{"id":343559,"date":"2026-06-20T00:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343559\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T00:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:40:08","slug":"austin-houston-among-best-staycation-cities-in-us-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343559\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin, Houston among best staycation cities in US, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WalletHub released on Monday, June 8, its roundup of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-cities-for-staycations\/4341\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">best cities in the United States for staycations<\/a>, an analysis that weighed in factors like outdoor recreation opportunities, food and entertainment access and costs, as well as the prices for specialty services like massages, spas, beauty salons and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The results? Houston and Austin led the Lone Star State as the two best Texas cities for those looking for a more budget-friendly vacation. H-Town just missed the Top 25 with a No. 26 finish, while Texas&#8217; capital city came in slightly behind at No. 28.<\/p>\n<p>Houston earned specific kudos for its food and entertainment offerings (ranked No. 12), as well as a No. 36 recreation ranking. Here in Austin, the Live Music Capital of the World&#8217;s culinary and entertainment opportunities garnered it a No. 11 rank, while its outdoor recreation scene warranted a No. 39 overall ranking.<\/p>\n<p>No other Texas city cinched a Top 50 position, with San Antonio the closest at a No. 55 spot. As for the best in America? That No. 1 position belonged to no other than the &#8220;Most Magical Place on Earth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Orlando, Florida, took home gold with a No. 1 rank spearheaded by its No. 1 food and entertainment, No. 7 rest and relaxation and No. 20 recreation rankings, respectively. The remainder of the Top 10 included Cincinnati, Ohio (No. 2); Las Vegas, Nevada (No. 3); St. Louis, Missouri (No. 4); Honolulu, Hawaii (No. 5); Salt Lake City, Utah (No. 6); Atlanta, Georgia (No. 7); Tampa, Florida (No. 8); Chicago, Illinois (No. 9); and Portland, Maine (No. 10).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WalletHub released on Monday, June 8, its roundup of the best cities in the United States for staycations,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,2527,820],"class_list":["post-343559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-mysalifestyle","tag-mysastaff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}