Vail Tops the List

As is the case in the current fiscal year, Vail, Colo., will have the top per diem rate in fiscal 2007, $365 total–$301 for lodging and $64 for meals and incidentals—from December through March. That’s up $21. Manhattan, a total of $338 in September through December, is in second place, up $48 from the peak period in fiscal 2006. Other destinations at the top end, by their peak seasonal rates, include Aspen and Crested Butte, $289, Nantucket, $288, Key West, $278, Boston, $267 and Washington, D.C. $259.