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Although Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, Tuesday June 21st is the date of the actual summer solstice.  And with a three month stretch of warm weather, families everywhere are doing what families traditionally do come June, July and August:  Go on vacation.

Although we're still in recovery mode with a struggling economy, rising gas prices and employment uncertainty, that hasn't put a damper on the overwhelming majority of summer vacation plans.  Over 80 percent of those polled stated that neither poor MPG, lost luggage or grope-y TSA agents could prevent them from reaching their vacation destination.

Okay, they didn't specifically say THAT--but you get the picture...
Speaking of destinations: Did you know the top five states are Florida, California, New York, North Carolina and Texas? Check out the infographic for more summer travel stats:






Where are headed on vacation this summer?

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