Overview
- San Antonio rose from seventh to first, with WalletHub citing strong affordability, abundant highly rated restaurants, high holiday interest, and a forecast 1 percent chance of precipitation.
- Atlanta ranked second, boosted by a dense concentration of top-reviewed restaurants and decoration retailers, low flight delay rates, and high charitable giving.
- Virginia Beach placed third, noted for very low Thanksgiving hotel prices, a wide selection of highly rated restaurants, low crime, and strong giving and volunteering metrics.
- Rounding out the top ten were Dallas (4), Scottsdale (5), Irving (6), Plano (7), Louisville (8), Las Vegas (9), and Chesapeake (10).
- WalletHub scored cities across five weighted categories—Celebrations & Traditions (30%), Affordability (25%), Safety & Accessibility (20%), Giving Thanks (15%), and Weather (10%)—using data from sources including the FBI, IRS, AccuWeather, Google Ads, Yelp, Kayak, and VolunteerMatch.