Are you ready for the best summer ever? Be ready for the most expensive summer first

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By , WWJ Newsradio 950

Summer vacation – every kid’s favorite time of the year.

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We all remember counting down the days until school let out, and making big plans with our friends and family for how we were going to make every summer “the best summer ever.”

And while kids these days are still probably making those plans, their parents may be envisioning this as likely "the most expensive summer ever."

With rising gas prices, inflation, cost of childcare, expensive entertainment and sports events -- and with seemingly everything else we buy going up in price -- the summer of 2022 could be a stressful one.

In a new episode of The Daily J podcast, WWJ’s Zach Clark crunches the numbers on what this summer might look like.

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