Travel Insights: Blue Ridge Mountains

Travel Insights O FLIPKEY Blue Ridge Mountains Destinations % OF ALL VACATIONS • Asheville • Boone • Blowing Rock • Lake Lure • Black Mountain • Banner Elk • Franklin • Beech Mountain • Highlands Ferguson • All Others 30.2% 20.5% 7.6% 5.3% 4.2% 4.1% 3.3% 2.9% 2.8% 2.6% 16.6% #1 Asheville Top overall destination QUICK FACTS TOP SPOTS BY PARTY SIZE TOP SPOTS BY COST PARTIES OF TWO 1. Asheville MOST EXPENSIVE 1. Skyland 2. Deep Gap 2. Boone 3. Blowing Rock 3. Banner Elk 4. Lake Lure 4. Sugar Mountain 5. Black Mountain 5. Ferguson LARGE GROUPS LEAST EXPENSIVE 1. Boone 1. Highlands 2. Burnsville 3. Franklin 2. Asheville 3. Beech Mountain 4. Lake Lure 4. Arden 5. Black Mountain 5. Little Switzerland 40 83.4 40 Maximum Party Size Percent of Travelers Who Visit the Top 10 Destinations in the Blue Ridge Mountains TYPICAL PARTY SIZE 000 #1 PARTIES OF 2 Most common group size 199 20 Mountain Getaway * 10 82% of all requests are made for less than a week. 4 5 6 Party size 10+ Average planning time for Blue Ridge Mountain vacations is 5–6 weeks. OCost COST SPOTLIGHT: TIMELINE OF PRICE RANGE AND RESERVATION REQUESTS In demand Almost 25% of yearly reservation requests occur within the last two week of December, though prices stay with $20/night all year 200 Price per night 190- 180 170 160 Weekly percentage of all inquiries JAN FEB MAR AFR MAY JUN AUG OCT PRICES OF NOTE: AVERAGE COSTS The most expensive property listed on FlipKey.com in the Blue Ridge Mountains is $4,690 - $7,658 per week S145.62 $192.89 $227.72 $251.84 $371.20 per night: 1 bedroom per night: 2 bedrooms per night: 3 bedrooms per night: 4 bedrooms per night: 5 bedrooms per guest, per night overall, per night overall, per stay $38.44 SIT7.61 $790.37 INTEREST BY TOTAL NIGHTLY COST INTEREST BY COST PER PERSON 429 of all requests are for properties listed for 4% 150-5199/night 64% of all requests are for properties listed for less than $50/night 48% 42% 26% 26% 25% 18% R 10 10 6% 0% 1% «$50 $50-S99 S100-S149 $150-S199 $200+ <$25 $25-S49 $50-S99 SI00-S199 $200+ Nightly Cost (USD) Nightly Cost Per Person (USD) Thavelers AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY PER VISIT: YEARLY TIMELINE 3 days/2 nights | 4.5 nights Average length of stay 2 20 Most common length of stay 16 12 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEF OCT NOV DEC TRAVELER ORIGINS ORIGIN USA VISITOR % • North Carolina • Florida • South Carolina • Georgia • Tennessee • Virginia 33% 19% 9% In-State 33% 4% Out-of-State 67% 3% • Ohio • Alabama • New York • Texas 3% 2% 2% 2% MOST POPULAR VACATION LENGTHS TOP 5 TRAVEL WEEKS TO THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS //0/ of all requests are for 5 44% 3-5 days CHRISTMAS Fourth week in December 44% 38% FALL VACATIONS 30 Thanksgiving 20 15% Third Week of October Second Week of October 10 First Week of October 1-2 days 3-5 days 6-8 days 9-14 days 15+ days Length of Stay % of Reservation Requests sisanbay uonPA JaSay