Ask The Readers: Did You “Staycation” to Save Money on Gas? |
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Memorial Day weekend is over… *Sigh*… back to work. The local news last night interviewed a number of people about how they spent their Memorial Day weekend. I was surprised by the number that were really cutting down their driving to save money on gas. One family decided to cut down their vacations from 3 to 1.
My wife and I don’t drive very much for vacations. We might go 45 miles north to Napa for some wine tasting this summer. When/If we do, we’ll hopefully find a cheap motel or perhaps even camp out. We also might look into more activities in the nearby San Francisco. Even thought we’ve lived here almost two years, there’s still so much we haven’t seen.
So let’s turn the questions back to you… are you reducing your driving this summer? What is your budget for travel this summer? Do you want to punch me in the face for using a cutesy term like “staycation” in the title? Let me know in the comments.
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July 21st, 2008 at 1:19 am
As a Chinese here,”Staycation” is really new word but not new in idea.For me,that is a bridge to explain this cultural point to the English beginners!That is fun!
May 30th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Yeah, i’m totally feeling the effects. But what I’m doing is slowing down on the freeway and that’s cutting down my gas consumption a lot. I calculated it out at http://www.slowdowntosavegas.com/
May 28th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Staycation? haha. I spent so much $ on gas this weekend that I couldn’t even afford to vacation at home. I just sat on my ass and surfed the web. At least I was able to go surfing… :p
May 28th, 2008 at 9:30 am
There were a lot of people on the roads during this memorial day weekend. Luckily for them however, they were just walking, rather than driving
May 28th, 2008 at 8:48 am
We’re not much for vacationing to begin with, but I can see exactly ONE change in our vacationing plans that is related to gas prices… We’re treating my mother-in-law to a special trip to an undisclosed location in July (about a 4-hour drive)… We’re going to put five people (me, husband, his brother & sister, and “mom”) in one sedan to get there and back. If it weren’t for high gas prices, we might drive two cars down instead.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:25 am
@ Emily– that link doesn’t work for me.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:24 am
We stayed home over the weekend, and have put off visiting friends and family because of gas prices. We won’t be going to several wedding we were invited to this Spring, either, because of travel costs. Good poll.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:34 am
We actually just commissioned a Roper poll that found out that the majority of Americans will be cutting back on visiting friends and family due to gas prices. Almost two thirds said they’d cut back on driving for enjoyment, and a fourth for work (more poll results here: http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/gas-card-price-poll-1277.php. Really sad that we’re having to cut back on fun activities because of this. My family is about a three hour drive away, and I haven’t been home in a while because gas is so costly, and then once I’m there, I have to do a lot of driving to see everyone. I’m going to Europe for two weeks this summer, but fortunately I’ll be taking trains and buses most of the time.