Folks in the Chattanooga area are learning this week that going home for the Holidays has never cost so much.

We spoke with travelers and experts in the field to learn more about what to expect this year.

Tennessee residents like Kent Holmes may see a difference in their holiday plans this year according to Triple A.

Inflation is out the roof and something needs to be done about it," he told us.

The busiest travel days during Thanksgiving week are usually Tuesday, Wednesday and the Sunday after the holiday.

This year, the Federal Aviation Administration expects Tuesday to be the busiest travel day with roughly 48,000 scheduled flights.

AAA spokeswoman Megan Cooper says the price of airfare is up 22% and the prices of hotels are up 17 percent from last year.

Taking a look at Thanksgiving travel, likely every part of your trip is going to be a little bit more expensive,' she says.

But Cooper says even with those rising costs, people are taking trips--but finding ways to save money.

Teresa Butler is one of many who say inflation during the holidays is causing her family to pinch pennies.

For my family, it's going to affect us in December around the holidays, because we're business owners. So the cost of diesel fuel has became impossible,' she says.

Cooper predicts more than 40 million people will travel by car this year compared to almost 5 million traveling by car and only 1.4 million traveling by cruise ship, train, or bus.

"A lot of Tennessee fans are taking a road trip this year, however, I think a lot of families likely have made those decisions of it's cheaper to fly or to just drive to that destination," says Cooper.

Travelers like Wade Higgins says this price increase is nothing new.

"Yes, things are bad. But I lived through the stuff in the 1970s when not only was gas hot, you couldn't buy it," says Higgins.

Higgins says he believes the dollars are doable.

"Adjusted for inflation gas is probably pretty reasonable," says Higgins. "I just think this is part of life, it'll pass, things will get better."

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