Memorial Day weekend 2016 is set to be a record breaker—with 38 million Americans projected to be on the road.
“The great American road trip is back,” said Marshall L. Doney, president and CEO of the American Automobile Association (AAA).
But, he advised, “Pack plenty of patience.”
If the AAA’s Travel Forecast is correct, 2016 will be the second highest Memorial Day travel volume on record. And the highest in 11 years, since 2005.
The current national gasoline prices are sitting at an average of $2.26 per gallon—50 cents less per gallon than a year ago—which also makes them the lowest in 11 years for the weekend.
AAA estimates Americans will save, collectively, $150 billion dollars on gas in 2016. Which is circa $700 per driver.
While 2016 will most likely break records, 2015’s numbers were nothing to sneeze at. American’s drove a record 3.1 trillion miles last year; the equivalent of 1 billion cross-country road trips.
