The Fourth of July weekend is expected to bring out the traveler in the normal American with tens of millions of them choosing to travel in what promises to be the busiest three-day travel weekend in recent history.
It seems that people have chosen to ignore the recent hikes in fuel prices. The American Automobile Association, AAA, says that almost 40.3 million Americans are expected to travel this weekend. This is better than the 39.4 million travelers who left their homes for the Fourth of July holiday last year.
Sandra Guile, the public relations coordinator at the AAA said that higher gasoline prices and increased hotel charges will not deter the average American from setting out this weekend, “This will not only be the most heavily traveled Fourth of July ever, but this long weekend will actually put more American vacationers on the road than even the granddaddy of holiday travel weekends -Thanksgiving,” she said. Hotel prices in June stood at $90.40 a night. This was a 5.3 percent increase from the $85.87 a year ago. Smith Travel Research released this data.
The AAA estimates that almost 33 million travelers will hit the roads after filling their gas tanks even though prices have jumped by 21 cents as compared to last year. The AAA’s Leisure Travel Index adds that it is not only the gas prices that have soared but also car rentals, which have risen by 12.8 percent this year.
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Some 40.3 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home during the long Fourth of July weekend - the highest total ever for a holiday weekend, according to AAA Oklahoma.
About 33.9 million Americans, or 84 percent, will travel by motor vehicle, a 2.6 percent increase from the 33.1 million who took to the roads last July 4. Another 4.6 million plan to travel by airplane, up 4.2 percent from a year ago. A projected 1.8 million Americans will reach destinations by train, bus or other mode of transportation.
"This will not only be the most heavily traveled Fourth of
More Americans will travel this Fourth of July holiday than have ever traveled for a holiday weekend, according to AAA's holiday travel forecast. AAA estimates that 40.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday, a 2.8 percent increase from the 39.2 million who traveled last year.
Approximately 33.9 million travelers (84 percent of all holiday travelers) expect to go by motor vehicle, a 2.6 percent increase from the 33.1 million who drove a year ago.
Another 4.6 million (11 percent of holiday travelers) plan to travel by airplane, up 4.2 percent from the 4.4 million
Leisure travel will increase more than 2% this summer, with Americans expected to take some 328 million trips to destinations more than 50 miles from home, compared to 320 million last summer, according to the Travel Industry Association of America.
"Every sector of the travel industry will be up, up, up," said Suzanne Cook, senior vice president of research for the nonprofit organization, which bases its travel forecast on an annual survey of 1,000 Americans.
Florida, California, Nevada and New York are the places travelers would most like to visit this summer, the survey found.
Air travel is expected to increase 4%, and
Some 40.3 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles or more from home during the long Fourth of July weekend — the highest ever for a holiday weekend, according to AAA.
About 33.9 million Americans, or 84 percent, will travel by motor vehicle, a 2.6 percent increase from the 33.1 million who drove a year ago. Another 4.6 million will travel by airplane and 1.8 million by train, bus or other means.
“This will not only be the most heavily-traveled Fourth of July ever, but this long weekend will actually put more American vacationers on the road than even the granddaddy
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The travel warning has been renewed in view of the "ongoing security concerns" about possible terror attacks.
"This travel warning is being reissued to remind U.S. citizens of ongoing security concerns in Pakistan... Due to on-going concerns about the possibility of terrorist activity directed against American citizens and interests, the Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens to defer non-essential travel to Pakistan," a Department advisory yesterday said.
"The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad and the consulates
