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Travel + Leisure readers have voted in their annual “America’s Favorite Cities” list, and Charleston took the #1 spot in a few categories and made the top 5 in several other categories. Overall, Charleston ranked #1 for holiday travel, #2 for trips and #5 for hotels!
Other cities competing for these rankings include: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix/Scottsdale, Portland, Providence, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Seattle, St. Louis and Washington, D.C.
According to visitors, Charleston ranked #1 in B&Bs/Inns and Thanksgiving travel. On the other hand, residents ranked Charleston people #1 in attractiveness and friendliness, as well as #1 for a romanic escape, #1 for historic monuments/sites, #1 for Thanksgiving travel and #1 for B&Bs/Inns. I guess there’s no dispute that Charleston has the nation’s best B&Bs and Inns!
Charleston also ranked in the top 5 in several categories in the visitors survey, including:
There were quite a few differences between what visitors and residents thought about Charleston. Here are the top 5 winners according to residents:
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