AAA: Less Holiday Travel Expected
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Updated: 11:04 PM Aug 29, 2008
AAA: Less Holiday Travel Expected
AAA is projecting a slight decrease in the number of Americans traveling this holiday weekend. It projects more than 34-and-a-third million people will travel 50 miles or more from home, down less than one percent from those who traveled last Labor Day weekend.
Posted: 11:04 PM Aug 29, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press
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AAA is projecting a slight decrease in the number of Americans traveling this holiday weekend.

It projects more than 34-and-a-third million people will travel 50 miles or more from home, down less than one percent from those who traveled last Labor Day weekend.

AAA says more than 83 percent of holiday travelers will going by car, and will of course be facing much steeper gas prices from a year ago. AAA says the average gallon of gas nationwide runs about $3.66. That compares to $2.76 a year ago.

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