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Originally Posted by politically_correct
I worked really hard to try to find a low fare and car rental price for a trip over the Easter Holidays but completely struck out. I could not believe how expensive every thing is getting. It seems like the lowest Airfares have doubled in the last 5 years. Hotels are very expensive also. Car rentals have remained somewhat competitive but the taxes and fees are sky high. Finally with gasoline $3.50 a gallon, the costs of leisure travel is just to high for me.I understand why the costs have gone up. That is not in dispute. What I am suggesting is leisure travel by Air/rental car with hotel stays will soon be just to expensive for the middle class. It will be similar to when I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s when we just could not afford to travel by plane and rental car, so we just stayed home. Is this the life of the few middle class very soon?
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No, it just takes $100K plus to be middle class.
AirBNB is an alternative to hotels.
Airfares have not doubled in the last 5 years or 20 years. I used to fly from Chicago to New York every week and the round trip coach airfare averaged $250. This was in the nineties. It's currently $172, although that's basic economy (every little thing is extra). Plan on spending $250.
Car rentals have gone up but hotwire.com is pretty good at finding deals.
If you're traveling internationally, airfares have gone up but you didn't say anything about international.
Of course Easter weekend is more expensive! Fixed supply (they don't have extra airplanes), high demand.
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