Should you fly or drive on your next trip? Here's how to decide.

Make the best choice for your wallet

Plane flying in the sky above a car driving down on a road
Traffic and gas prices versus flight cancellations and high ticket prices
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Sometimes, a destination is far enough away that booking a flight is the obvious travel choice. For other trips, it can be less clear whether flying or driving is the better way to go. 

Given the pros and cons of each option, "picking your mode of transportation can feel like a double-edged sword," said The Washington Post. While "on one hand, you have traffic, fuel costs and a rental car shortage to deal with when driving … on the other, you have flight cancellations, long lines and high ticket prices."

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Becca Stanek, The Week US

Becca Stanek has worked as an editor and writer in the personal finance space since 2017. She previously served as a deputy editor and later a managing editor overseeing investing and savings content at LendingTree and as an editor at the financial startup SmartAsset, where she focused on retirement- and financial-adviser-related content. Before that, Becca was a staff writer at The Week, primarily contributing to Speed Reads.