AAA: Holiday travel projected to be around pre-pandemic levels
TRAVEL HOLIDAY LANDSCAPE.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
WE MAY GET A
GLIMPSE OF THE TRAVEL IN A
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
TIFFANY IS WITH US FROM AAA AND
JOINING US TO BREAKDOWN THE
LATEST PREDICTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SUPER
EXCITED OF GETTING BACK TO
NORMAL SHH BUT YOU'RE GOING TO
HELP US NAVIGATE THE TRAVEL
LEAVENED SCAPE FIRST.
TIFFANY,
HOW MANY CARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
ON THE ROADS DURING THE
HOLIDAYS?
>> SO IF YOU'RE TALKING
VEHICLES, THIS IS WHAT I WILL
SAY.
WE FOE THAT 1 POINT 5
MILLION .5 MILLION
NORTH CAROLINIANS ARE GOING TO
BE TRAVELING 50 MILES OR MORE
AWAY FROM HOME.
90% ARE DOING
SO BY VEHICLE.
YOU DO THE MATH.
THERE'S A TON OF TRAFFIC.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOFT
CONGESTION OUT THERE.
I NO THAT
WE SAY EVERY YEAR TO PACK THE
PATIENCE, BUT PLEASE DO.
I'M
NOT SURE IF I AM READY RING, A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT READY.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING MORE
AGGRESSIVE BEHIND THE WHEEL.
IT'S LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN WE
FORGOT HOW TO OBEY THE LAWS.
THERE'S MORE CONGESTION OUT
THERE, AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE'RE
GETTING THERE.
WE'RE JUST IN
FACT 2% LESS TRAVELLERS THAN PRE
PANDEMIC.
>> WOW.
WOW.
THEN DURING THE
PANDEMIC A LOT MORE THAN WHAT WE
SAW, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, TONS MORE.
WE'RE
LOOKING AT TRAVEL AS A WHOLE AND
SEEING AN 80% INCREASE THAN THIS
TIME LAST YEAR.
I JUST LOOK
AT -- WE DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT
2020 WAS ATHROW AWAY, BUT WHEN
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAVEL EARS
IT'S MOTOR VEHICLES AND ON THE
ROAD I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'RE
GETTING RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE
REALLY CLOSE TO SEEING THE PRE
PANDEMIC LEVELS.
WE PREDICT
THAT IT'S GOING BE 2% LESS WHAT
WE SAW, BUT THERE'S NO TELLING.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED THAT WE
SAW IT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE SAW
IN 2019.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE
EVEN THOUGH THAT WE'RE IN THE
PANDEMIC AND THE WORLD IS
OPENING UP, PEOPLE ARE IN THE
WAIT AND SEE TRAVEL TREND.
THEY'RE NOT BOOKING BUT WAITING
TWO OR THREE DAYS OUT AND THEN
MAKE THE DECISION.
AIRPORTS ARE
GOING TO BE BUSY AND ROADS ARE
GOING TO BE BUSY.
DON'T BE IN A
HURRY BECAUSE WE'RE ALL TRYING
TO GET THERE SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
IF I SAY ANYTHING, GIVE YOURSELF
PLENTY OF TIME.
>> PLENTY OF TIME.
GIVE US ONE
MORE TIP TO MAKE SURE THAT
NUMBER ONE THAT WE'RE NOT IN ANY
ACCIDENTS BUT TO PREVENT US FROM
BEING IN TRAFFIC.
>> THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY BE THE HIGHEST
VOLUME OF TRAFFIC.
IF YOU CAN
AVOID TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY,
THAT'S GREAT.
PROBABLY THE
LEAST CONGESTION THAT YOU WILL
SEE IS THE MONDAY.
THE WEEK OF
THANKSGIVING, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY
IF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS ALLOW YOU
TO LEAVE THANKSGIVING DAY, YOU
ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE THE
LESS CONGESTION IF YOU'RE ABLE
TO LEAVE THANKSGIVING DAY.
>> TIFFANY, I JUST TOLD THE
WORLD MY SECRET.
>> YOU'RE SMART.
>> EVERYBODY NEEDS THE TIP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US, TIFFANY BREATHE.
>> NO PROBLEM.