Triple A is Projecting a Busy Holiday Travel Period

(Undated) — Triple A is projecting an increase in the number of travelers this year over last year. According to Molly Hart with Triple-A, this year’s forecast is a 2.2 percent increase over 2024, with 122.4 million Americans expected to travel at least 50 miles from home over the 13-day year-end holiday period beginning December 20 and ending January 1. She says the numbers have been increasing substantially since the pandemic year of 2020, when they “bottomed out” at 81.7 million. Of the 122.4 million holiday travelers, 6.29 million are reportedly from Illinois.