force winds over 60 miles per hour and then. the entire western coast of florida here in key west last time at the fourth of july the streets were attacked with tourist and people vacationing we talk to people from the state of washington, pennsylvania, new york summer leaving early because it s costing them hundreds of dollars in one person they had no choice but to stick it out. or flight got canceled tomorrow and i called six different rental car agencies and not a single one has a car, were on our honeymoon. i don t want to go home to be honest. were supposed to leave tuesday at one and that s in the middle of everything and were scared, we are leaving, we don t want to get caught in the middle. there was no cancellation policy, that s why were here. i just came from surfside florida near miami and tropical storm elsa was a big concern for the search and rescue, the
across the country at airports, and, you know, the whole system airports, rental car agencies and the like they are a bit rusty after nearly a year off of the kind of crushing travel we re used to. so what does that mean for the rest of the summer? first of all, there will be a shortage of workers almost everywhere you go in the airport. the tsa is so short of workers, they re asking for volunteers. and if they re also looking to hire 6,000 new employees, and they re offering $1,000 bonuses. not a bad deal if you re looking for a new job. overall, the tsa is projecting staffing shortages at roughly 130 airports across the country. and rental car agencies are having trouble rounding up enough cars, so that could impact your airport experience as well. and, you know, sometimes as we ve seen during the past few months, the skies are not always so friendly. frustrations over having to wear a mask and other post-pandemic
reporter: no, that s right. and look, last year, nobody wanted a rental car. the rental car agencies sold their fleets off to try to make some quick money. they now cannot replace those cars because of this semiconductor problem that we hear so much about. people are having to be very creative about how they get around the country once they land. take a listen to what brian kelly had to tell me on this. people are going to wild extremes due to the rental car shortage. we ve heard reports of people renting u-hauls and moving trucks simply because they needed to get to where they want to go and places like hawaii, there s severe uber driver shortages. you can t even rely on ride sharing apps like you used to. people are also going to car dealerships and doing extended test drives, and some car dealerships now are even renting cars to desperate people. so, if you re in a tough situation, there are ways around it, but you got to be savvy. reporter: just to bring us down a little bit
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