Holiday road trips up 3.5 percent to 37.6 million people. Despite a rising national gas price average that is inching closer to the $3 per gallon mark, the vast majority of holiday travelers will drive to their destinations this holiday weekend according to AAA. For these motorists, INRIX, a global transportation analytics company, expects travel […]
AAA Predicts Record One-in-Three Americans Will Travel this Holiday Season
More than 102 million people will take a holiday road trip. Gas prices at lowest levels in December since 2016. AAA forecasts that more than one-third of Americans will travel this holiday season. The record-breaking 112.5 million travelers taking to the nation’s runways, roads and rails for the year-end holidays represents a 4.4 percent increase […]
AAA Projects Highest U.S. Thanksgiving Travel Up 4.8% Over Last Year
48.5 million Americans plan road trip over the holiday. AAA projects 54.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 4.8 percent increase over last year. The 2018 holiday weekend will see the highest Thanksgiving travel volume since 2005, with 2.5 million more people taking to the nation’s roads, […]
AAA Report Nearly 47 Million Americans Will Set New Independence Day Holiday Travel Record
A record-breaking 46.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Independence Day holiday, an increase of more than 5 percent compared with last year and the highest number since AAA started tracking 18 years ago. For the 39.7 million Americans planning a Fourth of July road trip, a 5.1 percent […]
Record-Breaking 107 Million Americans to Travel During Holidays
Travel by automobiles up 3 percent over 2016. AAA forecasts 107.3 million Americans will take to planes, trains, automobiles and other modes of transportation during the year-end holiday period from Saturday, Dec. 23 through Monday, Jan. 1. This will be the highest year-end travel volume on record and a 3.1 percent increase in travel volume […]
Nearly 51 Million Americans to Travel This Thanksgiving, Highest Volume in a Dozen Years
Road trips account for 89 percent of all travelers, Travel times could be more than three times longer over the holiday week AAA projects 50.9 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 3.3 percent increase over last year. The 2017 holiday weekend will see the highest Thanksgiving travel […]
AAA Predicts Record Travel for Independence Day Holiday Weekend
44.2 Million People Expected to Travel Independence Day Weekend. Americans driving up 2.9 percent over last year. This Independence Day, a record-breaking 44.2 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home, taking to the nation’s roads, skies, rails and waterways to honor the red, white and blue. With 1.25 million more travelers […]
Memorial Day Travel at Highest Level Since 2005
AAA projects 39.3 Million Americans are expected to travel during Memorial Day weekend. Automobile travel will grow by 2.4 percent. AAA projects that 39.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Memorial Day weekend. That is one million more travelers than last year taking to the roads, skies, rails and […]
AAA Forecasts Record Travel for the Year-End Holiday Period
Travelers taking a road trips will total 93.6 million in the U.S. during the holiday season. According to AAA, more than 103 million Americans—the most on record—are expected to travel for the year-end holidays. This represents a 1.5 percent increase, or 1.5 million more people traveling, compared with last year. This comes despite one fewer […]
AAA Projects 48.7 Million Americans to Travel this Thanksgiving
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 […]