{"id":1004145090,"date":"2016-05-30T17:54:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T01:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004145090"},"modified":"2022-12-08T18:32:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T02:32:17","slug":"economy-watch-memorial-day-travel-at-highest-volume-in-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-memorial-day-travel-at-highest-volume-in-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch: Memorial Day Travel at Highest Volume in a Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor<\/p>\n<p>In a report to gladden the hearts of hoteliers and eateries nationwide, AAA projects more than 38 million Americans will travel this Memorial Day weekend, which is the second-highest travel volume on record for the holiday and the most since 2005. Spurred by the lowest gas prices in more than a decade, about 700,000 more people will travel compared to last year. For the purpose of travel estimates, the organization defines the Memorial Day holiday as Thursday, May 26 to Monday, May 30.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 34 million (89 percent) holiday travelers will drive to their Memorial Day destinations, an increase of 2.1 percent over last year, likely as a result of lower gas prices. Air travel is expected to increase 1.6 percent over last year, with 2.6 million Americans taking to the skies this Memorial Day. Travel by other modes of transportation, including cruises, trains and buses, will fall 2.3 percent, to 1.6 million travelers.<\/p>\n<p>AAA estimated that Americans have saved more than $15 billion on gas so far this year compared to the same period in 2015, and prices are at the lowest levels in 11 years. The strong labor market and rising personal income are also motivating people to travel for Memorial Day this year, the organization posited.<\/p>\n<p>According to the organization&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.aaa.com\/category\/travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leisure Travel Index<\/a>, average airfares for the top 40 domestic flight routes will be 26 percent cheaper this Memorial Day than last, with an average roundtrip ticket costing $165. Hotel costs are in line with last Memorial Day, however. AAA Three Diamond Rated hotels will average $183, while a AAA Two Diamond Rated hotel will average $151 nightly. Daily car rental rates will average $62, or 3 percent less than last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spurred by the lowest gas prices in more than a decade, about 700,000 more people will travel compared to last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1023,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21751,23891,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004145090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hotel","category-national","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Economy Watch: Memorial Day Travel at Highest Volume in a Decade - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-memorial-day-travel-at-highest-volume-in-a-decade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Economy Watch: Memorial Day Travel at Highest Volume in a Decade\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spurred by the lowest gas prices in more than a decade, about 700,000 more people will travel compared to last year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-memorial-day-travel-at-highest-volume-in-a-decade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-31T01:54:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-09T02:32:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dees Stribling\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-memorial-day-travel-at-highest-volume-in-a-decade\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-memorial-day-travel-at-highest-volume-in-a-decade\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dees Stribling\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dc1e9fa4ee0430d86f8e60cd697c953c\"},\"headline\":\"Economy Watch: Memorial Day Travel at Highest Volume in a Decade\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-31T01:54:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-09T02:32:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-memorial-day-travel-at-highest-volume-in-a-decade\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":280,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Hotel\",\"National\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-memorial-day-travel-at-highest-volume-in-a-decade\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-memorial-day-travel-at-highest-volume-in-a-decade\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-memorial-day-travel-at-highest-volume-in-a-decade\\\/\",\"name\":\"Economy Watch: Memorial Day Travel at Highest Volume in a Decade - 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