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Budget Travel for the Holidays"BUDGET TRAVEL"
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11/22/2004 "One industry group says this holiday travel season will be the busiest in four years. Americans are turning to air budget travel after several lean years." Jason Carroll reports on the travel resurgence. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The holiday travel season is always busy, but this year expect the skies, roads and railways to be even more crowded and expect some costs to be more too. The Frost family found that out when planning their vacation packages to Honolulu. CHERYL FROST, THANKSGIVING TRAVELER: We shopped on the Internet and we tried to get good airline tickets prices and do comparison shopping. Can't find what you need? Try a Google Web Search in the box below!
CARROLL (on-camera): You found that it`s easier to fly just a little bit before Thanksgiving? FROST: Right. And coming home a little bit later. CARROLL: The Boscos found competitive budget travel prices to Orlando, but still a little steep for their budget. NICK BOSCO, THANKSGIVING TRAVLER: Thank God I have frequent flyer mileage and stuff like that. So I put all my airline tickets on a future plan package. CARROLL: Triple-A estimates 37.2 million Americans will travel during the holidays, 3 percent more than last year. And for the first time since 9/11 slightly more than those who traveled in 2000, a record year. One reason, blame the calendar. AMY ZIFF, TRAVELOCITY: With the holidays the way hey fall both on a weekend essentially it`s not fabulous for travelers because that`s going to do the same thing to Christmas that happens on Thanksgiving which is people want to fly and take those two weekends. CARROLL: Travel experts say another reason for the increase is families feel more confident about security. Add to the equation airlines cutting some cheap airfares to remain competitive. But if you`re driving gas prices are much higher than last year, same with hotel prices. Heading to a top five destination, New York, Los Angeles, Orlando, Denver or Chicago it may cost more to get there and stay there than last year. Even so, customers keep coming. Can't find what you need? Try a Google Web Search in the box below!
GREG SAUNDERS, MANAGING DIRECTOR, CHICAGO HYATT: We`ll run the highest occupancy that we`ve run in the history of the hotel this year..... Compare budget travel airline tickets here /cheap airfares home |