Many Iowans are busy making their summer travel plans, which for some of us starts with the three-day Memorial Day weekend ahead.
Triple-A-Iowa spokesman Brian Ortner says some Iowans are having to cut back on more lavish vacations this year in favor of shorter jaunts that are closer to home.
The region includes Iowa as well as Nebraska, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri and the Dakotas. While most Iowans who will be getting away on Memorial Day will be driving or flying, there are transportation alternatives.
Triple-A says the statewide average price for a gallon of gas during Memorial Day weekend last year was three-59 a gallon. Prices today in Iowa are averaging two-93, or 66-cents a gallon cheaper. That’s part of the reason Ortner predicts a good summer travel season ahead.
Triple-A says the worst times to travel by car through Memorial Day weekend are in the afternoon and evening, with the best times later in the night into the morning hours.
story courtesy of Radio Iowa; photo courtesy of Janelle Tucker/KMCH
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