ARLINGTON, Va. – July 3, 2018 – The majority of Fourth of July journeys booked by ARC-accredited travel agencies using GetYourGuide point to popular overseas destinations. While Spain snagged the top spot on the list, Italy is also a favored destination for holiday bookings, with five of the top ten tours and activities.*
Some of the more popular tours and activities booked through GetYourGuide include fast-track entrance to the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain; Rome crypts and catacombs tickets and tour; Golden Gate Bridge bike tour and Alcatraz ticket combo in San Francisco; skip-the-line for the Uffizi Gallery tour in Florence, Italy; sailing tour with champagne in Lisbon, Portugal; and a private Jewish district and Schindler’s List tour in Krakow, Poland.
The top 10 worldwide Fourth of July bookings for 2018 are:
- Spain
- Italy
- France
- United States
- Portugal
- Poland
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- Russia
- Canada
GetYourGuide is an online booking platform for travel activities and recommended by ARC. Agencies that are referred by ARC to GetYourGuide are paid a special incentive commissions on completed bookings using the platform.
About ARC
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) is the premier driver of air travel intelligence and commerce in the travel industry with leading business solutions, travel agency accreditation services, process and financial management tools and high-quality data. In 2017, ARC settled $88.5 billion worth of airline ticket transactions for more than 7,000 travel agencies with 12,000 points of sale. Established in 1984, ARC is an ISO 27001 certified company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices in Louisville, Kentucky, Tampa, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico. For more information, please visit www.arccorp.com and www.twitter.com/arctalk. Have you registered for TravelConnect? October 11-12, 2018 | National Harbor, Md., www.arctravelconnect.com. #TravelConnect2018
About GetYourGuide
GetYourGuide is the booking platform for incredible travel experiences. Powered by a global team of over 400 travel experts, GetYourGuide helps travelers find the best things to do wherever they’re headed — including skip-the-line tickets to the world’s most iconic attractions, walking tours by top local experts, immersive food and beverage tours, cooking and craft classes, bucket-list experiences and niche offerings you won’t find anywhere else. Since its founding in 2009, travelers from more than 155 countries have booked over 15 million tours, activities and attraction tickets through GetYourGuide. The company is based in Berlin, Germany and has offices in 14 countries around the world. For more information, please visit www.getyourguide.com.