Why Some Families Are Getting Priced Out of Spring Break

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  Here's your money briefing for Friday, March 7th.

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  I'm Mariana Aspuru for the Wall Street Journal.

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  The number of people planning to go on a vacation has dropped to its lowest level since 2021,

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  according to the conference board's recent consumer confidence index.

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  And many travelers say that rising prices are to blame.

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  There's threats of tariffs, inflation has been stubborn and persistent,

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  and so people are just feeling it in their budget, where they still do want to travel.

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  And we're not seeing a mass cancellation of trips, for example,

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  but people are having to work harder to make it affordable.

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  We'll talk to Wall Street Journal reporter Alice and Polly about how some travelers are doing just that after the break.

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  Hi prices are starting to impact a growing number of would-be vacationers.

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  But are there still deals out there?

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  Wall Street Journal travel reporter Alice and Polly joins me.

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  Alice and where has the rising cost of travel left everyday consumers?

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  It's left them in a spot where they need to work harder to find a deal.

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  So what we see is that wealthy Americans are continuing to spend big,

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  and they're often going to international destinations.

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  And that's why we see a lot of demand to Europe and places like Japan, for example.

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  And so what are some of the things that are fueling that?

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  There's a lot of economic anxiety right now.

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