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Hostelworld.com Announces Top St. Patrick's Day Destinations for 2010

Top 10 St. Patrick's Day Destinations for 2010 (outside of Ireland):

    1. New York
    2. Boston
    3. Chicago
    4. London
    5. Sydney
    6. Savannah
    7. Melbourne
    8. Montreal
    9. San Francisco
    10. Washington, DC

    --  New York - Approximately two million people pack the streets each year
        to bear witness to the largest St. Patty's Day parade in the U.S.,
        boasting more than 150,000 marchers.

Accommodations from $32 per person, per night at the Columbus Circle Hostel, New York. http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Columbus-Circle-Hostel/New-York/33745

    --  Boston - Home to the famous "Southie" parade (the first St. Patty's Day
        parade in the U.S.) and teeming with more Irish pubs than anywhere else
        in the country, Boston is a perpetual hotspot on March 17.

Accommodations from $42 per person, per night at H.I. Boston.

http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/H-I-Boston-Downtown/Boston/1852

    --  Chicago - Chicago has been dying its river green since the 1960's and
        holds two parades to commemorate St. Patty's Day, one in the South Side
        and one downtown.

Accommodations from $30 per person, per night at H.I. Chicago.

http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/H-I-Chicago/Chicago/1853

About Hostelworld.com

The global market leader for 10 years, Hostelworld.com is the leading provider of online reservations to the budget, independent and youth travel market. It offers confirmed online reservations for over 23,000 hostels and budget hotels in 186 countries worldwide. The site also offers budget travellers more than 2.7 million user reviews, free travel videos, podcasts, customized city guides, a travel social network and more. Headquartered in Dublin, it is fully owned and operated by Web Reservations International Ltd (WRI).

SOURCE Hostelworld.com