Summer travel could get even more expensive

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]OPERATIONAL COSTS.

[00:00:02]OLIVIA RUBIN, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON.

[00:00:05]HIGH GAS PRICES NOT STOPPING, STOPPING PEOPLE FROM PLANNING TRAVELS FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A, 39 MILLION ARE EXPECTED TO DRIVE MORE THAN 50 MILES FOR THE HOLIDAY.

[00:00:15]GASBUDDY SAYS GAS PRICES WITHOUT A DEAL IN SUMMER AND SITE SUMMER TRAVEL COULD GET EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE.

[00:00:23]THE RISK IS THAT IF WE GO INTO PEAK TRAVEL SEASON ACROSS THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WITH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ HOLDING BACK NEARLY 18 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL EVERY DAY, THAT THERE COULD BE A SUPER SURGE IN PRICES.

[00:00:35]AS THE SUMMER STARTS TO GET UNDERWAY, GASBUDDY SAYS EVEN IF A DEAL