Get ready, get set, go! Holiday traffic starts next Wednesday

AAA estimates that more than 55 million travelers will venture at least 50 miles from home this Thanksgiving, the most since 2005 and the second-highest number since AAA began tracking in 2000.

This year’s projection for Thanksgiving travel, defined as the five-day period from Wednesday, November 27 to Sunday, December 1, also marks a 2.9 percent increase over last year.

As is always the case, a majority of Americans will hit the road this holiday, with AAA projecting 49.3 million travelers to rely on automobiles to reach their Thanksgiving destination in 2019. That figure signals a 2.8 percent rise from last year. Meanwhile, 4.45 million Americans are expected to fly to their Thanksgiving destination, with air travel experiencing 4.6 percent growth compared to last year.

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