As summer approaches all student at San Luis Obispo High School, many students are planning on going to places outside the country for vacation.

 “My dad and I are planning to go to Japan for a few weeks once summer starts, I’m really looking forward to it,” said 2018 graduate Thor Ruzius. With the amount of people rushing to many plane ticket website to purchase their vacation plan. The price for tickets are skyrocketing with the mass demand, but something seems unusual. The prices seems to be more expensive compared to last year during the same season, and the problem seems to be due to the prices for jet fuel.

 According to an article from “Fortune” news website, the prices for jet fuel has been steadily increasing over the past year by as much as 55%. With this fact and additional mass demand for tickets, it seems like the price for vacation won’t fall any time soon.

 Some changes might include, airlines squeezing in as many people per flight as possible, while decreasing the amount of flight that would fly. Bathroom size on planes might also be smaller in order to add extra seat to make the most out of the plane. Although this seem like an extreme let down for vacation planes, but there are ways around this hike in price.

 “I got my ticket to Italy for like 500 dollars and the other two I got for relatively cheap,” said 2018 graduate Connie Moore.  “The reason I got the ticket for so cheap is because I got them way before anyone actually plan vacations and also I timing and predicting which flight is going to be cheaper with its time and date and that’s how I got mine for some cheap.”

 Although it might seems like it is more expensive than you are willing to pay, but airline won’t try to increase prices drastically unless they have no other choice. As long as you can plan your trip early and get lucky with flight tickets website, finding your next flight cheaply won’t be as difficult.