Has The High Cost of Gas Ruined Your Vacation Plans?

Hello winterose, we are actually talking about that. Everything seems so high and will continue to...My husband and I are looking alternatives instead of going far this month! In that manner, we can save a lot and I know we will still enjoy it!

I will not have a vacantion this year, I had lot of work . Maybe next year..

Have been planning for a year to go to family reunion so I am going have been saving what I can for it. taking ggrand d aiughter with me and brother told me I can use moms house even if no furniture there but will save me money and I can take the aoir mattress and boom box for music!

Gas, and trying to pay off debts, ruined our vacation plans. So our summer vacation will be me, trying to make money, spend time with my girls, hubby working. There are a few places around us that's free to visit, so I plan on taking the girls to a battle field to learn about history, but one spot is supposely haunted, so my oldest will enjoy that. I wish we could afford to go on a vacation, it's been 5 years since we been on a vacation.

I would think this is what the Al Gore and his minions want for us to not go anywhere but stay at home. Yet they will be traveling to all those conventions, so until they all agree to not just take a car, but walk everywhere or use a bicycle in the winter went it is 40 below, we will be taking a vacation as usual. Oh and they have to promise to not use the internet, talk on their cell phones. If we are supposed to suffer, they have to set an example, oh and that applies to them, not to members of their families who do not believe that humans are a danger to the planet because we have global footprints. When we go on vacation, we check the prices on motels and we do take advantage of the coupons, eat at Subways, Tim Hortons, Wendys, and Taco Bell. We get those big books that shows us the best deals and take advantage of it. As for not taking a vacation, that is out of the question. We would go stir crazy, and you do need a break at least once a year, if not more. We will not be held hostage by some people who will prevent our governments from exploring new means of oil production in North America or find cheaper alternatives that do not take land out of food production. Let them suffer, not us.

i haven't had a vacation in years so i want be affected one way or the other but i'm sorry for people who are. sure there will be alot of diapointed little children , big ones to.

It really depends if the prices keep rising. As I don't expect them to go down any time soon, it probably will affect our vacation. It'll break my mother's heart, I think, but I don't have the heart to talk to her about it a few months in advance, especially since there's the tiniest chance we might be able to go anyway (it's not likely, but she's happy these days, I don't want to ruin her mood). Our vacation only lasts five days, and we've done every year since I was eleven. We camp out at a flea market and sell things. Roughing it with a solar shower and cooking our food on a mini grill, with our blankets on the cold nights...it's the most relaxation we get all year. I'm really going to miss it. The flea market is held all the way up where my grandmother lives, and we've not been able to go see her for two christmas' now because of how we've been financially, and now that we're doing a bit better on the front (not AWESOME, but better than we have been in a long time)...I'm not sure we'll be able to visit Grandma either this year.

Yes the high price of everything keeps going up.. Its a shame.. We will be going back to Penn.soon. We were just there in April and now we are going back to be with my step-daughter when she has her first baby..Will stay with my other step-daughter and her family.

Well the price of gas has gone sky high, and it is still climbing by the weeks. While I try not to drive too much these days to save money, I've not let the higher prices affect my holiday plans. In fact, a week ago I just came back from a 5-day holiday to Phuket, Thailand. I would say compared to 8 years ago when I last went there, the prices now are not that much more and most of the difference comes from airport/security taxes and fuel charges. I guess we have no choice but to bear with these higher prices because they are probably here to stay for some time.

The mini-getaway vacations... those are in jeopardy. The main, I'm gonna relax come heck or high water type vacations... nothing, not even gas prices will change that! Overall, it is sad seeing people sacrifice so much due to rising gas prices. Not only that, there are also rising food prices and rising energy prices; these too cause a sacrifice for vacations, and other things. This is beyond ridiculous...

Hello Winter! "Pleasure" drives are a thing of the past, as it is no longer a pleasure to drive anywhere! You are so right about the prices and the companies still complain that their profit is not enough. We have a trip planned in a couple of weeks to Detroit as my daughter has a competition there, so we had booked a flight back in January for this and locked in the price; however, we were planning to go somewhere during the Christmas holidays and it looks like those plans are going to be cancelled due to the high prices.

we're setting off on Monday for 5 days at delightful Whitby, a town on the North Yorkshire coast famous amongst other things for being the spot where Bram Stoker wrote Dracula. My car tank's full of diesel at the moment and it will get us there but with this tanker drivers' strike causing panic buying up and down UK at the moment it seems I'm going to have to be very careful about how much I use. It kind of casts a shadow over the whole trip. Here's hoping....

Yea agree. Although not driving is one way to reduce the expenses but it not a permanent solution for it. Public transport is a good option but even the price have also gone up significantly!! I will still consider for vacation but only on a tight budget but if planned well, it is enjoyable too...

The outrageous cost of fuel here in the UK means less money, if any, at the end of each month. Thus, less money for a vacation. It sucks! Things can't carry on this way for much longer - things will happen.

Some of my friends in California are already taking the Amtrak Train to work and to vacation. Its an affordable solution to travel and no stress sitting in traffic. Its cheaper to travel by train. I don't vacation in the summer; however, the higher price of gas means less plants are being sold this year. I'm not worried about the lack of vacation, but am joining more reward sites to help my income. Normally, we vacation in December, but this year that isn't happening. I know it would cost us $100's more this year and it would be better to put the money in our savings. I hope 2009 is better. Here is a picture of one of my water plants. I love to show it to people.

The high price of everything had ruined our vacation plans. We are on a mission to pay off some bills though so that is okay. Gas is outragious but I really don't like to go out very much anyway. We plan to take a few days off from working soon and just enjoy our time around the home. We have spent money over the years to have things to enjoy at home so we would not have to go out and pay for entertainment. I just hope for some nice weather when we decide to take some time off soon.

Yes I was planning on visiting my brother out of State but everything is just too expensive. A car rental would just kill the whole thing so I have canceled that. Maybe I can find somewhere local to go.

We don't normally take a vacation. My husband now gets paid vacation and last year he took some of his time in November and we went to our daughters and then to Ft.Worth,Texas to the NASCAR auto races. That is what we will do again this year. In the summer our grandson spends time with us so we just do things around here. We usually meet our daughter half way to get him and she will come here to get him when it is time for him to go back home and she can spend time here then also.

since I live in the vacation spot of the USA California, and I am a senior citizen on a small budget am going to 'have to just enjoy my local scenery and be happy here at home in good old tustin Ca. I right now am housebound with the remnants of shingles and a lot of discomfort but am sure it willeventually clear up and I can once more enjoy being outside again. as I am retired I really do not need a vacation altho it would be nice.

I know what you mean like we can't go far from our house sometime we have to walk to places and we now about to go on a vacation and was saving money first to go on a vacation