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Released: March 14, 2011
Gas prices put brake on spring break for many
Source: Laura Bly, USA Today
University of Iowa sophomore Jimmy Novak didn’t let $3.50-a-gallon gasoline prices keep him from making a spring break pilgrimage to Daytona Beach, Fla., with his fraternity brothers last weekend.
But the prospect of $50 fill-ups did alter his behavior: “We’re squeezing five people in a car to save money on gas, and we made a ton of sandwiches before we left instead of stopping for fast food,” says Novak. “We just told ourselves it’s going to cost a pretty penny.”
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