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Yahoo Finance’s Kerry Hannon outlines how American travelers are already planning their holiday travel, the best dates to fly, and how to find the best deals in airfare.

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RACHELLE AKUFFO: Well, if you’re hoping to travel for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, you might want to book your flight as soon as possible. Yahoo Finance’s Kerry Hannon joins us now to break down the staggering cost of holiday travel this year. Kerry, as if we needed one more thing to worry about. Break down these numbers for us.

KERRY HANNON: Well, here we go. It’s up, up, and away. We talked to our friends over at Hopper, the travel app, and they have a new survey– a survey out this week that says, hey, guess what? The domestic fares are going to be up roughly 20% from 2019 and 40% from last year. International fares, roughly

If the summer was any indication, air travel’s hustle and bustle will carry over into the end of the year.

That’s the outlook from airlines and the tourism industry going into the fall travel season and looking forward to the winter holidays.

Hopper, a travel agency that analyzes data for airfare price predictions, is seeing strong booking demand for holiday travel after an “extraordinary” summer.

The pent-up demand after two pandemic years is in part because, for some travelers, this will be the first time they visit family for the holidays since COVID-19 erupted, said Hopper spokeswoman Lindsay Schwimer.

“Last year omicron was surging around the holiday season, so people will be eager to take holiday trips this year and see family and friends,” she said.

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The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and it may be a good time to start thinking about new toys.

With celebrations around the corner, BJ’s Wholesale Club has shared its list of the top 10 toys for the 2022 holiday season.

The selections run the gamut from educational toys to arts and crafts.

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The list includes “exclusive offerings found only at BJ’s, hot picks from leading and beloved brands and must-have toys,” per the company press release.

“At BJ’s, we love helping our members create the magic of the season for their loved ones,