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As usual, if you are driving in the southeastern U.S. Decisions made there will impact oil prices for the holidays and into the next year. All eyes are now on OPEC, which holds its annual meeting this month. This year’s hurricanes affected oil production and pushed up Thanksgiving gas prices to a three-year high of about $2.53 per gallon on average-that’s about 50 cents more than last year. Gasbuddy’s heat map for December shows highest gasoline prices out west, lowest in the southeast (Image: Gasbuddy) Thankfully, airlines have become a lot better and more liberal with change fee waivers when bad weather beckons. On the day of your flight, check in with the FAA’s map of airport delays and remember that a delay in a stormy city could affect your flight even if it’s sunny and warm outside. Be sure to sign up for flight alerts from your airline, and double check with sites like FlightAware or FlightRadar24. Now that travelers and airlines have the holiday travel drill down, only Mother Nature can stand in the way of a smooth season. Lower airfares are helping push up demand for holiday trips, and major airline trade group Airlines for America says that the number of travelers hitting the skies during the 2017 Christmas/New Year’s period will be up 3.5 percent over last year. In Canada, advance bookings are up 8.9 percent and the number of nights booked is up 18.3 percent. are up 13.3 percent, which is indicative of the higher number of travelers on the road this year. Also, bookings at hotels along major highways in the U.S. The number of nights booked is up 11 percent, which means those who are traveling are planning to stay longer. Advance bookings for the holiday season (Nov 15-Jan 15) are up 4.8 percent compared to the same time last year at Best Western’s 2,000+ hotels in the U.S.

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Look out over the sparkly city from the Best Western Plus Chateau Granville in Vancouver (Photo: Best Western)ĭemand is up. Why? Because with both Christmas and New Year’s Day falling on Mondays this year, the holiday season will be relatively compact, starting in earnest on Friday December 22 and ending on Wednesday, January 3. But watch out if there are winter storms on the horizon. Looking forward to the longer Christmas/New Years period, we can expect much of the same if the weather holds out. But for the most part everyone made it across the state or across the country safe and sound. Since Thanksgiving is primarily a driving holiday, with about 90 percent of all trips by car, the biggest bottlenecks were on the roads. enjoyed fine weather on the weekends before and after the big feast. That’s partly because travelers, airlines and airports have the holiday travel drill down pat these days.īut it’s mostly because the U.S. Airlines reported their best Thanksgiving performance ever. Most air travelers sailed through the busy Thanksgiving week with few hiccups.

Washington Reagan National airport decked out for the holiday travel season (Photo: Chris McGinnis)

WOW Air to Iceland in Economy Class A330.

Singapore Airlines Premium Economy SFO-SIN.

Singapore Airlines B777 Part 2 (Dining).

Singapore Airlines Part 1- B777 New biz class.

Singapore Airlines A350 – SFO-SIN: 17 moments.

Japan Airlines First Class B777 LAX-Tokyo-SFO.

Aer Lingus A330 business class (Dining).