AAA predicts more than 109 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more for the Christmas and New Years holidays an almost 34 percent increase from 2020. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmusz says the big jump in holiday travel doesn’t come as a surprise. Jarmusz says the increase is slightly less than it was for the Thanksgiving holiday. The dramatic bounce-back, 27.7 million more travelers than the 2020 holiday period bring’s this year’s numbers in line with 2017 figures, and just eight percent shy of the record set in 2019. Jarmusz says holiday travel in Wisconsin is expected to rebound 32-percent. Meanwhile, Jarmusz says gas prices continue their slow seasonal descent, The worst travel times are projected to be in the afternoons on December 23 and 24, and again on the 30th and January 2.
