Thanksgiving travel by air, boat and car is expected to hit pre-pandemic levels and break records across the board, AAA said Monday, with 79.9 million people expected to venture more than 50 miles away from home between the Tuesday before and Monday after the holiday.
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00:00Thanksgiving travel by air, boat, and car is expected to hit pre-pandemic levels and
00:05break records across the board, AAA said Monday, with 79.9 million people expected to venture
00:12more than 50 miles away from home between the Tuesday before and Monday after the holiday.
00:18Almost 2 million more people are expected to travel this year than last, with 71.7 million
00:25going by car and 5.8 million by air.
00:29Car travel is expected to overtake pre-pandemic levels. 70.6 million people drove to their
00:34Thanksgiving destinations in 2019, AAA reports.
00:38Lower gas prices have been cited as one potential reason for the 1.7 million more people expected
00:44to travel by car this year.
00:46The national average was $3.26 for a gallon of gas around Thanksgiving 2023, compared
00:53to $3.07 now, with the potential to fall below $3 per gallon before the holiday.
01:01Almost 6 million people are expected to fly domestically, up 11 percent from 2019 and
01:062 percent from 2023, despite a 3 percent increase in ticket prices in the last year.
01:13The remaining 2.3 million people expected to travel this Thanksgiving week will do so
01:17by buses, cruises, and trains, with cruise bookings up more than 20 percent compared
01:23to 2023.
01:26Next Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons are the worst time to travel by car, AAA reported,
01:30with road congestion also expected almost all day Sunday, particularly after 1 p.m.
01:37For more on this story, read Mary Roloff's article in the link in the description.