Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Thanksgiving Travel Stats

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Whether you’re a shower curtain ring salesperson or a CEO of a large corporation, you’re probably making your way home for the Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving is the busiest travel holiday of the year in the US. Thanksgiving travel largely gets underway on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is one of the most important holidays of the year. Did you know that there are 37 places in the US named Plymouth? Thanksgiving holiday travel can be a logistics nightmare given the time of year.

Thanksgiving Travel Stats

• 46.3 million Americans travel for Thanksgiving.
• Most will travel 50 miles or more from home.
• Thanksgiving holiday travel period is defined as Wednesday through Sunday (with both Wednesday and Sunday being the busiest).
• 41.3 million people will travel by automobile.
• 3.55 million Americans will opt to travel home by air.
• Amtrak expects to carry between 150,000 to 200,000 passengers on the busiest travel day, Wednesday.
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  The average distance traveled for Thanksgiving will be 549 miles roundtrip.

• Americans will spend an average of $573 during Thanksgiving.
• The average age of Thanksgiving travelers is just under 34 years.

In many parts of the US travel logistic managers have to contend with nasty weather. However, in the end, we have to thank the many men and women responsible to get us all safely home for the holiday. Whether your Thanksgiving travel consist of plane, train or automobile we wish you and your family the very best this Thanksgiving.