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Despite higher costs for air travel and hotels, AAA projects holiday travel will be 3 percent higher than a record total set last year in Florida and 8 percent higher than over the same period in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. The auto club estimates more than 2.81 million Floridians will travel at least 50 miles from Friday through July 4.
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The 10-cent rate increase comes as more motorists take to the road.
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Florida's average daily price for a gallon of gas is the lowest it's been in three weeks.
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After gasoline prices spiked last week, they could come down as fuel outages caused by historic flooding in South Florida get resolved.
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Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ countries announced surprise plans to cut oil production by more than a million barrels per day in an effort to prop up oil prices.
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The average price fell by 10 cents last week, but those declines could level off before a slight increase next week.
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The average price of a gallon of gas was $3.29 a gallon as of Monday, the lowest price since late January.
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A AAA spokesperson says it's partially due to China's plan to reopen its economy.
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The average price dropped 12 cents last week, and some locations are seeing gas below $3 a gallon.
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AAA forecasts 2. 9 million Floridians will travel for the holiday weekend. More than 90 percent of them will drive.