More than 79.9 million Americans will travel home over the Thanksgiving holiday period, the American Automobile Association predicted. For the first time, the AAA has expanded their Thanksgiving holiday schedule to the Tuesday before and the Monday after Thanksgiving to accurately predict the holiday flow.
Thanksgiving is one of the most popular American holidays, with the largest annual parade in New York City which has reportedly received terror threats this year . This year's projection is an increase of almost 1.7 million travelers compared to 2023 and 2 million in 2019.
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6 million people drove during Thanksgiving in 2019. According to Hertz, the highest car rental demands were recorded in Atlanta, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Oahu, Orlando, and Phoenix. Wednesday is expected to be the busiest car pickup day before Thanksgiving.
AAA has also projected a record number of people to fly, with 5.84 air travelers this season. This marks an 11% increase from 2019 despite the increase in flight prices.
Domestic travelers are paying 3% more compared to last year while international flight cost.