Travel

AAA is unveiling a transformed, contemporized version of its highly acclaimed AAA Diamond Program

More than 3.6 million Michiganders are expected to travel for the holidays this year. 

Nationwide, more than 55 million travelers are making plans to kick off the holiday season with a trip of 50 miles or more away from home.

AAA Travel, one of the largest leisure travel agencies in North America, hosted its annual conference Oct. 20-22 in Seattle, Washington.

One-quarter of Americans plan to take an international vacation over the next 18 months, according to a recent AAA Travel survey.

As consumers make travel plans for 2020, AAA is reminding them about another consideration: as of Oct. 1, 2020, they will likely need to present a different form of identification to board a domestic flight. 

A recent analysis of AAA Travel’s flight booking data from the last three years reveals that Sept. 25 marks the start of the best booking window for air travel around both the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

The Labor Day holiday weekend is one of the most traveled weekends during the summer – third behind Independence Day and Memorial Day. This year, as gas prices continue to drop, millions of motorists will hit the roads for the holiday weekend. 

More Americans than ever recorded by AAA, nearly 49 million, are making plans to take an Independence Day getaway this year. (AAA began tracking holiday travel in 2000.) 

Memorial Day signals the beginning of the summer travel season. It also signals a higher risk time for unsafe driving, motor vehicle crashes and fatalities. In a unified effort to help prevent traffic deaths and injuries, AAA Michigan, the Detroit Tigers, Michigan State Police and local law enforcement agencies have teamed up to promote a safer summer.