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AAA Projects 48.7 Million Americans to Travel this Thanksgiving

November 16, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Even though gas is slightly more expensive than last year, more than 89 percent of travelers will take road trip over the long holiday weekend.

AAA projects that 48.7 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving, an increase of one million travelers compared with last year. This represents a 1.9 percent increase over 2015, and the most Thanksgiving travelers since 2007. The Thanksgiving holiday travel period is defined as Wednesday, Nov. 23, to Sunday, Nov. 27.

AAA Thanksgiving Travel Forecast 2016

This year’s increase in Thanksgiving travel is spurred by improvements in the economy during the second half of the

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