.com said: “Despite summer coming to an end, car hire in Europe is still popular amongst Brits, particularly in mainland Spain. It seems holidaymakers are keen to catch the last bit of sun during half term and clearly these are some of the best locations to do that in.”

To check the latest offers and availability, visit http://www.121carhire.com

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Washington, U.S.A.  – U.S. News Travel released the 2012-2013 editions of several popular Best Vacations ranking lists. These rankings include — for the first time — destinations from Asia, Australia and the Pacific, Central and South America, and Africa and the Middle East. The new rankings are available online at http://travel.usnews.com/.

The top-ranked destinations in three popular categories are listed below:

The complete Best Vacations rankings, overall and sorted by region, are available here:http://travel.usnews.com/Rankings/

The new rankings identify the top vacation spots based on a methodology that combines expert and consumer opinions. They reflect how strongly a destination is recommended by travel experts and U.S. News Travel website users.

“We are pleased to expand our coverage of top travel destinations to a worldwide scale,” said Chad Smolinski, Vice President of Rankings and Reviews at U.S. News & World Report. “This expansion allows us to make comparisons between places as geographically disperse as Bali, Corfu, and Rio de Janeiro. For someone planning a major vacation or a honeymoon, this can be important.”

The launch is a part of the 2012-2013 U.S. News Best Vacations rankings. In total, more than 200 destinations were considered in the current rankings.

About U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is a multi-platform publisher of news and analysis, which includes the digital-only U.S. News Weekly magazine, www.usnews.com, and www.rankingsandreviews.com. Focusing on Health, Personal Finance, Education, Travel, Cars, and Public Service/Opinion, U.S. News has earned a reputation as the leading provider of service news and information that improves the quality of life of its readers.

U.S. News & World Report‘s signature franchise includes its News You Can Use® brand of journalism and its annual “Best” series of consumer web guides and publications that include rankings of colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, mutual funds, health plans, and more.

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