Record travel weekend despite higher gas and flight prices
TL;DR
A record 45 million Americans are traveling this holiday weekend despite gas prices rising and airfares up about 20%, with travelers adjusting by shortening trips, skipping hotel stays, or using airline miles to manage higher costs while overall travel demand remains strong.
- Gas and airfare prices have jumped. Americans are traveling this weekend anyway CNN
- Memorial Day traveler guide: The best and worst times to be on the road this weekend, and current gas prices at the pump Yahoo
- War-driven gas spike puts pressure on summer travelers — and Republicans Politico
- Spirit's collapse, high fuel prices test limits of summer vacation spending CNBC
- Western Washington drivers are skipping out on Memorial Day travel amid high gas prices KOMO
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