{"id":2019524,"date":"2023-09-01T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-day-weekend-gas-prices-show-decrease-from-last-year-as-air-travel-expected-to-break-records\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T15:31:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T19:31:53","slug":"labor-day-weekend-gas-prices-show-decrease-from-last-year-as-air-travel-expected-to-break-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-day-weekend-gas-prices-show-decrease-from-last-year-as-air-travel-expected-to-break-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Day weekend: Gas prices drop, air travel to hit new highs."},"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\">24<\/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%2Flabor-day-weekend-gas-prices-show-decrease-from-last-year-as-air-travel-expected-to-break-records%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=2019524&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--><h2>Expect Busy\u2062 Conditions \u2062and Lower Gas Prices for Labor Day Weekend Travel<\/h2>\n<p>Those hitting the road for Labor Day\u200d weekend travel should prepare for busy conditions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-day-weekend-gas-prices-show-decrease-from-last-year-as-air-travel-expected-to-break-records\/\" title=\"Labor Day weekend: Gas prices drop, air travel to hit new highs.\">enjoy slightly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-name-is-the-only-name-biden-can-remember-tomi-lahren-slams-biden-for-obsessing-over-the-former-president\/\" title=\"\u2018Trump\u2019s Name Is The Only Name Biden Can Remember\u2019: Tomi Lahren Slams Biden For Obsessing Over The Former President\">lower gas prices<\/a> compared<\/a> to last year. According \u200cto GasBuddy, the national average \u2063for gas prices currently stands at $3.77 per \u200cgallon, down 3 \u200ccents from last year.<\/p>\n<p>While gas\u200b prices may be favorable, air travel is expected to break\u2063 records\u2064 during this holiday \u2064weekend. Despite \u2063recent hurricane and tropical depression in the southeast, over 14 million people are projected\u200c to fly between Friday and \u2062next\u200b Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h3>Be Cost-Conscious When Crossing State Lines<\/h3>\n<p>GasBuddy advises travelers \u2062to\u2063 be mindful of costs when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/80-house-members-tell-pete-buttigieg-to-take-action-on-supply-chain-allow-truck-drivers-under-21-to-cross-state-lines\/\" title=\"80 House Members Tell Pete Buttigieg to Take Action on Supply Chain: Allow Truck Drivers Under 21 to Cross State Lines\">crossing state lines<\/a>. Prices near these boundaries can often \u2063become more \u200bvolatile. By shopping around before crossing state lines, motorists can save\u200d anywhere from 25 to 50 cents per gallon in some situations.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Sinclair Jr.,\u2062 senior manager \u200bof public affairs \u200dfor\u200c AAA Northeast, warns that roads will be\u200d busiest \u2062from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n<h3>Airports Prepare for Record-Breaking Screenings<\/h3>\n<p>The Transportation \u2062Security Administration (TSA) announced that airports are expecting to \u200dscreen a staggering 14.25 million people between Friday and next Wednesday. \u2063This marks an 11% increase from the same\u200c period last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hopper, the average cost of domestic airfare\u200d this\u2063 year is $226 per ticket, down 11% from last year and 20% from Labor Day in 2019.<\/p>\n<h3>Hurricane Idalia Impact<\/h3>\n<p>Labor Day falls on September 4th, just days after Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 \u2063hurricane.\u200b It \u2062later weakened to a tropical depression as it\u2063 moved over Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of people in Florida, Georgia, and\u200b the Carolinas were placed under a severe weather\u200d watch.\u200d Several airports, including Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, and Tallahassee, closed ahead of the\u2062 storm, resulting\u200c in over \u20641,000 flight cancellations.<\/p>\n<p>While some\u2063 airports reopened after assessing the storm&#8217;s damage, Tampa International Airport reopened incoming flights on \u200bWednesday\u200d afternoon and outbound service on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;TPA is \u200cfortunate to have avoided the worst effects of such\u200c a dangerous storm, after acting in an abundance of caution to protect the\u200b safety of our \u200cpassengers, employees, and\u200d facilities,&#8221; said airport chief executive Joe Lopano.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), more than 250,000 \u2064flights are scheduled through Tuesday.\u200c AAA \u200ddata\u200d shows \u200ca 44% increase in\u2063 international bookings, while demand for hotel rooms overseas is up over 80% \u200dand overseas cruise bookings have risen by 40%, according to Robert \u200dSinclair Jr.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read\u2064 more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labor Day weekend travelers can anticipate busy roads and slightly cheaper gas prices compared to last year, with the national average at $3.77 per gallon, down 3 cents. 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