“All hotels for the eclipse sold out months ago—you’re too late.” It’s a common refrain from people who booked their rooms months ago and want to feel good about that, but it’s inaccurate.
Hotel Searches Spike 15 Fold For Total Solar Eclipse—Here’s Where To Stay For Less
19.02.2024 - 08:25 / forbes.com
Total solar eclipses don’t come along very often, so when they do, there’s always a spike in travel.
Metasearch engine Kayak has been tracking the surge in interest and has reported a staggering 15x increase in hotel searches and a 304% increase in flight searches for the dates around the eclipse compared to last year.
The reason for the crunch is that April 8’s total solar eclipse will only be visible from inside a narrow path of totality. Stretching from Mexico, the U.S., and Canada, it will cross 15 U.S. states from Texas to Maine but be, on average, just 115 miles wide.
Everyone outside the path of totality in North America will see only partial phases through solar eclipse glasses. Only from within will it be possible to see those partial phases and a few minutes of totality.
"There is a noticeable spike in search interest around the solar eclipse as travelers are truly looking to make a ‘moment’ out of this cosmic phenomenon,” said Jake Bouvrie, Kayak chief Economist, in an email. “An event that won't happen again for another 20 years is sure to drive some FOMO, so now is the time to make your plans so you don't run into availability limitations.”
Despite a surge in demand for hotels across the path of totality, April 8’s total solar eclipse is not a sellout. Kayak’s research highlights the 10 major cities in the path of totality and ranks them by the average nightly rate being charged by hotels. I’ve added the duration of totality on April 8:
Perhaps surprisingly, Montreal emerges as the bargain. The city is preparing for the eclipse, with massive free events planned for Montréal Science Centre and Parc Jean Drapier, though the city is split in two by the path’s northern limit, with the Downtown area the place to be for a totality lasting over a minute. It’s been cloudy in Montreal on April 8, 69% of the time in the last 20 years, according to Timeanddate.
Arguably, a better destination—both in terms of a longer totality and for an increased chance of clear skies—is second-placed Little Rock, Arkansas. Here, totality will last twice as long, and there’s a 57% chance of cloud, according to Timeanddate. It’s a similar story in Dallas, where totality will be ever longer (in its southern suburbs, at least).
It’s a similar story for flights—at least at first glance—with Montreal, Cleveland and Dallas emerging as the most affordable:
Kayak’s research also uncovered some more affordable flights to four cities close to—but not inside the path of totality. Flying into one of these cities to see the eclipse would be pointless—all you’ll notice is slightly more of the sun partially eclipsed by the moon, wherever you’ve come from in North America. Since you must be in the path of totality to see and
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