Holiday Travel Numbers

AAA forecasts 91.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holiday travel season, a 1.4 percent increase over last year. That travel number would be the second highest in the past decade and represents 30 percent of the total U.S. population. AAA defines the Year-End holiday travel season as Friday, December 23, 2011 to Monday, January 2, 2012.

Fifty-nine percent of intending travelers feel the economy has either no impact on their travel plans or they feel like things have improved for them. The remaining 41 percent state an intention to scale back travel plans due to economic concerns.

The current national average price for regular unleaded gasoline is approximately $3.26 per gallon, 28 cents more than one year ago.