Holiday travel is more expensive than last year, and travel figures are approaching pre-pandemic levels.
That means busy airport terminals and crowded highways are back. The only difference will be the price of travel, which is expected to be much higher thanks to persistent inflation.
And while Ohio’s gas prices have steadily fallen after surpassing $5 per gallon in September, the current statewide average price of $3.64 per gallon is nearly 40 cents higher than it was this time last year, according to AAA. that made headlines at the height of COVID are a thing of the past. But the Short North resident said he’s learned to go with the flow when trips are interrupted.He’s far from the only traveler experiencing a post-COVID bump in travel costs.
The Columbus Regional Airport Authority expects the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and the Sunday and Monday after Thanksgiving, to be the busiest days at the city’s two airports prior to Christmas, said Kari Hartwig, a digital media specialist for the airport authority. The authority operates John Glenn Columbus International Airport and Rickenbacker International Airport.
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