Prices for airline tickets, for example, were down 0.9% in April from a year ago, according to the latest federal inflation read. A round-trip domestic flight is averaging $306 this summer, down 19% from last year, though still 6% higher than in 2019, according to travel site Hopper. Lodging also has been more expensive this year, even within the U.S. Hotel occupancy averaged 60.6% from January though April, with per-night average rates of $152.68, according to hotel data firm STR. That's up from 63% occupancy and average nightly rates of $130.05 during the same period in 2019, and up from 58.4% occupancy and average rates of $141 a night last year. Nightly hotel rates for Maui, Hawaii, have increased more than 53% since 2019 to $535.90, the biggest percentage increase in the U.S., according to STR.

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Persons: Francesco Riccardo Iacomino, Jason Gaughan, Hopper Organizations: Deloitte, Transportation Security Administration, American Airlines, Bank of America, U.S Locations: U.S, Europe, Airfare, Maui, Hawaii, San Jose, Santa Cruz, California