42 Million Hitting the Road this Thanksgiving

According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), gasoline prices averaging around $2 per gallon could drive an increase in highway travelers this Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving gas prices haven’t been this low in seven years, the AAA said in its 2015 Thanksgiving travel forecast. That may be one of the reasons an estimated 300,000 more people will travel during the holiday period, compared with 2014. The holiday travel period is defined as Wednesday, Nov. 25, to Sunday, Nov. 29.

Holiday travel has been creeping up for the past seven years, and this Thanksgiving, more Americans will travel than at any time since 2007, Marshall Doney, AAA president and CEO, said in a news release.

Of the nearly 47 million Americans who plan to travel for the holiday, 42 million of them will take a road trip, an increase of 0.7 percent over last year. Air travel is expected to increase by 0.1 percent, with 3.6 million Americans flying to their Thanksgiving destination. Other modes of transportation, including cruises, trains and buses, will decrease by 1.4 percent this Thanksgiving to 1.4 million travelers.

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