2016 Summer Travel Hacker Guide Data Methodology
Unless otherwise indicated, we considered searches conducted on the US and Canada KAYAK sites between 06/01/2015 and 03/03/2016 for travel from the US and Canada occurring between 05/01/2016 and 09/30/2016. All flight searches are round-trip, excluding price outliers based on certain criteria. All hotel searches include properties with at least 4 stars and a certain minimum click threshold. Excludes airport properties and outliers based on certain price criteria. All weather data sourced from public sources on the internet.
- Top 10 Trending Summer Destinations
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- Flight Destinations with the Greatest YoY Increase in Click Traffic of the top 100 Most Clicked.
- Change in Popularity
- Based on click traffic in previous year.
- Median Airfare Histogram
- Median airfare by month for destination and travel/search dates outlined
- Median Hotel Rate Histogram
- Median hotel rate by month for destination and travel/search dates outlined
- Top Trending Hotels
- Based on click data. Certain destinations may include 3 star properties based on number of available properties.
- When to Book
- Median airfare as a function of days before departure based on indicated travel and search dates. Based on a 7 day moving average.
- Top 10 Trending European Destinations
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- Flight Destinations with the Greatest YoY Increase in Click Traffic for EU region, of the top 100 Most Clicked.
- Change in Popularity
- Percent increase in click traffic versus previous year based on search and travel dates indicated above.
- Top Trending Hotels
- Based on click data. Certain destinations may include 3 star properties based on number of available properties. For select cities with low click counts, search and travel dates were expanded to get more data.
- Median Airfare
- Median airfare by month for travel and search dates indicated.
- Median Hotel Rate
- Median hotel rate by month for travel and search dates indicated.
- When to Book
- Median airfare as a function of days before departure based on indicated travel and search dates. Based on a 7 day moving average.
- Top 10 Trending Winter in Summer Destinations
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- Flight Destinations with the Greatest YoY Increase in Click Traffic for regions SA, AF, and SP.
- Change in Popularity
- Percent increase in click traffic versus previous year based on search and travel dates indicated above.
- Top Trending Hotels
- Based on click data. Certain destinations may include 3 star properties based on number of available properties.
- Median Airfare
- Median airfare by month for travel and search dates indicated.
- Median Hotel Rate
- Median hotel rate by month for travel and search dates indicated.
- When to Book
- Median airfare as a function of days before departure based on indicated travel and search dates. Based on a 7 day moving average.
- Top 10 Summer Friday Destinations
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- Flight Destinations with the Greatest Click Traffic for Friday-Sunday stays of the Top 100 most clicked.
- Most Popular Hotels
- Most clicked hotel properties. Certain destinations may include 3 star properties based on number of available properties.
- Median Airfare
- Median airfare by month for travel and search dates indicated.
- When to Book
- Median airfare as a function of days before departure based on indicated travel and search dates. Based on a 7 day moving average. For select cities (with small or no) major airport, used nearest major airport for analysis.