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.
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