AAA anticipates near-record high travel volumes nationally. More than 47.7 million Americans will take at least one trip over the holiday weekend, according to AAA, which defines the weekend as the period between Monday and July 5. Of those, a record 43.6 million will travel by car, an 8% increase compared with 2019, which had the previous record. And 3.5 million people will fly, representing a 164% increase from 2020, when the pandemic caused many to avoid the air.
July 4 weekend travel in Illinois expected to surge as pandemic slows
