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More Memorial Day travel expected, despite high gas prices

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High gas prices at a station on the corner of Valley View Street and Chapman Avenue in Garden Grove, CA, on Monday, March 7, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - To drive, or not to drive?

This Memorial Day weekend, with surging gas prices that are redefining pain at the pump, that is the question for many Americans as a new COVID-19 surge also spreads across the country.For Marvin Harper, of Phoenix, his family’s weekend travel plans are a double punch to the wallet.

His college-age son and daughter each have a soccer tournament in Southern California and Colorado, respectively. He and his daughter will fly to Denver, rather than drive, because of the cost of fuel, while his wife and son will go to California in her SUV."My mother-in-law’s going with my wife and son to split that cost because it’s just too much on our household," said Harper, as he filled up the tank of his truck at a Phoenix QuikTrip. "We can’t afford both of us to drive.

That’s the bottom line ... Gas prices are killing our household."RELATED: Gas prices could soar just in time for Memorial Day weekend, experts sayFor some, that's exactly what's caused them to rethink their holiday plans, making them opt for a staycation in their backyard to limit the damage to their wallets.Laura Dena and her sons would typically go to Southern California around Memorial Day weekend to escape Arizona’s scorching heat.

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