Money names Vegas #7 in best cities to visit.

Money Magazine is out with its best of, and Las Vegas came in seventh for US cities to visit.
It's down from #5 last year, but ranked #1 for affordability of Five Star hotels.
St. Augustine was #1. The one that surprised me was Ft Worth at number #4. I don't k ow anyone who ever went there on vacation.
Hanoi was first internationally, with Bali second.
Alaska Airlines won best airline, with Jet Blue and SouthWest as runner-up.

DonDiego on vacation in Ft. Worth; he recommends staying at the stockyards, . . . thats where the longhorns hangout.



Money explains the criteria they employed:
"To find the [US] destinations that offer the best value, we gave the most weight to overall cost, including expenses such as average round trip airfare, hotel prices, meals and beverages, and rental car and public transportation use. We also included each spot’s cost-of-living.
We gave the next greatest weight to year-over-year price changes in average airfares and hotel prices, to ensure our picks reflected places that are truly a good value right now.
Next we scored places on the quantity of amenities at each destination, including the number of hotels, restaurants, museums, parks, attractions, bars and more. We also factored in 'pleasantness' measures, such as weather, crime, and flight delays.
Only one winner was chosen from each state."

[When teechur and DonDiego were there the pleasantness was magnified when the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day.]


Oh, . . . here's the source: Money - Best in Travel 2017