Coloradans unworried on holiday travel

Coloradans still intend to take the skies and roads in great volumes on the weekend of Memorial Day, despite the rising prices of gasoline, airline tickets, and car rental rates.

Journey bookings which were materialised through AAA Colorado for the weekend are similar with 2007, and it only exhibited a very minimal decline. AAA also forwarded this shows the projected 0.01 percent decline in the volume of people in the western part of the United States, who will go on over 50 miles journey during the weekend.

AAA Colorado spokesman Eric Escudero, said this illustrates the Coloradans’ eagerness to travel during this holiday and on summer.

“People are cutting out other expenses rather than cut out vacations. Just because some costs might be higher doesn’t mean they won’t travel,” Escudero said.

In line with this, the airline fares in Denver, Colorado have also increased by 8 percent. It is also observed that gas prices have increased 44 cents compared to last year. The additional costs are imposed due to the increase of road trips. However, the increase is more logical for outings to mountain towns which are located nearby.

Moreover, the AAA said the most identified increase in costs is related with the rates of rental cars. A 10 percent increase has been evident in Denver, while it increased to 45 percent on the nationwide level. Economy hotel rates have also increased by 34 percent in this location, while a 9 percent raise has been observed all over the US.