Reports of New Mexicans and would-be visitors changing their Labor
Day weekend travel plans mounted on Friday as $3-plus gasoline spread
across the country.
Hospitality industry groups said they were receiving cancellations
and estimated that reservations for rooms and meetings at hotels and
motels in several New Mexico cities were down as much as 10 percent
for the holiday weekend.
The statewide average price of a gallon of regular unleaded
gasoline jumped nearly 23 cents in a week to hit $2.89 on Friday.
That's the biggest weekly increase ever, said AAA New Mexico
spokeswoman Jeannie Chavez.
Albuquerque's new record price was $2.89 on Friday, up 12.7 cents
overnight. The Santa Fe area's ...