Biden Gas Prices Killing Thanksgiving, Only 32% Can Afford to Drive to Family Gatherings
Bidenflation is killing Thanksgiving, as only 32 percent of respondents to the annual Gas Buddy poll said they can afford the high cost of driving to another state for a family Thanksgiving gathering.
Fewer Americans than ever are planning to travel any great distance to far flung family gatherings this Thanksgiving.
With gas set to average $3.35 a gallon — and will be as high as $7.00 a gallon in some places — Americans just can’t afford to drive to grandma’s house for Thanksgiving dinner, the Gas Buddy survey noted.
“Over half of Americans cite high gas prices for tapping the brakes on travel, survey indicates 51% fewer to travel for Thanksgiving compared to 2019,” the survey released on Tuesday said.
“Similarly to last year, motorists are contending with a rise in COVID cases ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday when many drive to celebrate with friends and family. Only this year, we’re also just cents away from the highest Thanksgiving gas prices ever recorded,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. “With global oil demand surging this year as the pandemic has eased, we find ourselves in unfamiliar territory — some of the highest Thanksgiving gas prices on record. Americans are responding to the prices by slamming the car door shut and staying off the road.”
Fifty-one percent of respondents said that gas prices are preventing them from making plans to travel over Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Gas Buddy found that COVID is falling out of America’s calculations for the holidays, too.
Three-quarters told GasBuddy that the virus won’t impact their holiday plans this year, and that is up from 46% who said it wasn’t a factor last year.
Half also said that gas prices are impacting their driving plans and 78 percent said that they would drive more if gas prices were lower.
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