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- Holiday air travel expected to cost 17% less this year - Denver Business Journal
- Auto Travel Over Labor Day Holiday Is Expected to Drop - Wall Street Journal
- Holiday air travel expected to cost 17 percent less this year, say ... - Birmingham Business Journal
- Traveling preacher arrested for stalking - Newsday
- AAA forecasts less Labor Day travel - Charleston Daily Mail
| Holiday air travel expected to cost 17% less this year - Denver Business Journal Posted: 26 Aug 2009 09:26 AM PDT Traveling by air around Thanksgiving and Christmas this year will cost about 17 percent less than last year nationwide, according to fare experts at Microsoft Corp.'s Bing Travel search engine. But compared with the holiday season two years ago, air fares are either the same or slightly more expensive. Expect to see fuller planes with lower ticket prices this year, according to Bing Travel, and don't expect to see air fares decreasing as the holidays near. "Airlines have cut capacity to the point that we will see pretty full planes, but at least for now, fares are still depressed. Early signs of a rebounding economy could increase consumer demand, pushing fares back up," said Joel Grus of Bing Travel in a statement. Bing Travel added that hotel rates have fallen from last year in all major cities except Honolulu. Rates in New York have fallen as much as 30 percent and Chicago hotel rates have fallen as much as 21 percent from last year.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Auto Travel Over Labor Day Holiday Is Expected to Drop - Wall Street Journal Posted: 26 Aug 2009 09:55 AM PDT By DAVID BIRDNEW YORK -- The number of Americans traveling by car over the Sept. 3-7 Labor Day holiday weekend is expected to drop 11.8% from a year earlier, motorist group AAA said Wednesday. That translates to 4.4 million fewer Americans traveling the roads in the weekend that signals the end of the peak summer-driving season. The drop is due to the weak economy and the lateness of the holiday in the month. With Labor Day falling on Sept. 7, many children will be back in school, limiting the potential for travel. Last year, the holiday fell on Sept. 1 and total travel by all methods jumped 26% from a year earlier. AAA said 39.1 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more over the holiday period, down 13.3%, or 6 million, from a year ago. Travelers by auto will account for 84% of all travel, up from 82.7%, from a year ago, as gasoline prices hold about 25% to 30% below a year ago. Still, the average number of miles traveled will drop to 645 miles from 888 a year ago, but is expected to be up from 614 miles on the July 4 holiday weekend. Last Labor Day weekend the nationwide average price of self-serve, regular gasoline dropped to $3.68 a gallon after peaking at a record of $4.11 a gallon on July 17, AAA said. The lower cost of fuel helped spur Labor Day travel to a high level. This year, AAA expects the nationwide price to average $1 a gallon less than a year ago, at near $2.60 a gallon. Only 1.5 million travelers will take to the skies over the Labor Day weekend, down 20% from 1.8 million in 2008. That's the fewest number this decade. "In addition to the lateness of the Labor Day holiday and the impact of the recession," AAA said, the decline reflects continued cuts in capacity by airlines. Write to David Bird at david.bird@dowjones.com  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Holiday air travel expected to cost 17 percent less this year, say ... - Birmingham Business Journal Posted: 26 Aug 2009 10:16 AM PDT Traveling by air around Thanksgiving and Christmas this year will cost about 17 percent less than last year, according to fare experts at Microsoft Corp.'s Bing Travel search engine. But compared with the holiday season two years ago, air fares are either the same or slightly more expensive. Expect to see fuller planes with lower ticket prices this year, according to Bing Travel and don't expect to see air fares decreasing as the holidays near. "Airlines have cut capacity to the point that we will see pretty full planes, but at least for now, fares are still depressed. Early signs of a rebounding economy could increase consumer demand, pushing fares back up," said Joel Grus of Bing Travel, in a statement. Bing Travel added that hotel rates have fallen from last year in all major cities except Honolulu. Rates in New York have fallen as much as 30 percent and Chicago hotel rates have fallen as much as 21 percent from last year. The Redmond, Wash.-based computer giant (NASDAQ: MSFT) bought Seattle-based Farecast last year and incorporated many of the online airfare prediction site's features into Bing Travel.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Traveling preacher arrested for stalking - Newsday Posted: 26 Aug 2009 06:13 AM PDT LAKE CITY, Ark. (AP) — Police in Lake City say a 24-year-old man traveling across Arkansas and preaching has been arrested for sexual indecency with a child and Internet stalking. Police Chief Winred Saffell says Joe Ellis was arrested about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday after police in Alexander notified him of a felony warrant for his arrest. Saffell says Ellis is accused of inappropriate online contact with a person he believed to be a minor. Saffell says the person was an undercover Alexander police detective. Ellis is being held in the Saline County jail and scheduled to be in court Wednesday for a bond hearing. ___ Information from: KAIT-TV, http://www.kait8.com/ Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| AAA forecasts less Labor Day travel - Charleston Daily Mail Posted: 26 Aug 2009 10:02 AM PDT
NEW YORK (AP) - Fewer people will take a vacation this Labor Day weekend than last year, though cheaper gasoline and an abundance of special holiday deals still promises to make it a busy weekend at airports and on the highway, auto club AAA said Wednesday. AAA estimated that 39.1 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between Thursday, Sept. 3 and Monday, Sept. 7 as part of a survey of 1,350 American households. That's six million fewer travelers than last year, but it's more than the number of travelers who took to the roads from 2004 to 2007. "With Labor Day falling almost a full week later in 2009, many children will have returned to school," the auto club said in its report. However, "this year's Labor Day holiday travel is expected to show that the pull of the last long weekend of summer is stronger than the poor employment picture and the potential overlap with the school year. In fact, it just may be that many Americans are starting to feel a little more economically secure overall, leaving them freer to travel." Gas prices also have dropped compared with last year. A gallon of regular unleaded is $1.05 cheaper than it was last year, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. IHS Global Insight conducted the survey on behalf of AAA.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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