Vacation Travel Costs To Increase Due To Demand, Rising Fuel Costs – WESH 2 Orlando

YOU’LL NEED A SHOT EVERY YEAR, SORT OF LIKE THE FLU SHOT. THE MEETING IS SET FOR APRIL. AS WE SEE COVID NUMBERS GO DOWN AND RESTRICTIONS GO AWAY NATIONWIDE, MANY ARE LOOKINGO T TRAVEL THIS SUMMER. EXPERTS BELIEVE NUMBERS WILL BE CLOSE TO WHAT WE SAW PRE-PANDEM.IC STEWART: SO WHATO D YOU NEETOD DO BEFORE YOU GO? MICHELLE: FROM MINNESOTA, JUDY DAVIS AND DAUGHTER RAINA COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A NICERAY D IN THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. NEXT MONTH, RAINA JOINS THE AIR FOE. >> MY LAST HURH. MICHELLE: AND THE FORECAST THIS SUMMER EXPECTED TO MAKE THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY SCREAM “HOORAY,” WITH EXPERTS PREDICTING IT SHOULD BE BOINOMG. ONE REASON, MORE RELAXED COVID RESTRICTIONS. >> WE JUST WANTED GTOO OUT THERE, HAVE FUN. I THINK THERE WERE NO REMO TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS WAS REALLY HELPFUL. MICHELLE HERE ARE SOME HELPFUL : THINGS TO KNOW. HOTEL PRICES ARE GOING UP. AIRFARES FOR DOMESTIC TRAVEL ARE GOING UP. T BUWHY? PART OF ITS I DEMAND. THE OTHER PART, WELL, YOU’VE FELT IT, T.OO >> THEY ARE ALL IMPACTED BTHY E INFLATION. IMPACTS SUPPLIES, LAUNDRY, LABOR,OOD F COSTS. AND OF COURSE IT WILL GOP. U MICHELLE BECAUSE OF THE WAR IN : UKRAINE, AIRFARES FOR MANY INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS HAVE COME DOWN, ARE NOW BARGAINS, AND SOME ARE WILLING TAKEDV AANTAGE OF THEM. YOU SAID YOU WOULD. WHY? >> EXPERIENCE. I’VE NEVER BEEN. I’D GO IN A HEARTBEAT. MICHELLE PLAN TO STAY IN A : NATIONAL OR STATE PARK? BOOK NOW IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY. SPACE IS LIMITED, THEY’RE POPULAR. HERE’S WHAT IS AVAILABLE ATNE O CAMPSITE AT SILVER SPRINGS THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY. NOTHING. HITTING THE ROAD? THE GOOD NEWS, GAS PRICES HAVE DRD.PE THE BAD NEWS, EXPERTS SAY AS SANCTIONS CHOKE OFF RUSSIA’S OIL SUPPLY, THEY’LL CLIMB AGAIN. YET, MORE THAN EVER, PEOPLE SEEM WILLING TO SPEND MONEY ON A EXPERIENCE RATHER THAN THINGS. IF YOU COULD GET A FIVE CATRA DIAMOND OR A TRIP TO HAWI,AI WHICH WOULD CHOOSE? >> A TRIP TO HAIAW 100%. MICHELLE: