AAA Travel Projects Increase In Labor Day Travel
Monday, August 31st, 2015 -- 10:26 AM
AAA Travel projects 35.5 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Labor Day holiday weekend, the highest travel volume for the holiday since 2008 and a one percent increase over last year.While 86 percent of all travelers will celebrate the holiday with a final road trip before summer comes to a close, air travel is also projected to grow 1.5 percent this Labor Day. Over 2.6 million travelers are expected to travel by air, making this the largest volume of air travel since 2007 for this holiday period.
The Labor Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, September 3rd to Monday, September 7th.
In Wisconsin, more than 760,000 people will be traveling for the holiday weekend, which is a 1.8 percent increase from 2014. Gas prices across Wisconsin are down significantly as well from $3.43 in 2014.
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