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The wait-and-see travel trend continues to impact final travel decisions, Kyle 2 Kyle The Connection especially for the Thanksgiving holiday.

AAA projects that Thanksgiving road trip travel — which will make up 95% of overall Thanksgiving travel — will fall by 4.3% compared to last year, for an estimated 47.8 million travelers.

And despite low holiday airfare, AAA “anticipates Thanksgiving air travel volume will be down by nearly half of prior years — to 2.4 million travelers … [which] would be the largest one-year decrease on record.”

Recent research by Allianz also predicted fewer Thanksgiving flyers this year, but said that those who do choose to fly domestic are favoring Seattle, while those who fly internationally will be heading in large part to Mexico.

A study of 1,073 travelers by MMGY Travel Intelligence found that 25% plan on traveling for Thanksgiving; 31% for the December holidays; and 15% for New Year’s. 

This dip in holiday travel is having ripple effects throughout the travel industry, but particularly at hotels. According to AHLA, more than half of hotels report that they have less than half of their pre-crisis staff working — and most hotels (74%) predict further layoffs without new government assistance.

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