Priceline.com Releases List of Top 50 Destinations For July 4th Weekend 2004; Newcomers to the list include Lake Tahoe, Hyannis and Cape May

Business Wire, June 29, 2004

NORWALK, Conn. -- A word of advice to travelers heading to the beach this 4th of July - arrive early and leave plenty of extra travel time. According to priceline.com's latest survey of the top 50 destinations for the 4th, beach and water destinations took up nearly half the list. The lure of sun and sand was so strong that several destinations made the priceline.com list for their first time, including Lake Tahoe, Hyannis, Cape May and South Padre Island. Also, San Diego's coastal area topped the July 4th priceline.com list.

Priceline.com's Top 50 list is based on more than 30,000 actual hotel room booking requests made for the July 3-5, 2004 weekend.

Priceline.com's Top 50 Destinations For July 4, 2004

#1 San Diego Coastal Area

#2 Las Vegas Strip Vicinity

#3 Downtown Atlanta

#4 New York's Midtown West

#5 Chicago's Loop/Grant Park Area

#6 Chicago's North Michigan Avenue Area

#7 New York's Upper Midtown/Central Park South Area

#8 Orlando's Universal Studios/Sea World Area

#9 Niagara Falls - U.S. Side

#10 New York's Upper West Side Area

#11 Washington's White House/Downtown Area

#12 Waikiki South

#13 Montreal

#14 Niagara Falls - Canadian Side

#15 Downtown San Diego/Harbor Island

#16 Downtown St. Louis

#17 Las Vegas Strip Area

#18 Orlando's Disney World Vicinity

#19 Monterey/Pacific Grove

#20 Virginia Beach Area

#21 Downtown Boston

#22 Las Vegas West of Strip Area

#23 Midtown Atlanta

#24 New Orleans' French Quarter

#25 Santa Monica/Marina del Rey

#26 Downtown San Antonio/Riverwalk

#27 Key West

#28 San Francisco's Union Square West Area

#29 Downtown Seattle

#30 Ocean City

#31 San Francisco's Embarcadero/Union Square East

#32 Myrtle Beach Area

#33 Miami's South Beach

#34 Vancouver

#35 Downtown Toronto

#36 South Lake Tahoe

#37 Waikiki North

#38 Atlanta's Buckhead Area

#39 Orange County's Disneyland Area

#40 Myrtle Beach's Surfside Beach Area

#41 San Antonio West

#42 Markham, Ontario

#43 South Padre Island

#44 New York's Midtown East Area

#45 Hyannis/Yarmouth

#46 San Diego's Mission Valley

#47 Cape May

#48 Wailea/Makena, Maui

#49 Newport/Huntington Beach

#50 Hilton Head

Here are some examples of travel deals that were recently booked on priceline.com

Round-trip Airline Tickets*

--Los Angeles to Las Vegas $84

--Philadelphia to Orlando $184

--Atlanta to New York $195

--San Francisco to Chicago $204

--Denver to Los Angeles $206

Hotel Rooms*

--San Diego, 3-star $64

--Las Vegas, 2-star $38

--Seattle, 3-star $48

--New York, 2-star $75

--New Orleans, 4-star $90

--London, 4-star $99

Vacation Packages*

--Las Vegas (from San Diego) - Harrahs Hotel and Casino, 3 stars, 4 nights, $318 per person.

--Miami (from San Francisco) - Intercontinental Miami, 4 stars, 4 nights, $455 per person.

--New York (from Omaha) - Sheraton New York, 4 stars, 2 nights, $364 per person.

--San Francisco (from Houston) - Serrano Hotel, boutique, 4 nights, $490 per person.

Rental Cars*

--Economy from $16 a day.

--Mid-size from $22 a day.

--Full-size from $24 a day.

* Airfares are inclusive of all taxes and fees, including $6.95 processing fee. Fares shown are actual published-fare airline ticket purchases made on priceline.com between June 12 and June 15, 2004 for travel within 30 days of booking. Hotel examples shown are for offers booked in June 2004. Hotel examples do not include taxes or fees. Vacation package prices are per-person based on double occupancy and include round-trip airfare and hotel, all taxes and fees. Vacation package examples shown are for offers booked in June 2004. There is no guarantee that vacation package hotels or prices will be available. Rental car examples shown are for offers booked in June 2004 and do not include all taxes and fees. Purchases are subject to certain restrictions and there is no guarantee that a rental car offer will be accepted. All travel purchases are subject to certain restrictions and there is no guarantee that any offer will be accepted, or that inventory will be available. Savings are not guaranteed and will vary based on offer price, availability and actual itinerary.

About Priceline.com

Priceline.com is a travel service that offers leisure airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises. Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home mortgages, refinancing and home equity loans through an independent licensee. Priceline.com operates the retail travel Web sites Travelweb.com, Lowestfare.com, Rentalcars.com and Breezenet.com. Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent licensees, including pricelinemortgage and certain international licensees.

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