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617 ON YOUR MONDAY. SPRING BREAK TRAVEL SEASON IS UNDERWAY. MANY ALABAMIANS WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN TO OUR GULF COAST, BUT TRIPLE A ALABAMA SAYS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WILL BE FLYING ELSEWHERE. IN FACT, THEY SAY SOME ALL INCLUSIVE RESORTS IN THE CARIBBEAN ARE NOW CHEAPER THAN A TRIP TO THE GULF. YOU GET TO SEE SORT OF A LITTLE DIFFERENT PART OF THE WORLD. THE WATER AND THE SAND IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT DOWN THERE. EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL. SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BEACHES IN THE WORLD. AND IF YOU CAN DO THAT AND DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND SAVE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS, THEN IT’S IT’S WELL WORTH LOOKING INTO. THAT SURE IS. TRIPLE A ALABAMA EXPECTS AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE FLYING TO THEIR DESTINATION THIS SPRING BREAK. THEY ALSO SAY THE ROADS WILL BE VERY BUSY. NOW, WHEREVER YOU GO, IT WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN EVER BEFORE. TRIPLE A ALABAMA SAYS COSTS ARE UP ACROSS THE BOARD. HOTEL PRICES ARE UP ABOUT 8% FROM LAST YEAR. FLIGHTS UP 7% AND CRUISES ARE UP 27% FROM LAST YEAR. BUT DESPITE THE HIGH JUMP IN CRUISE PRICES, THEY EXPECT A RECORD YEAR FOR CRUISING. OVER 19 MILLION AMERICANS EXPECTED TO HIT THE OPEN SEAS THIS YEAR. NOW, IF YOU’RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT SPRING BREAK RUSH, WELL, CLAY INGRAM WITH TRIPLE A SAYS LATE APRIL O