{"id":22421,"date":"2012-05-08T18:22:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T23:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=22421"},"modified":"2018-03-06T14:07:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T20:07:25","slug":"what-matters-most-to-summer-hotel-bookers-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/what-matters-most-to-summer-hotel-bookers-location\/","title":{"rendered":"What matters most to summer hotel bookers: location"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_22424\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Las-Vegas-Hotels-Bellagio.h140596.Hotel-Information\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22424\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22424 \" title=\"Fountains_o_palsson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Fountains_o_palsson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When it comes to summer hotel bookings, location trumps all, according to an Orbitz survey, which also placed Las Vegas first in a list of top 10 summer destinations. Credit: o palsson.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>By Valerie Moloney<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With Memorial Day Weekend looming &#8212; the unofficial start of the vacation season &#8212; we wanted to know just how travelers were shopping for hotels this summer. By amenities? Price? Rewards programs? The results, revealed in a\u00a0<a title=\"Orbitz CEO: Hotel rates for top 10 summer destinations\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.usatoday.com\/hotels\/post\/2012\/05\/orbitz--average-hotel-rates-for-top-10-summer-destinations\/689495\/1\"><em>USA Today<\/em> blog post<\/a> by our very own CEO Barney Harford, revealed location as the no. 1 influencer outside of price.\u00a0In fact, according to an Orbitz survey of 750 Americans, 21 percent ranked location as the biggest driver in the hotel booking experience.Plus: Harford offers a list of the <a title=\"Orbitz CEO: Hotel rates for top 10 summer destinations\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.usatoday.com\/hotels\/post\/2012\/05\/orbitz--average-hotel-rates-for-top-10-summer-destinations\/689495\/1\">top 10 summer destinations<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What influences your hotel booking decisions? We want to hear from you on Twitter @orbitz.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Las Vegas hotels\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Las-Vegas-Hotels.d178276.Travel-Guide-Hotels\/\">Las Vegas hotels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"New York hotels\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/New-York-Hotels.d178293.Travel-Guide-Hotels\/\">New York hotels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Orlando hotels\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Orlando-Hotels.d178294.Travel-Guide-Hotels\/\">Orlando hotels <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Valerie Moloney, who edits and publishes the Orbitz blog, wholeheartedly agrees with summer hotel bookers: Location and glowing reviews rule.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nc_pixel\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT04ZjZlZjI3ZGFiZjkzOTVkY2U3NTg2ODZlNWRlYmM1Mw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Memorial Day Weekend looming &#8212; the unofficial start of vacation season &#8212; we wanted to know just how travelers were shopping for hotels this summer. 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