Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Labor Day weekend holiday travel probably will decline as the U.S. summer driving season comes to a close the way it began, curbed by high gasoline prices and a weak economy.

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Michael Tringali, indicted in July along with former partner Neil Mohamed Husani and two other men on federal charges that they orchestrated an $82.8 million scheme to defraud seven banks on Florida's west coast, is seeking a federal judge's permission to travel to Atlanta as needed for business.

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It's summer's last hurrah. But fewer travelers are expected on the nation's roads. "Labor Day is a difficult travel time to get a handle on," says David Poor of AAA. "You have families that really don't travel ... because the kids are back in school."

For the first time in a decade, fewer Californians are expected to take Labor Day vacations this year, according to AAA of Northern California. About 4.3 million Californians will travel 50 miles or more this Labor Day weekend, a 1.4 percent drop from last year, said Cynthia Harris, a spokeswoman for AAA.

Labor Day travel will be down again this year--not that you'd know that in the Fredericksburg area, Local:4-Pagination

Cash-strapped travelers may finally get a break on rising hotel prices this fall — courtesy of airline cutbacks and high gasoline prices. Airlines’ service cuts and rising fuel costs have damped travel demand to several popular resort destinations. That has spurred some hotels to offer plentiful deals and to temper rate increases to woo reluctant vacationers — in an about-face from recent years, ...

Michael Tringali, indicted in July along with former partner Neil Mohamed Husani and two other men on federal charges in an $82.8 million scheme to defraud seven banks on Florida's west coast, is seeking a federal judge's permission to travel to Atlanta as needed for business.