Where are you going this holiday weekend? According to AAA more Americans will go on road trips this Memorial Day weekend than they did last year to take advantage of discounted hotel rooms and a 39 per cent decline in gas prices.
About 32.4 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home this holiday weekend, a 1.5 percent increase from 2008, according to AAA, the biggest US motoring organization. Memorial Day, which commemorates US armed forces killed in service, falls on May 25 this year and marks the traditional beginning of the summer travel season.
But it's not just about road travel, domestic airfares are as much as 10 per cent less than last year’s Memorial Day weekend as well, and hotel rates for the summer months have fallen as much as 14 per cent from a year ago after the deepening US recession cut demand.
The average price of a gallon of unleaded gas was $2.334 on May 19, compared with $3.80 a year ago, according to AAA.
So get out on the road, and get down to Anna Maria Island. Visit www.annamaria.com for the best in vacation rentals on this perfect patch of Old Florida.
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