AAA predicts that more than 109M people - up 34% from 2020 and only 8% below 2019 - will travel 50 or more miles from home between 23 December 2021 and 2 January 2022.
Most (100.1M) will travel by car.
Air travel is expected to be up 184% from last year's holiday season as 6.4M take to the skies.
Another 2.9M are expected to travel by bus, train and cruise combined.
Top destinations will be:
- Orlando
- Anaheim
- Las Vegas
- NYC or Kahului (tie)
- Honolulu
- Miami
- Fort Lauderdale
- Tampa
- Phoenix
- San Diego
Air-ticket prices for this week are up an average of 5% from a year ago, next week up an alarming 27%.
Mid-range daily hotel rates average $320 this week (up 36% yoy), $267 next week.
Around Boston, worst time and place to travel will be tomorrow 23 December between 1:45 and 3:45 PM on I-93 North between Quincy Market and Route 128.
Stay safe!
