Find a great vacation location close to home on Labor Day
August 22, 2008
Can you find a great road trip for the Labor Day weekend just a tank of gas away?
Aol Travel offers locations near the following 14 U.S. cities that you can reach with one tank of gas in an average car, a Hummer, or a Prius:
- New York City
- Orlando
- Atlanta
- Detroit
- Cleveland
- San Francisco
- Denver
- Miami
- Boston
- Twin Cities
- Los Angeles
- Dallas
- Washington, D.C.
Labor Day travels will be down this year. The number of people traveling 50 miles or more will drop by 0.9 percent for the holiday weekend compared with last year, the biggest drop in at least eight years, according to AAA, a travel and auto group.
About 3.96 million people are planning to travel by plane, a decline of 4.5 percent from last year. Other modes of travel, such as train and bus, are expected to get a 12.5 percent boost with 1.8 million travelers, AAA said.
Photo: Sanibel Island, near Miami
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