Is the thought of going on summer vacation too much for you? Too much money, too much hassle, too much everything?

Well, you've got company.

Americans are having second thoughts about their summer vacations, according to Stephen Day, director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Economic Education.

"People think their vacation dollars won't take them very far," he said.

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