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Nearly 71 Million People Expected To Travel Over July 4th Week
AAA | June 20, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC (June 20, 2024) – AAA projects 70.9 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the Independence Day holiday travel period*. For the first time, AAA looked at the entire July 4th week, plus the Saturday before and the Sunday after the holiday. This year’s projected number of travelers for that time period is a 5% increase compared to 2023 and an 8% increase over 2019. “With summer vacations in full swing and the flexibility of remote work, more Americans are taking extended trips around Independence Day,” said Paula Twidale, Senior Vice President of AAA Travel. “We anticipate this July 4th week wi...
Move Over Millennials – Boomers Plan to Travel More Than Any Other Generation This Summer
DK Shifflet | May 31, 2017
McLean, VA, May 31, 2017 – More than three out of five U.S. residents plan to take at least one leisure trip this summer and 37% of those travelers will be Boomers, which is a 2-percentage-point increase over 2016. "Those who think Millennials are replacing Boomers as the most-traveled generation are wrong, because, once again, Boomers will be the single largest traveling generation this summer," states Cheryl Schutz, vice president, products and services at DK Shifflet. Historically, Boomers, which are people born from 1946 to 1964, and Traditionals, which refers to people born before 1946, have taken longer summer trips than th...
