Record 72 Million Americans Set to Travel for Fourth of July
Photo Credit: AAA: record number of drivers to take road trips The Associated Press
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The prediction feels somewhat optimistic given recent trends. But travelers continue to benefit from lower gas prices and have mostly continued to spend despite economic uncertainty.
Americans are shrugging off economic jitters for the Fourth of July holiday: AAA projects that 72.2 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between June 28 and July 6.
If the forecast is correct, travel for the holiday would eclipse previous records set in 2019, before the pandemic, and 2023, during the post-Covid travel surge.
But the rosy prediction hinges on gas prices staying near four-year lows and Middle East te
