Wednesday, February 15, 2012

AAA: Marylanders trimming Thanksgiving travel plans - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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AAA projects 795,200 Marylanders will travel 50 or more miles from home this down 1.4 percent compared with last year. A decline this year wouldc mark the fourth straight holiday witha year-over-yeaf decline in travelers, AAA The predictions come as the price for a gallon of gas in Baltimorew has dropped in half since the A gallon of regular gas in Baltimorr was averaging $1.94 on Thursday, according to AAA’s Dail y Fuel Gauge Report. During the summer, the average price in the regionh hoveredaround $4 a gallon. “This Thanksgiving it seems Americans are in a tug of war betweenm their heart strings and theird purse strings in terms of travel saidRagina C.
Averella, a spokeswomab for AAA Mid-Atlantic, in a “However, despite America’s economic woes, the desire to spened time with family is stilll an obvious priority given the nominao decline inoverall travel.” AAA said earlier this week 41 millionh Americans were expected to travelp 50 or more miles from home this Thanksgiving. The 33.2 million, expect to travel by automobile, down 1.2 percent from last year. In Maryland, 649,6090 travelers will travel by car. More than 4.5 milliobn U.S. travelers this year are projected to travelby plane, a 7.2 percentf year-over-year decrease. But in Maryland, the decline in travelers by plane is at 8.6 percent.

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