Holiday Travel

According to courant.com, gas prices may be falling but most families in Connecticut will be staying near home during this Thanksgiving holiday. The price of regular gasoline averaged on Monday at $2.06, which was less than half the average gasoline price on July 11, which was $4.39 a gallon. About 41 million people in the U.S. is still planning to travel for the holiday and 81% of them are planning to drive and 11% are flying. The rest of people traveling are planning to take a train or bus. This isn't the first holiday, that there has been a decline in travel. Memorial Day, July Fourth, and Labor Day weekends have also had fewer travelers than in 2007, according to AAA. Bradley International Airport is expecting the total passenger traffic for this year to drop about 7% as to last year. AAA has also reported that air passengers should assume to pay about 8% more than last year for airfare and that the rental car prices are to be about 4% more than last year's cost.

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