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AAA Texas: Fewer Americans Traveling This Thanksgiving Amid Pandemic

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber November 12, 2020 Travel

Coppell, TX — Thanksgiving will be on the lighter side when it comes to the typical number of travelers on the roads and at airports. According to AAA Travel, effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including health concerns and high unemployment, are impacting Americans’...

AAA Texas: Americans Planning Fall Travel with Cautious Optimism

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber October 15, 2020 Travel

Coppell, TX — According to a recent AAA Travel survey, American travelers are making vacation plans through the end of the year, but remain cautiously optimistic about those future plans. Sixty-seven percent of U.S. adults planning a vacation before the end of the ...

AAA Texas Reminds Motorcyclists and Drivers to Share the Road as Motorcycle Riders are 27 Times More Likely to Die in a Crash

By Daniel Armbruster August 14, 2020 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — With most travelers choosing the car as their main mode of transportation this summer, AAA Texas wants to prevent fatalities and injuries due to motorcycle collisions. 412 motorcyclists were killed and more than 1,800 seriously injured in 2019 across...

AAA Texas: Americans will take more than 700 Million Trips this Summer

By Daniel Armbruster June 25, 2020 Travel

Coppell, TX — This summer, AAA forecasts Americans will take 700 million trips based on economic indicators and state re-openings. That number is down nearly 15% compared to last July through September and is the first decline in summer travel since 2009. Regionally,...

AAA Texas: Pandemic Will Suppress Memorial Day Travel but Travelers Already Planning Future Trips

By Joshua Zuber May 14, 2020 Travel

Coppell, TX — For the first time in 20 years, AAA will not issue a Memorial Day travel forecast, as the accuracy of the economic data used to create the forecast has been undermined by COVID-19. The annual forecast – which estimates the number of people traveling over...

AAA Texas Holds One-stop Passport Fair to Renew or Get a New Passport

By Kara Thorp January 21, 2020 Corporate Information, Travel

Austin, TX — AAA Texas is holding a Passport Acceptance Fair, making it easy for those needing to renew a passport or obtain a new one. The fair will take place Saturday, January 25, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the AAA Texas branch located in the Galleria...

AAA Texas: Gas Prices Keep Falling Through Record-Breaking Holiday Travel

By Joshua Zuber December 26, 2019 Gas Prices

Coppell, TX — The statewide gas price average in Texas is $2.22 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is one cent less than as on this day last week and is 25 cents more per gallon compared to this day last...

AAA Texas: Record 9.3 Million Texans Will Travel to Celebrate the Year-End Holidays

By Daniel Armbruster December 12, 2019 Travel

Coppell, TX — More Texans than ever – 9.3 million – will travel this holiday season, from Sunday, Dec. 21 through Wednesday, Jan. 1. That is the most in nearly 20 years since AAA Texas began tracking in 2000 and represents an increase of 3.8% over last year. More than...

AAA Texas: Near-Record 4.1 Million Texans to Travel for Thanksgiving

By Daniel Armbruster November 14, 2019 Travel

Coppell, TX — (Coppell, TX) – AAA Texas projects more than 4.1 million Texans will journey 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 2.5 percent increase over last year. Across America, AAA projects 55.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 2.9 percent increase over last year.

Record-Breaking 3.5 Million Texans Will Travel to Celebrate Independence Day

By Daniel Armbruster June 24, 2019 Automotive, Gas Prices, Travel

Coppell, TX — More Texans than ever recorded by AAA, exceeding 3.5 million, are making plans to honor the red, white and blue with an Independence Day getaway this year. (AAA began tracking holiday travel in 2000.) Overall, national travel volume for the holiday is...

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