According to the Transportation Security Administration and AAA, this could be a record breaking Thanksgiving for traveling.
The TSA expects to screen 18.3 million people at U.S. airports during the same seven-day stretch. That would be 6% more than during the same days last year but fit a pattern set throughout 2024. They also predicts that 3 million people will pass through airport security checkpoints on Sunday alone; more than that could break the record of 3.01 million set on the Sunday after the July Fourth holiday. Tuesday and Wednesday are expected to be the next-busiest air travel days of Thanksgiving week.
If you're driving, you'll have a lot of company with AAA predicting that nearly 80 million Americans will drive at least 50 miles from home between Tuesday and next Monday. Most of them will travel by car.
Drivers should get a slight break on gas prices. The nationwide average price for gasoline was $3.06 a gallon on Sunday, down from $3.27 at this time last year.
Busiest days to drive? Today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday), with the best travel day actually being on Thanksgiving.
Wherever, or however you go... safe travels.