RECORD BREAKING TRAVEL EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND IN GEORGIA.

More than 103 million Americans will travel for the year-end holidays, according to AAA’s Year-End Holiday Travel Forecast. This represents a 1.5 percent increase, or 1.5 million more travelers than last year, and the highest total volume since AAA began tracking holiday travel data in 2001 say Spokesperson for the company, Mark Jenkins…

“the reason we’re forecasting more travelers than ever before is because of improvements in the economy, wages are rising, employment numbers are looking good, consumer spending is expected to remain high, and gas prices are low.”

The vast majority of travelers—93.6 million people—will take a holiday road trip, an increase of 1.5 percent over last year and over 5 millions of those are expected to be from Georgia where the Travel increase is forecasted to be more than double that of the national average.

 

With record travel numbers expected in Georgia this holiday season Jenkins offers a few tips for those taking to the roadways for their Christmas destination…

“Try to get plenty of sleep before you hit the road, leave early if you can so that you’re not in a hurry, also while behind the wheel, minimize distractions, put down that cell phone and focus on driving.”

Air travel is also expected to increase by 2.5 percent this year, as more than 6 million Americans will flying to their holiday destinations