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How to save on summer road trips

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With air travel costs through the roof, many Americans are planning a summer jaunt closer to home. In fact, 64% of people are doing so, in what’s being called a ‘Road Trip Renaissance.’ But as the saying goes: Be careful what you wish for. That’s because auto costs are hardly cheap, either.

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    With air travel costs through the roof, many Americans are planning a summer jaunt closer to home. In fact, 64% of people are doing so, in what’s being called a ‘Road Trip Renaissance.’ But as the saying goes: Be careful what you wish for. That’s because auto costs are hardly cheap, either.

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