Before booking a trip at any time of the year, ... ask if there is a public holiday weekend or school vacation during the time you wish to go. Avoid it if possible, or make firm plans well in advance.

We recommend you take out as much as you are going to need for a long holiday weekend.

They don't have blackout dates, but we tell customers one shouldn't expect to use them on a holiday weekend or other peak-demand days. But sometimes, they just don't hear there are restrictions.

This is a holiday weekend where people have marked off some time and set aside money for vacation. A few more bucks at the pump aren't going to dissuade them.

We've now had the weekend off and some of our small, end-of-season injuries have had a little time to heal up.

Consumers have spent the weekend with their family and they've been in the stores. They now have a holiday list going. And today is the first day that people are back at work in front of their computers,