Memorial Day Weekend '25

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Originally Posted by John Mercier

By looking at the license plates, I would speculate that tourism to our area is not in large part Canadian in general. Certain events might pull them in.

In general, the plates are from the other New England States and New York.

When you see a Florida or some other far off place, I would guess those to be snowbirds (can't tell completely, but even some snowbirds consider NH to be primary residence and thus have NH plates).

If they are weekending from the nearby States, something as simple as the weather may be the main driver.

Really too soon to see if anything more than that...

I agree with this.

As far as Canadian traffic goes, Old Orchard Beach has been a favorite for them for as long as I can remember. What happens there this season will tell us more. With the weather we have had so far they aren't really missing much.

Regarding snow birds, the recent change in NH tax policy may affect the balance of which state should be declared as the primary residence.

Now that there is no NH dividends and interest tax the only advantage I see in calling Florida "home" is the homestead provision of their property tax law.