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The Rising Costs for Thanksgiving Travel
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FBN’s Gerri Willis on the rise in the cost of gas, airfare and hotel stays this Thanksgiving.
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- Date Nov 17, 2011
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Right next week.
As I'm sure you know is Thanksgiving and more than 42 million Americans are expected to hit the road.
That is the highest number of holiday travelers since the start of the recession triple as triple -- that is says 4% more Americans than last year.
Will journey at least fifty miles from home and about 90% of them will be driving.
And those 90% we're gonna be paying more at the pump.
The average price of a gallon of gas so far this November is three dollars and 42 cents up nearly 20% from last year.
While gas prices are hitting their holiday peaks.
Other travel must haves are also going to cost you more rates for hotels are expected to be 6% higher with family spending a 145 dollars on average.
-- course -- also higher up 20% from last year we go over the river and through the woods this holiday season -- have to -- some extra cash.