Expect More Crowds and Higher Prices as Summer Travel Roars Back

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🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Summer travel is on the rebound after a steep decline in 2020. But, as more people indulge the urge to travel this year, prices for gas, hotels and plane tickets have soared. That, along with ongoing concerns about the pandemic are forcing some travelers to rethink how and where they travel. Many people are hunting for new experiences like discovering a lesser-known state park or small town on the coast. We’ll talk about how summer travel has changed and what’s on your itinerary this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.7	Thank you. From KQED. From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.
0:50.3	It's been a while since we had a real summer, no?
0:53.3	Here in the Bay Area, where we've taken COVID seriously, the last two summers were not normal.
0:57.8	This year, well, it remains to be seen.
1:00.6	COVID casers are rising again, right as students are approaching the end of the school year, and the inflation.
1:06.1	About some airline tickets recently, and let me tell you, the sticker shock is real.
1:11.3	Gas prices are up too.
1:12.8	So we're talking this morning about summer travel.
1:15.5	Did you plan a summer of travel?
1:17.6	Are you going to follow through with it?
1:19.1	That's all coming up next. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. During that first pandemic summer, my family did
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