{"id":1494654,"date":"2022-05-27T12:30:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494654"},"modified":"2022-05-27T12:30:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:30:37","slug":"memorial-day-travel-millions-plan-trips-despite-record-high-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memorial-day-travel-millions-plan-trips-despite-record-high-gas-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day Travel: Millions plan trips despite record high gas prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmemorial-day-travel-millions-plan-trips-despite-record-high-gas-prices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494654&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2720827\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2720827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High gas prices are shown in Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. To drive, or not to drive? This Memorial Day weekend, with surging gas prices that are redefining pain at the pump, that is the question for many Americans as a new COVID-19 surge also spreads across the country. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 9:19 AM PT \u2013 Friday, May 27, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gas prices throw a wrench into vacation plans: Families prepare for &#8216;costly&#8217; 2022 travel <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XCusyP0DsX\">https:\/\/t.co\/XCusyP0DsX<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@usatoday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AAA Travel (@AAA_Travel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AAA_Travel\/status\/1507465375960768523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to AAA, as of Thursday, nearly every state is seeing an average price of more than $4 per gallon. However, many everyday Americans, like Dan Johnson of Pennsylvania, have plans they can\u2019t miss.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cMy wife\u2019s family, her sister is graduating from Tufts University in Boston, so we really didn\u2019t have a choice and we just toughed it up,\u201d Johnson explaned. \u201cAnd you know, whatever the gas price is, we unfortunately just have to pay for it. But, you know, we want to go visit our family, so this is the cost that\u2019s involved.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good luck with gas prices this Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1530177261793689600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The spike in fuel costs is likely due to the cost of crude oil and President Joe Biden\u2019s multiple energy policy failures. <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) spoke on the issues at hand ahead of the big travel holiday.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cAs you <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">travel<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> this <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Memorial Day<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> weekend, think about how much more it\u2019s costing you to fill up your car,\u201d he noted. \u201cThen remember that restricting the supply and raising the price of American energy is a premeditated part of the Democrats\u2019 radical agenda.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gas prices are 51% higher than last Memorial Day weekend, and 135% higher than during Memorial Day weekend in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1530192774317887489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It appears there is no end in sight for record-high fuel prices as the pain at the pump continues for Americans. Many people may end up reconsidering summer vacations with rising inflation and lack of solutions coming from Biden\u2019s White House.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/air-traffic-controllers-honored-for-helping-passenger-land-plane-in-fla\/\">Air Traffic Controllers Honored For Helping Passenger Land Plane In Fla.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High gas prices are shown in Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. To drive, or not to drive? 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