If you haven’t planned Thanksgiving travel yet, a recent survey could give you hints of where to go, or at least where your neighbors are heading—mostly to the same places as before the pandemic cut travel to the (wish)bone.
Allianz Partners, one of the big names in travel insurance, annually reviews more than two million travel itineraries for the holiday period and comes up with the list, which is a mix of big cities and warm resorts.
Top on the list, as in most years, is New York City, with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade as a big draw, followed by outdoorsy Seattle (the only city ever to knock New York off the top). Orlando and Fort Lauderdale climbed back to the #3 and #4 spots after dropping way down last year with many cruises and theme parks under tight Covid restrictions. Washington, DC made the list for the first time since it started in 2015.
International travel is on some Thanksgiving minds as well, even though it’s only a U.S. holiday. Mexico swept the top of the list with three warm cities (Cancun, San Jose del Cabo and Puerto Vallarta). Except for London in #4 and Paris in the #9 spot, the rest of the top ten international spots are all Caribbean beach areas.
