Consumers remain cautious about finances despite an improving economy, and lower gas prices are “enabling families to kick off the holiday season with a Thanksgiving getaway”, according to Marshall Doney, AAA president and CEO.
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More than 46 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more this Thanksgiving – a 6 percent increase from past year, according to AAA.
Park Superintendent, Becky Bariola, said the 60-room Lodge at Mount Magazine State Park and the 13 guest cabins are completely booked for the four-day holiday weekend that begins tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day.
On Wednesday, GasBuddy.com listed the average price for a gallon of regular gas in the Kansas City metro area at around $1.78.
“I don’t know what he or she is going to spend it on, but it’s a substantial amount of money”, he said.
The Auto Club last week said Southern California was looking at $2.80 averages.
AAA says they will rescue more than 360,000 drivers this weekend alone.
Alabama State Troopers say once again security will be beefed up at football games like the Iron Bowl in Auburn and other places. The craziest day for travel in Austin already passed; it was the Monday following Formula One, which has broken records for the number of departing passengers.
Bernhardt says a year ago, 18 people were killed over the same travel period in Missouri. Busy traffic will be the case from Wednesday with people leaving and then on Sunday when people return home.
But due, in part, to Turkey downing a Russian warplane Tuesday, DeHaan said the geopolitical tension caused the wholesale price on crude oil to go back up.
According to AAA, the national gas price average is $2.06, compared to $2.81 previous year.
Turkeys say “gobble-gobble”, but a big dip in gas prices during the past week will have millions of Thanksgiving travelers saying “cheap-cheap”.
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If you are coming to the airport for the first time in a while, there are a number of construction projects that have just wrapped up. And that’s not even the lowest of the low – The cheapest price that has been spotted in the last 24 hours is .76 in Champlin, Minn.
