This year is forecast to be the third-busiest year for holiday travel since 2000, with AAA estimating 112.7 million will travel 50 miles or more away from home.
The Points Guy founder Brian Kelly joins 'Mornings with Maria' to discuss the increase in holiday travel and provides tips for making it more efficient.since 2000, according to AAA.
The organization, which started tracking the data in 2000, said that it estimates 112.7 million people will travel 50 miles or more away from home during the period starting on Dec. 23 and ending on Jan. 2. The number, it said, marks an increase of 3.6 million people over last year – closing in on pre-pandemic numbers. Holiday decorations at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021.Air travel will see a 14% increaseDespite higher airline ticket prices, the demand for flights has surged, and AAA said it expects the number of people flying for the holidays to come close to 2019.
A traveler sits next to a Christmas tree looking out the window while waiting for ground transportation at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, on Dec. 21, 2021.falling on Sundays," Paula Twidale, AAA’s senior vice president of travel, said in a statement. "With hybrid work schedules, we are seeing more people take long weekends to travel because they can work remotely at their destination and be more flexible with the days they depart and return.
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