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A lot of people travel for Christmas so how busy will traveling be for Christmas this year? In this article I will be telling you how busy traveling was in the U.S. for ThanksGiving, some estimates for how busy it will be, and how busy it might be for cars compared to planes.
First of all for ThanksGiving this year the U.S. had one of the busiest travel seasons ever for the US and seeing how busy it was traveling for ThanksGiving makes me wonder how busy it will be for Christmas. But CBS News says “More than 55 million people were expected to head at least 50 miles to their Thanksgiving destination between Wednesday, Nov. 22 and Sunday, Nov. 26, and more than 49 million of them were expected to drive, according to AAA.”
Secondly, Christmas is expected to see heavy travel but what days should people travel on? About 3-4 days before and after Christmas are expected to see heavy travel and also the 2 days after Christmas are expected to see heavy travel. “Most people are predicted to fly out for their holiday trips on Thursday, Dec. 21, and Friday, Dec. 22. And expected to return home on Thursday, Dec. 28, and Friday, Dec. 29. Travelers can anticipate up to 3.7 million travelers at airports on these days.” says USA Today. “The two days after Christmas see heavy travel. Says The Daily Progress. And since Christmas falls on a Monday this year, that might mean an abnormally busy Tuesday and Wednesday of that week.
Lastly for Christmas when people travel for Christmas most people either travel by car or by plane. So which one will most likely be busier? The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (.gov) says that “Most long-distance holiday travel, about 91 percent, is by personal vehicle, such as by car and only 5 to 6 percent of holiday trips are by air.” Also AAA Newsroom says that, “Airports are expected to be the busiest they’ve ever been over the Christmas and New Year’s travel period. AAA projects 7.5 million air travelers this holiday season, surpassing 2019’s record of 7.3 million passengers. AAA also expects 115.2 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the 10-day year-end holiday travel period.”
So now you know how busy traveling was around ThanksGiving, What days are likely to be the busiest for traveling, and how busy it will be to travel for flying and for driving you might have an easier time deciding when and how to travel.
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