{"id":194232,"date":"2025-06-24T20:41:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T01:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=194232"},"modified":"2025-06-24T20:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T01:41:28","slug":"aaa-expects-record-july-4-travel-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/06\/24\/aaa-expects-record-july-4-travel-period\/","title":{"rendered":"AAA expects record July 4 travel period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

AAA projects 72.2 million people will travel at least 50 miles or more from home over the Independence Day holiday period from Saturday, June 28 to Sunday, July 6. This year\u2019s domestic travel forecast is an increase of 1.7 million travelers compared to last year and 7 million more than in 2019. AAA\u2019s Independence Day forecast includes two weekends instead of one to better reflect the flow of holiday travelers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSummertime is one of the busiest travel seasons of the year, and July 4th is one of the most popular times to get away,\u201d said Stacey Barber, Vice President of AAA Travel. \u201cFollowing Memorial Day\u2019s record forecast, AAA is seeing strong demand for road trips and air travel over Independence Day week. With the holiday falling on a Friday, travelers have the option of making it a long weekend or taking the entire week to make memories with family and friends.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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AAA is predicting more than 72 million people will travel during the upcoming July 4 holiday period. AAA photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Independence Day travelers by mode of transportation<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By car:<\/strong> AAA projects 61.6 million people will travel by car, a 2.2 percent increase over last year and the highest volume on record. This Independence Day holiday period is expected to see an additional 1.3 million road travelers compared to 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drivers are seeing increases at the pump, but summer gas prices are still the lowest they\u2019ve been since 2021. The Israel Iran conflict has driven up the price of oil in recent days but not dramatically. Escalation and duration of the conflict are two factors to watch. Weather is also a wild card. The Atlantic hurricane season is underway, and NOAA predicts a 60 percent chance of an above-normal season. Storms along the Gulf Coast can affect oil refineries and disrupt fuel deliveries, leading to a temporary increase in gas prices.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By air: <\/strong>The number of people traveling by air is also projected to set a new record. AAA expects 5.84 million travelers will fly to their destinations; that\u2019s eight percent of all Independence Day travelers.  This year\u2019s projection is a 1.4 percent increase over the previous record set last Independence Day week of 5.76 million air travelers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

According to AAA data, which is based on what travelers paid when they booked their July 4 trips, a roundtrip domestic flight is averaging $810, four percent more expensive than last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By other modes: <\/strong>Travel by other modes is expected to grow by 7.4 percent over last year. AAA projects 4.78 million people will travel by bus, train, or cruise. This year\u2019s number is just shy of the 2019 record of 4.79 million. Cruising is driving the popularity of this category, particularly this time of year, when Alaska cruise season is in full swing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent staff\/submitted information AAA projects 72.2 million people will travel at least 50 miles or more from home over the Independence Day holiday period from Saturday, June 28 to Sunday, July 6. This year\u2019s domestic travel forecast is an increase of 1.7 million travelers compared to last year and 7 million more than in […]<\/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-194232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 19:16:22","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\/194232","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=194232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194234,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194232\/revisions\/194234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}