Summer weekend trips sound like fun. Here’s why they could be costly and a headache.
At the same time, inflation, high demand and other factors are driving upweekend getaways. Summer flight, hotel and rental car prices, as well as demand, are all up this year compared with 2019, according to travel company Kayak.
Mark Jackowitz planned to take a JetBlue flight from Bradley International Airport in Connecticut to West Palm Beach, Fla., in early April to attend family events, including his granddaughter’s second birthday party. He called off the trip. “I had to be back at work—and I couldn’t trust that they were going to be flying,” he says.
Max Reuben, a teacher and playwright, and his fiancée planned to fly from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Pittsburgh on May 14 to attend a wedding the next day. Their flight was canceled and they were rebooked on a flight the next day, meaning they’d miss the wedding. They hopped in a car with friends and drove about seven hours.Mr. Reuben and his fiancée decided to rent a car, which then got a flat tire about two hours away from New York City.
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