AAA Estimates Top Vacation Travel on Georgia Roads – WSB-TV Channel 2

AAA More than 3.5 million Georgians will travel 50 miles or more from home for the holidays this year.

This is a record high for the year-end holiday travel season in Georgia – an increase of nearly 113,000 people over last year.

National travel figures are also stronger than last year, but slightly lower than before the pandemic.

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AAA estimates 112.7 million Americans will travel during the year-end holidays.

That’s an increase of 3.6 million from the previous year, and the third largest increase since AAA began tracking it in 2000.

About 90% of vacation travelers will travel to their destination and air travel will increase by 14% compared to last year, with approximately 7.2 million Americans expected to fly.

Low prices because the pump is helping drivers.

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The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Georgia on Sunday was $2.88. That’s 27 cents per gallon less than a year ago.

“Since most Americans have made their holiday travel plans, these lower pump prices may not affect many automobile travelers,” said Monterey Waiter, a spokesman for AAA, the auto club group. “We often see consumers reallocating their increased savings; spending more on hotels, shopping and dining.

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While gasoline prices are down from last year, airfares are up 6 percent and hotels are up 5 percent from last year.

Car rentals saw the biggest drop in prices compared to last year, down 19 percent.

For AAA travel forecast purposes, the year-end holiday travel period is defined as the 11-day period from Friday, December 23rd to Monday, January 2nd.

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