Need a vacation? Here are the destinations with the biggest airfare price drops

By Kelly Hayes
Published  October 14, 2024 9:58am EDT
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FILE - Beachfront chairs on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, on July 20, 2024.  (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

The Brief

    • Several international beach destinations have seen big airfare price drops, according to a new report from the flight comparison site SkyScanner.
    • Nice, France, ranked No. 1, followed by Castries, St. Lucia, and Bridgetown, Barbados.
    • In the U.S., Fargo, North Dakota, San Jose, California, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Salt Lake City, Utah, all made the list.

null - Where are the cheapest places to fly from the U.S.? Several international beach destinations have seen big airfare price drops, according to a new report from the flight comparison site SkyScanner.

Skyscanner shared its Travel Trends 2025 report and highlighted the best value destinations based on the biggest airfare price drops departing from the U.S. over the past year.

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Ranking No. 1 was Nice, the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast, where fares dropped by 27% in the first half of 2024 compared to a year prior, the report said. 

Farther down the top 10 list, some U.S. cities also made the cut – including Fargo, North Dakota. Airfare dropped by 24%, SkyScanner said. 

Here’s the full ranking:

Destinations with biggest airfare price drops in 2024

  1. Nice, France - 27% airfare price drop
  2. Castries, St. Lucia - 25% airfare price drop
  3. Bridgetown, Barbados - 24% airfare price drop
  4. Rabat, Morocco - 24% airfare price drop
  5. Fargo, North Dakota - 24% airfare price drop
  6. San Jose, California - 23% airfare price drop
  7. Charlotte, North Carolina - 22% airfare price drop
  8. Salt Lake City, Utah - 19% airfare price drop
  9. Amsterdam, Netherlands - 19% airfare price drop
  10. Barranquilla, Colombia - 19% airfare price drop

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The Source

  • SkyScanner said its ranking was based on the percentage price drop for economy class roundtrip flights booked between Jan. 1, 2024 and June 30, 2024, for travel throughout 2024 – compared to the same period in 2023.This story was reported from Cincinnati.