Your Labor Day Holiday Weekend Travel/Road Trip and Gas Price Stories
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More Americans are expected to take to the roads this upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend than did during this year's Fourth of July holiday timeframe, with 84% traveling by road. This year's Labor Day road trips are projected to be the third-highest of the Labor Day holidays in this decade, AAA reports, although lower than last year when gas prices plummeted from last summer's $4.11 high in July.
As you are developing your holiday weekend travel stories, please consider using some of the resources from the Alliance to Save Energy's Drive $marter Challenge campaign for the following angles:
Money-saving road trip tips. The Alliance offers fuel efficiency driving and vehicle maintenance tips that can significantly cut gasoline costs in this tough economy -- http://nonflash.drivesmarterchallenge.org/media.php?id=20090821 -- from planning the trip (8 key advance tips to save money including getting a customized map with the lowest gas prices in route from the website's resources section) to conclusion.
Downloadable video to illustrate most money-saving road trip tips for TV stations and websites -- http://drivesmarterchallenge.org/broadband -- and images for print media and websites. We can also provide high-definition video overnight.
Audio fuel efficiency tips-oriented podcasts by NASCAR driver and humorous radio PSAs in English and Spanish for radio stations or websites -- http://drivesmarterchallenge.org/broadband.
