RICHMOND, Va., March 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rising costs aren’t stopping Americans from splurging on Spring Break getaways, according to new data from Allianz Partners USA’s Top Spring Break Destinations. Travelers are shelling out an average of $5,325 on their trips this year—a nearly 14% jump from 2024**. This surge in spending highlights a continued commitment to leisure travel, even amid economic uncertainties and competing financial priorities.
While some are heading abroad, most Spring Breakers are staying stateside, with 79% of itineraries booked for domestic destinations and 21% for international trips*. Allianz Partners' annual ranking of top destinations reveals where travelers are going and how they’re spending their growing vacation budgets.
“Even with rising costs, we continue to see Americans’ prioritizing leisure travel, says Daniel Durazo, director of external communications at Allianz Partners USA. “We know that travelers are balancing a number of financial priorities so it's more important than ever to safeguard upcoming travel. A travel insurance policy ensures that if covered travel cancellations and interruptions, travel delays and unexpected illness or injuries come up, your hard-earned dollars can be repurposed for another trip.”
For travelers staying in the U.S., Orlando remains the most popular location for the second year in a row. Other top domestic destinations include New York (#2), Phoenix (#3), Las Vegas (#4), Miami (#5), Fort Lauderdale (#6), Los Angeles (#7), Seattle (#8), Dallas (#9), and Atlanta (#10).
Mexico continues to be an international hot spot for Spring Break travelers with three of the top ten destinations, including Cancun (#1), San José del Cabo (#2) and Puerto Vallarta (#5). Other cities rounding out the top ten include London (#3), Punta Cana (#4), Paris (#6), Nassau (#7), Montego Bay (#8), Ota, Toyko (#9), and Oranjestad (#10).
Allianz Partners offers travel insurance through most major U.S. airlines, leading travel agents, online travel agencies, hotel companies, cruise lines and directly to consumers. For more information on Allianz Partners and available travel policies, please visit http://www.allianztravelinsurance.com/.
* Methodology: The data of U.S. travelers’ 2025 Spring Break plans was gathered by analyzing the number of customers that went through the online booking process of airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel insurance, to generate itineraries for roundtrip flights departing from U.S. airports from 2/21/2025 –4/19/2025. In total, just over 8.7 million itineraries were analyzed using this methodology.
** Spring Break Trip Costs: The data on U.S. travelers' 2025 Spring Break trip costs was gathered by analyzing all purchased single-trip B2C policies with travel start dates from February 21 – April 19, 2025.