Morning Brew Daily Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz
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Apr 3, 2026 Summer getaways are getting scaled back as conflict-driven fuel costs push up flights and gas. Iran turns the Strait of Hormuz into a pay-to-pass chokepoint. Starbucks tries to win over baristas with bonuses and faster pay. A new weight loss pill enters the race, while Tesla wrestles with weak EV deliveries and rising inventory.
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Jonathan The Tortoise Death Hoax Fooled Major Newsrooms
- A fake X post briefly killed off Jonathan the tortoise, and major outlets published obituaries before learning he was alive.
- Toby Howell mocked the BBC for later publishing a fake-news lesson after spreading the hoax themselves.
High Fuel Costs Are Rewriting Summer Travel Plans
- Rising fuel prices are pushing Americans to trade down on summer travel rather than cancel it outright.
- Neil Freeman and Toby Howell link pricier flights and gas to shorter trips, closer destinations, and weaker GDP through lower hotel and restaurant spending.
Europe Travel Faces A Jet Fuel Squeeze
- The aviation crunch is becoming both a pricing problem and a physical fuel-supply problem.
- Neil Freeman said transatlantic fares booked 21 days out rose about $200 in a month, while Heathrow could face kerosene shortages because it gets roughly half its jet fuel from the Gulf.