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What it amounts to, for two persons traveling together, is an additional $6.50 a day.
The total needed for essentials, per Rappahannock County couple, on the basis of the AAA findings, is now $46 a day. This compares with the $39.50 that was considered adequate in 1969. This assumes that they will average 300 miles a day and get 14 miles to the gallon of gas. The $46 is budgeted as follows: meals and snacks, $16, which is $2 more than in 1969, lodging, $17, an increase of $3, gas and oil, $9, up 50 cents, and tips and miscellaneous items, $4, or $1 more than before.
How much a couple may spend over and above these amounts-for amusements, recreation, souvenirs and other purchaseswill depend upon their means and their desires. While considering travel costs, the question that also arises, for Rappahannock County car owners, is the more fundamental one of how much it is costing them per year to own and operate their
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