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Summer vacation plans may change: Travelers say inflation is impacting 'absolutely everything'
USA TODAY
![Brandie Pizzute, right, and her three kids -- Kayleigh, Kaden and Isabella -- during a "staycation" in Alaska in November of 2020. Hawaii will be the first "real" vacation Pizzute will have with her three kids that doesn't include a visit to friends or family.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2022/06/13/USAT/07add2fd-3d4e-427a-9084-9bd32ffddb8f-pizzute_family_2.jpg?width=660&height=526&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Brandie Pizzute is just weeks away from her first Hawaiian vacation. While she should be daydreaming of her upcoming snorkel tour or a day of zip lining above tropical landscapes, the 42-year-old from Fairbanks, Alaska, can’t keep inflation off her mind.
Pizzute and her three kids will be flying to Oahu this month – a trip spurred by Pizzute’s spring tax return. But costs are adding up fast; she's about $3,000 over her $10,000 budget and is trying to find cut expenses by limiting excursions.
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