Holiday travel will get costlier

If you want to travel during the fall or winter holidays, consumer travel experts say you ought to be checking prices now.

“This is going to one of the most expensive holiday travel seasons ever,” warns Tom Parson at BestFares.com.


Nearly all U.S. airlines are making big cuts in their schedules this fall in response to record jet fuel prices. Airlines’ domestic flying will fall about 9%in November vs. a year ago, according to a USA TODAY analysis this week of schedule data from OAG-Official Airline Guide. More cuts are likely.

The airlines’ goal is to charge higher prices for their remaining seats.

“Not only are the airlines’ prices up, rental car prices are way up, too,” Parsons says. “And the hotels are going to want to make up for the business they’re not going to get this fall.”

USA Today