How does 100 bucks effect a couple thousand dollar trip? If you can't afford that extra gas increase....you cant afford the trip. period. Harsh truth, but if you are dropping a couple grand on a vacation but think otherwise because gas will be 100 dollarsmore....you shouldnt go in the first place.

I think it is the media playing up this recession idea that has hurt everyone booking trips. People are scared to spend their money right now when they turn on the news and hear about how Bush screwed up yet again and to run for the hills with your money in your pocket. I sometimes wonder if the economy wouldn't have taken as bad of a dip here recently if it wasn't for the negative media scaring folks and making matters worse.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_home_page.html
Gas is up less than a dollar from a year ago, no matter where you are from. Hard to see how prices double on some folk.


What it is really hurting right now is airlines and trucking companies. Diesel fuel sucks, and alot of truckers are calling it quits cause they can't make ends meet anymore. I think Schultzy said heis starting to experience the wrath of diesel fuel costs.
Read up on the airlines though, they are going out of business left and right. Pretty soon only the few huge name ones will be left.
A Boeing 747 operates on an average of 3200 GALLONS PER HOUR. With Jet Fuel up around 5 and 6 dollars per gallon now you can see why they are going under. It burns just under 20,000 in fuel in onehour of flight. according to those numbers. Don't know how reliable the source is though. I did see it on the news recently and it was very similar. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_th...e_a_Boeing_747