AAA says 43 million Americans will have hit the road, air or water for this year’s Memorial Day weekend, the second-highest since the auto club began tracking in 2000, trailing only the 2005 record.
Despite gas prices inching up to around and over $3 gallon, 1.5 million more were expected to travel this year compared to last, with a total over 43 million. Of that, the vast majority, 37.6 million, were driving, while 3.25 million bought tickets for flights, up nearly 5% from last year.
So many families have stretched the long weekend into a longer weekend or made it part of a longer break that the heaviest traffic comes on Thursday and Friday, before the weekend officially begins and doesn’t really let up until after Monday night.
