Hitting the Road for Summer Travel? Sticker Shock at the Pump Is Going to Burn: What to Expect

Planning that dream trip just got a lot more complicated.

The gas price will keep on increasing. What our summer travels look like? Different experts have different estimation. All of them believe the gas price will be higher than $5 across the country before the end of June. Jacob Lund/Shutterstock

By Amanda Breen

With the first day of summer arrived, many hopeful vacationers are considering their options for the season—some enthusiastic about their first real chance at travel after more than two years of pandemic-induced lockdowns and restrictions.

But planning that dream trip just got a lot more complicated; between exorbitant airfares, rising vacation rental scams, and, of course, the subject that’s been on everyone’s minds for months: increasingly high gas prices. This month alone, 28 U.S. states saw record-high gas prices—with no clear end in sight.

What Is the Average U.S. Gas Price

Per AAA, the national average for regular gasoline rose to an all-time high of $4.715 a gallon on June 2. That means that, in the past month alone, average gas prices have increased by 48 cents, and a tank of gas now costs 32 percent more than it did on the day prior to Russia’s attack on Ukraine.