What Are Your Plans for Memorial Day Weekend? [POLL]
Gas prices are down and travel is expected to increase this holiday weekend.
More Americans will hit the road this holiday weekend than a year ago. And they'll have a bit more money to spend thanks to lower gas prices. Memorial Day kicks off the summer travel season, and since pump prices never reached $4 or $5 a gallon ($1.05 to $1.32 a liter), as feared, economists says travelers are likely to dine out or shop more once they pull off the road, reported the Christian Science Monitor. About 30.7 million Americans will drive more than 50 miles for Memorial Day trips, according to auto club AAA, that has an office in Framingham. That's 400,000 more than last year, a jump AAA attributes to improvement in the economy and consumer attitudes. The number of holiday travelers grows to 34.8 million when you include planes, …
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Danielle Horn
11:09 am on Sunday, May 27, 2012
(continued from previous comment) Personally, I look at Memorial Day as I do all other holidays that ask us to remember or recognize a certain person or group: we don’t need one day of the year to do that. If we only take one day, we’re doing a disservice to those who deserve our attention and reflection 365 days a year. I don’t just honor my mother on Mother’s Day, my father on Father’s Day, my … more ›