{"id":9116,"date":"2010-08-06T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=9116"},"modified":"2016-12-16T12:20:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T18:20:44","slug":"sales-tax-holidays-make-for-guilt-free-vacation-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/sales-tax-holidays-make-for-guilt-free-vacation-shopping\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales tax holidays make for guilt-free shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9138\" title=\"Sales tax holiday shopping\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sales-tax-holiday-shopping-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"Sales tax holiday shopping on your vacation.\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>By Nina Kokotas Hahn<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Starting today, many states across the country will enjoy a sales tax holiday on qualifying items such as clothing and school supplies. For me, this isn\u2019t just an opportunity to save on the necessary school supplies for my kids, but also a great reason to do some guilt-free shopping (sure, I\u2019ll pick up a thing or two for the kids, too).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Even better, those vacationing in states sponsoring sales tax holidays can throw some caution to the wind to enjoy the best kind of vacation shopping: a discount on all qualified shopping items. States sponsoring sales tax holidays this month include: Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re thinking of planning an <strong>August vacation<\/strong>, now is a great time to travel to one of these destinations. See if you can sync up your travel dates with a given state\u2019s tax holiday to find shopping dealsworth the extra luggage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For details on individual state sales tax holidays, see this <\/strong><a title=\"Sales tax holidays\" href=\"http:\/\/www.taxadmin.org\/fta\/rate\/sales_holiday.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>sales tax holidays list for 2010<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Florida Vacation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=FL&amp;cnt=PKH\" target=\"_self\">Florida vacation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Illinois vacation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=illinois-vacations&amp;cnt=PRO\" target=\"_self\">Illinois vacation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"cheap vacations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareVacationsHome\" target=\"_self\">Cheap vacations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Nina Kokotas Hahn is a Writer-Editor at Orbitz Worldwide. Globetrotting since infancy, s<\/em><em>he\u2019s also the daughter of a travel agent and knows a thing or two about finding great travel deals.<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT04MDMxODM1M2E3YjUxYTU4NmMyNTk3MTdhZTRhMGM1YQ==\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" class=\"nc_pixel\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting today, many states across the country will enjoy a sales tax holiday on qualifying items such as clothing and school supplies. 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