Yes, it was the same with us, we could not afford it when growing up, nor when our children were small, but we had many wonderful road trips.
We only had one airline back then, once more commercial airlines opened, competition was stiff so you could get local flights for next to nothing.
It often worked out cheaper than driving, so we would hop on a flight to visit our sons in Johannesburg.
COVID sadly closed many of them down, but flights are still more affordable than back then.
I used to love looking at the paper maps, and working out routes😉
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Road trips were so much fun back then! In 70's and 80's America there were still lots of unique shops and restaurants on the roadside, today it's mostly franchises. We used to get these maps called TripTiks for longer roadtrips. Navigation apps have all but put them out of business. They were great because they included trivia about the places you were driving through and hotels/restaurants/attractions.
)I can't believe how much the price of airfare has increased since Covid. Overseas flights are 2-5x more from the US.
There's also only franchises here at the rest stops, one has to turn off the highway to see quaint shops.
Gosh, that is a huge price increase! COVID killed so many facets of life!