Southern Californians prepare to hit the road for July 4
The Independence Day holiday is on Thursday, and summer travel is officially here.
While air travel is expected to be overwhelming, possibly even record breaking, road travel is also predicted to surge.
During the nine-day Independence Day holiday travel period — June 29 to July 7 — about 71 million people across the country are expected to take a trip, which AAA notes is “a new record for the holiday.”
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For Southern California specifically, AAA expects 5.4 million people to take a trip, “which is 5.2% higher than last year and 5.8% higher than in 2019 before the pandemic.”
“This Fourth of July holiday is continuing the trend started over Memorial Day with new record levels of travel,” said Jena Miller, the Auto Club’s vice president of travel products and services, in a news release. “The biggest increase this holiday is in flight vacations, which are expected to jump by 13% over last year with slightly cheaper domestic airfares. Nearly 80% of Southern California travelers are expected to drive, while 14% will fly and 6% will take a bus, train or cruise.”
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