{"id":159850,"date":"2026-02-18T14:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/159850\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:27:08","slug":"spirit-airlines-reveals-the-10-most-searched-spring-break-destinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/159850\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit Airlines Reveals the 10 Most-searched Spring Break Destinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> It may still be the heart of winter, but travelers are already looking forward to a warm weather escape in time for spring break. And this year, Florida is topping travelers&#8217; lists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/best-hotels-in-fort-lauderdale-8661545\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Lauderdale<\/a> was the top-searched destination for spring break, <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.spirit.com\/news\/news-details\/2026\/Soaring-to-Sun-and-Sand-Spirit-Airlines-Unveils-Top-Searched-Spring-Break-Beach-Destinations-for-2026\/default.aspx\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to data from Spirit Airlines<\/a> shared with Travel + Leisure. The area is renowned for its 24 miles of beaches and 300 miles of inland waterways, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitlauderdale.com\/splash\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to Visit Lauderdale<\/a>, where travelers can go boating, kayaking, fishing, paddle-boarding, and more.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Visitors can also depend on warm weather in the spring with daily high temperatures in April typically hovering around 80 degrees Fahrenheit, <a href=\"https:\/\/weatherspark.com\/m\/18686\/4\/Average-Weather-in-April-in-Fort-Lauderdale-Florida-United-States#google_vignette\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to WeatherSpark<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Overall, Florida cities were so popular, they accounted for four out of the top 10 most-searched for destinations, according to Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>After Fort Lauderdale, the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, was Spirit&#8217;s second-most searched spring break destination. Home to hundreds of beaches, the island is also a major cruise port, with lines like Disney Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, and Virgin Voyages all operating there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>San Juan is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/sports-travel-in-2026-11879676\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">popular destination for sports fans<\/a> with some of the MLB World Baseball Classic games set to take place there in March.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The cities of Miami, Fort Myers, and Cancun rounded out the top five on the list.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Spring break is all about soaking up the sun, and after many of our Guests endured a very cold winter, we make it easy for them to get there with our unmatched value,&#8221; Rana Ghosh, the senior vice president and chief commercial officer at Spirit Airlines, said in a statement shared with T+L. &#8220;With our convenient service and affordable travel options to top leisure destinations, the hardest part of planning a spring getaway will be deciding where to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To come up with its list of the most-searched for destinations, Spirit looked at searches between Jan. 5 and Feb. 5 for travel during the spring break period of March 6 to April 26, the airline told T+L.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/best-time-to-book-flights-in-2026-11879230\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lock in the best possible prices on flights<\/a>, travelers should try to book at least one to three months in advance for domestic trips.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> This is the full list of the most-searched destinations for spring break, according to Spirit.\n<\/p>\n<p> Fort Lauderdale, FloridaSan Juan, Puerto RicoMiami, FloridaFort\u00a0Myers, FloridaCancun, MexicoMyrtle Beach, South CarolinaPunta Cana, Dominican RepublicSt. Thomas, U.S. Virgin IslandsArubaPensacola, Florida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It may still be the heart of winter, but travelers are already looking forward to a warm weather&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-159850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}