More Memorial Day Travel Expected, Despite High Gas Prices

Despite record-high gas prices, Memorial Day travel nears pre-pandemic levels - Cronkite News - Arizona PBS

May 27, 2022Despite record-high gas prices, Memorial Day travel nears pre-pandemic levelsWASHINGTON – Higher prices for gas, airfares and just about everything else do not appear to be holding back travel this Memorial Day weekend, which is “falling back to pre-pandemic levels,” experts said Friday. Travel this weekend is expected to increase by 8.3% nationwide from the last Memorial Day holiday, with 39.2 million Americans traveling and more th…

More Memorial Day travel expected, despite high gas prices

Airlines are gearing up for a busy summer season as people are ready to take to the skies again after being cooped up for two years during the pandemic.

More Memorial Day travel expected, despite high prices

Two and a half years of pandemic life has many people hitting the road or taking to the skies, despite the surge in prices for gas and plane tickets.

South Florida braces for busy Memorial Day weekend, with record travel expected

Officials at both the Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports have said they expect this Memorial Day weekend to be one of the busiest they’ve ever seen, if not the busiest.

Memorial Day gas prices hit 10-year high adjusted for inflation

(CNN) — Gas prices are painfully high this Memorial Day weekend as millions of Americans hit the road for the unofficial start of summer.The $4.60-a-gallon average price for regular gas is an all-time high — and pump prices are also very elevated on an inflation-adjusted basis.Real (that is, inflation-adjusted) gas prices haven’t been this high heading into Memorial Day weekend since 2012, according to the US Energy Information Administration.Th…

Memorial Day Travel: Millions plan trips despite record high gas prices

The record-high gas prices are hitting hard ahead of the Memorial Day weekend with analysts predictoing an 8 percent increase in travel compared to 2021. AAA estimated that more than 39.2 million people will travel for this Memorial Day holiday period with the majority of travel expected to be by car.