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Hilton Head Island earns spot on TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals list

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The Harbour Town Lighthouse jkarr@islandpacket.com

Hilton Head Island is one of the top vacation markets for vacation rentals, according to TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals.

The service recently released a list of top trending U.S. cities for vacation rentals, along with corresponding increase in demand from 2015 to 2016. The increase in demand is based on the number of bookings TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals received throughout the month of January in each year.

The Hilton Head market saw a 61 percent increase in demand.

Following is a list of places where the demand for vacation rentals is the highest in the United States:

Vacation market

Demand increase

Big Bear Lake, Calif.

85 percent

Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

73 percent

Gatlinburg, Tenn.

71 percent

South Padre Island, Texas

70 percent

Gulf Shores, Ala.

64 percent

Hilton Head Island

61 percent

Nashville, Tenn.

60 percent

Destin, Fla.

58 percent

Myrtle Beach

57 percent

South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

54 percent

Orlando, Fla.

53 percent

Galveston, Texas

51 percent

Asheville, N.C.

50 percent

Panama City Beach, Fla.

44 percent

Daytona Beach, Fla.

40 percent

Kissimmee, Fla.

35 percent

Las Vegas

32 percent

Los Angeles

21 percent

Davenport, Fla.

19 percent

New Orleans

7 percent

This story was originally published February 24, 2016 at 5:19 PM with the headline "Hilton Head Island earns spot on TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals list."

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