Why you should cancel your summer vacation

More than half of Americans are having second thoughts about their travel plans. Here's when you should cancel — and when you shouldn't.

Is the thought of going on summer vacation too much for you? Too much money, too much hassle, too much everything?

Well, you've got company.

Americans are having second thoughts about their summer vacations, according to Stephen Day, director of Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Economic Education.

"People think their vacation dollars won't take …