{"id":161054,"date":"2022-12-14T04:41:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T09:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=161054"},"modified":"2022-12-14T12:36:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T17:36:56","slug":"aaa-projects-year-end-holiday-travel-to-increase-substantially","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/12\/14\/aaa-projects-year-end-holiday-travel-to-increase-substantially\/","title":{"rendered":"AAA: year-end holiday travel to increase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019Tis the season to travel, and AAA estimates 112.7 million people, including 4.6 million Ohioans, will journey 50 miles or more away from home between Friday, December 23, and Monday, January 2. That\u2019s an increase of 3.6 million people over last year and closing in on pre-pandemic numbers. 2022 is expected to be the third busiest year for holiday travel since AAA began tracking in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis year, travel time will be extended due to Christmas Day and New Year\u2019s Day falling on Sundays,\u201d says Paula Twidale, AAA\u2019s Senior Vice President of Travel. \u201cWith 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AAA is forecasting a sizable increase in year-end holiday travel in Ohio and nationwide, Friday, December 23 through Monday, January 2. ODOT photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 102 million Americans will drive to their holiday destinations. Despite roller-coaster gas prices in 2022, this holiday season will see an additional two million drivers compared to 2021. Travel by car this year is on par with 2018 but shy of 2019 when 108 million Americans drove out of town for the holidays, the highest year on record. The most congested days on the road are expected to be December 23, December 27-28, and Monday, January 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air travel will see a 14 percent increase over last year, with nearly 7.2 million Americans expected to fly. Flights and airports will be packed this holiday season, reminiscent of pre-pandemic days. Demand for flights has surged despite higher airline ticket prices. AAA expects the number of people taking holiday flights this year will come close to matching 2019 when 7.3 million Americans traveled by air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the distance is not reasonable to drive, more people are taking to the air to maximize the time spent at their destination,\u201d Twidale said. \u201cConversely, if the travel distances are reasonable and more than one or two people in the household are taking the trip, it may be more cost-effective to drive rather than buy multiple air tickets, rent a car, and spend too much money before the fun even begins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Other modes of transportation are also rebounding in a big way. AAA estimates travel by bus, rail, and cruise ship will rise to 3.6 million this holiday season, a 23 percent increase from last year and nearly 94 percent of 2019\u2019s volume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent staff\/submitted information \u2019Tis the season to travel, and AAA estimates 112.7 million people, including 4.6 million Ohioans, will journey 50 miles or more away from home between Friday, December 23, and Monday, January 2. That\u2019s an increase of 3.6 million people over last year and closing in on pre-pandemic numbers. 2022 is expected […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-23 10:21:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161054"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161112,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161054\/revisions\/161112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}