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05-24-2014, 07:01 PM
Top 10 Destinations for Memorial Day 2014
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The official start of summer may be June 21, but Memorial Day weekend is the u**fficial kickoff to the season.
In 1971, United States Congress declared (http://www.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/history.asp) Memorial Day a national holiday, and scheduled it on the last Monday in May.
See also: 9 Vacation Spots to Reenact 'Game of Thrones' (http://mashable.com/2014/04/06/got-vacation-destinations/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Check out the slideshow, above, for the most popular destinations in the U.S. this Memorial Day weekend, according to data on hotel bookings from Expedia (http://mashable.com/category/expedia/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss).
Expedia also analyzed flight data, which produced slightly different results for the most popular cities. By flight, the 10 most popular destinations were — in order — New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Orlando, Washington D.C., Seattle and Atlanta. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/24/memorial-day-2014/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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The official start of summer may be June 21, but Memorial Day weekend is the u**fficial kickoff to the season.
In 1971, United States Congress declared (http://www.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/history.asp) Memorial Day a national holiday, and scheduled it on the last Monday in May.
See also: 9 Vacation Spots to Reenact 'Game of Thrones' (http://mashable.com/2014/04/06/got-vacation-destinations/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Check out the slideshow, above, for the most popular destinations in the U.S. this Memorial Day weekend, according to data on hotel bookings from Expedia (http://mashable.com/category/expedia/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss).
Expedia also analyzed flight data, which produced slightly different results for the most popular cities. By flight, the 10 most popular destinations were — in order — New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Orlando, Washington D.C., Seattle and Atlanta. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/24/memorial-day-2014/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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