Memorial Day Weekend is expected to be both busy and expensive this year with inflation driving up travel costs. It’s not great timing for the unofficial start of summer, which kicks off this coming weekend.
Memorial Day Weekend is expected to be both busy and expensive this year with inflation driving up travel costs.
It's not great timing for the unofficial start of summer, which kicks off this coming weekend. Nearly 40 million people are expected to travel ahead of the long weekend, which is up 4% from last year. Add that on top of the skyrocketing prices for gas, airfare car rentals, and you have yourself a pretty big headache.
Average domestic flight prices are up 46% from 2019. Some flights are already sold out for weeks and, unfortunately, things are not much better on the ground. It's hard not to notice the skyrocketing cost of fuel with people thinking about driving during the upcoming summer vacation -- or even driving to the corner store. A gallon of regular gas in Massachusetts is now $4.47, according to AAA -- up 17 cents from last week. A year ago, it was $2.89.
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