Planning to travel? AAA expects a 7% increase over last year in people traveling 50 miles or more from home on Memorial Day weekend. It may be a sign of what to expect this summer.
The automotive and trip-planning group expects 42.3 million Americans to travel 50 miles or more from home over the holiday weekend. That's a 7% increase over 2022 or 2.7 million more people. And the group says that's a sign of what travelers should expect this summer.," said Paula Twidale, senior vice president of AAA Travel, in a statement. "This summer travel season could be one for the record books, especially at airports.
AAA's best advice is to plan ahead and have those Plan Bs and Plan Cs in effect, knowing that potentially you could run into delays or cancellations at the airport.There are a number of factors — weather, airline operations, air traffic control staffing — that are out of travelers' control, AAA spokeswoman Aixa Diaz told CNN's Pete Muntean.
"AAA's best advice is to plan ahead and have those Plan Bs and Plan Cs in effect, knowing that potentially you could run into delays or cancellations at the airport." Overall, the weekend is expected to be the third busiest Memorial Day holiday period since 2000. The overall number of expected travelers is just 1% below 2019 levels.
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