39.1 million to take to roads, skies this year, down 13.3 percent from ’08
NEW YORK - Americans will cut their Labor Day holiday travel plans dramatically this year to save money in a tough economy and to keep their children near home at the start of the school year.
Some 39.1 million domestic travelers will take to the roads and airways during the end-of-summer holiday, down a record 13.3 percent from a year ago, according to a survey released on Wednesday by the AAA auto and travel group.
“This is obviously a very significant decline,” said Geoff Sundstrom, spokesman for AAA. “Labor Day last year was the strongest in at least nine years, so we're coming off of a very strong travel pattern.”
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Not to forget school will be back in session, the biggest reason for less travel.
ReplyDeleteLabor Day is after school re-opens.