Some Horry county business owners said they're feeling more than pain at the pump.
Two local business owners tell News13 the high cost of gas is forcing them to come up with some creative ways to make money.
Scott Higbee, owner of A Transportation said in the last couple of months his fuel costs have gone from about $600 a week to about $1500 a week.
Higbee is putting advertisements on his vehicles to off set the cost.
He said if gas prices get any higher, he doesn't know what he'll do.
Higbee said, "I’ll have to close down I can't go into the negative and not make any money to survive it's that simple, I wouldn't be able to keep the doors open."
Jeremy Bass, with Executive Helicopters Inc., the company that's advertising on Higbee's fleet of vehicles said unfortunately, he has to pass on the high cost of fuel to his customers.
"We don't like it anymore than they do but we have to do it, we have families to feed and bills to pay just like the next guy, so we have to make the adjustment." said Bass.
Higbee said he hasn't had to increase his rates at this point, but if he's not able to transport people to and from their medical appointments, it's his customers who will suffer.
"We have people that go to dialysis that have to go, if they don't go, they're at risk of death, so I’m more concerned with the patients at this point than anything else." said Higbee.
Both men said small businesses like theirs are going to work together to batten down the hatches, ride it out, and stick it out, until hopefully the price of gas goes down.
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