Rising gas prices putting a chill on travel
By Kellen Browning, Sacramento Bee
As gas prices continue to rise nationwide – with California leading the way, at $3.71 per gallon – Americans are planning fewer and shorter road trips this summer, a recent survey found.
Currently $2.93 per gallon on average in the U.S., gas prices are expected to rise to $2.95 by Memorial Day – 50 cents more than last year. The 2018 summer travel survey for GasBuddy.com, a gas price tracker, found drivers plan to cut costs and avoid gas guzzling by limiting road trips.
Fifty-eight percent of GasBuddy’s survey respondents said they will take a road trip this summer, down from 82 percent last year.