It's my pleasure to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show, where our mission is to serve

you and empower you so you make better financial decisions in your life.

One thing you're able to afford is travel, whether it's near or far.

The second wave of summer bookings is upon us, and I'm going to give you an update on

what you should be looking for, what you should expect.

Also, this episode, something that's not fun to talk about at all, the possibility of us

having a recession.

I want to tell you though, this is not a grim kind of scenario I'm going to paint.

I want to tell you what you need to know if the economy does slow.

Well, was that a Dr. Su's book just rhyming like that?

So there are some signs that the economy is slowing and some discretionary spending is being

throttled back.

So far, it is hit or miss reports, but I'm noticing that things like hotels for later this year,

including later this summer, the prices are dropping.

Airfare always drops for travel after the 15th of August, for trips after the 15th of August.

And if you looked at the cost of travel for earlier in the summer, from Memorial Day,

holiday weekend, through about now, gosh, shocking how expensive everything has been.

But when you look a month from now and you look mid-August and later and you look at

what prices are, they're so much better.

I'm seeing the trend and it's you're my friend completely with looking at booking travel.

I am completely a Dr. Su's book today.

Really?

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