Despite record-high gas prices, nearly 35 million Americans are expected to travel by car over the Memorial Day weekend. The estimate by auto club AAA would mark a 4.6% increase over 2021.
Despite record-high gas prices, nearly 35 million Americans are expected to travel by car over the Memorial Day weekend.Despite record-high gas prices, nearly 35 million Americans are expected to travel by car over the Memorial Day weekendAs of Friday, the average price for a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. was $4.599 — a speck shy of the record of $4.60 set a day earlier
"Since I've been driving, which has been a long time, we never had to budget. … Gas was not something you budgeted for," Bill SchreiberBut the high gas prices don’t appear to be scuttling too many Memorial Day travel plans. AAA says this Memorial Day weekend, which marks the unofficial start of summer, will be the busiest for travel in two years. Overall, 39.2 million people are expected to travel, an 8.3% increase from last year.
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