For travel savings, Albuquerque looks good

Despite the overall increase in airfares across the country, the cost of flying to a few places, such as Palm Springs and Chicago, has dropped.

A study released last week by the travel website Hotwire.com unveiled the five cities in America where airfares, hotel rates and car rental costs fell the most in March compared with last year.

Hotel rates in Atlantic City, N.J., had the biggest decline, falling 21% to an average of $90 per night for a four-star hotel, according to the website. It attributed the drop to the opening of new hotels during a slow time of the tourism season.

Airfares to both Palms Springs and Chicago fell 13% compared with last year, according to Hotwire. Round-trip flights to Palm Springs sold for an average of $308 in March, while flights to Chicago were priced at $234, according to the website.

Meanwhile, travelers can enjoy the nation’s biggest drop in car rental rates in Boston, where rates fell 60% to $17 a day in March, according to Hotwire. Washington came in second in the ranking, with car rental rates declining 58% to $20 a day.

But the biggest savings may be for travel to Albuquerque, which made the top five cities list twice. Airfares to Albuquerque dropped 11% to $330 and car rental rates fell 46% to $20 a day, according to Hotwire.

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