reporter: juan bravo is in charge of revenue at the w hllywood, he says the entire industry is struggling to hire back employees laid off during the pandemic. we are running hotels at 100% speed with 60% or 70% of the staff. we saw a lot of people in the du alternate career paths. reporter: travel across the united states is booming and busting wallets.ter: gas is gas is averaging $3.14 a gallon, the highest it s been since 2014 in some cities, it s over $5 per gallon, rental car rates are up 86%, and air travel. you have airfares going up at the rate of 10% a week. there are some coach airfares in this country now that are actually more expensive than business class fares going to europe. reporter: cbs news senior travel advisor peter greenberg says travelers are also dealing with overbooked and canceled flights. it s a perfect storm of bad planning, staff shortages, and pent-up demand roaring back earlier than anybody thought. put those three things together,