This past weekend, my husband and I traveled to beautiful Charlevoix, Michigan — that’s about a four-hour drive North of the metro-Detroit area. Totally worth it — summer and fall are both great times to visit! We drove up to attend a friend’s wedding. Unfortunately, the wedding date was held during an annual summer festival in Charlevoix, and hotel rooms were in high demand. Every hotel we checked was either at capacity or cost $600 per night for a basic room. Luckily, we were able to crash with family in Petoskey, about a 20-minute drive from the wedding venue, so it all worked out.
We also noticed that food prices were exorbitantly high. We paid over $40 for just two iced teas and sandwiches for lunch. Inflation is hitting every industry hard, and most, if not all, of those increases are passed along to the consumer.