Get Out of Town Already
Summertime and the traveling is easy. If you happen to live in one of the nation’s top five departure points, that is. Charlotte is the No. 4 in the country, according to a recent survey by WalletHub. A good departure point offers the best combination of inexpensive flights and short travel times to the most popular destinations; only Chicago, Washington, DC, and New York top us in that regard. As a destination, Charlotte didn’t make the top 5, but you don’t have to go far to get to one—Myrtle Beach came in as the nation's No. 5 vacation destination.