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More Californians to Travel This Holiday Weekend

The state Automobile Association said there'll be a 0.2 percent increase over last year in the number of people who travel more than 50 miles this three-day weekend.

People who travel this Memorial Day weekend will have plenty of company.

The California State Automobile Association estimates 4.2 million Californians will travel more than 50 miles this holiday weekend.

That is a 0.2 percent increase over last year.

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Of those Californians who travel, 3.5 million are expected to drive. That's 0.4 percent less than a year ago.

Another 460,000 will fly. That is 11 percent higher than last year. That's despite the fact air fares nationwide are 14 percent higher than a year ago.

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Almost 200,000 will travel by rail, bus, watercraft or other modes. That's a 12 percent decrease from last year.

The average hotel rate at Three Diamond lodgings, according to CSAA, is $148 per night.

Gas prices are also higher than a year ago.  Currently, the average cost for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $4.08. That's 10 cents less than it was a week ago, but a dollar higher than it was on Memorial Day 2010.


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