Absolutely Anywhere in Florida recently booked airline tickets and ordered information for a client wanting to vacation on Lake Winnipesaukee. Kristen Devecka of Global Travel in Washington, Penn., ordered information for a client wanting to tour the northeastern United States. In Fountain Hills, Ariz., where the mercury hit 118 degrees in mid-July, people come to the Northern states like New Hampshire to escape the heat, said Jody Whitman of Travel Master. In the fall, they seek the beauty of the foliage. Denise Kuhnhausen of Azumano Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Vancouver, Wash., ordered information to keep on file at the travel agency.
Tour buses are a popular means for mostly older visitors to see the state.
They ferry people from Massachusetts and surrounding states to New Hampshire's tax-free outlet malls and through the colorful mountainside in the fall. Sue Chen of Sunshine Travel in Boston doesn't book individuals headed to the Granite State, but she does book them by the busload in the fall. We advertise our tours in September and October, when there is foliage.