Palm Springs Ranked #30 as Spring Break Destination Behind St. Louis, Houston, & Denver

It is that time of year when college students embark on their annual getaway ritual of Spring Break. In fact, 73 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 say they are likely to take a last-minute getaway in 2015, according to a recent survey by Priceline.com. Priceline.com ranked the top destinations this year and Palm Springs came in behind 29 other cities including Minneapolis and Seattle.

In March, students are reserving more hotel rooms in Las Vegas, the most popular 2015 spring break destination, than anywhere else. Runner-up destinations include Orlando, New York City, Phoenix, and Orange County – according to actual hotel reservations made by college students on Priceline.com.  Other California destinations include San Diego (#9), San Francisco (#10), and Los Angeles (#11).  Palm Springs was ranked thirtieth on the list behind cities like Houston, Denver, and St. Louis.

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Palm Springs used to be a huge draw for college students during Spring Break until then Mayor Sonny Bono ended the annual tradition in the early 1990s.  Recent years have seen an effort to bring college students back to The Coachella Valley through websites’s such as palmspringsbreak.com, college “street teams”, and a “print advertising campaign capitalized on the violent Mexican drug war”(!).

Priceline.com’s Top 50 Most Popular Destinations for Spring Break 2015

Based on advance hotel reservations for March made by students on Priceline.com.