Memorial Day weekend travel: Over 42M Americans expected to take trips this summer [Video]

AAA is estimating that travel this summer “could be one for the record books,” with air travel alone exceeding pre-pandemic levels over Memorial Day weekend. 

During the three-day Memorial Day holiday weekend – the unofficial start to the summer travel season in the U.S. – more than 42 million Americans are planning to travel at least 50 miles away from home, according to the automobile club’s summer forecast. 

That figure is up 7% from 2022 and signals “what’s to come in the months ahead,” according to AAA.  

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Nearly 3.4 million travelers are expected to fly, up 11% compared to 2022. However, there will be 170,000 more travelers flying over the weekend compared with 2019 despite higher airfare costs. 

AAA projects that it will be the third-busiest Memorial Day weekend since 2000, the year it started tracking the data. Airports will be the busiest they have been since 2005, AAA added. 

“More Americans are planning trips and …