Travel

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.

Seven Michigan eighth graders won a contest through AAA to participate in an 8-day AmaWaterways European river cruise in March.

AAA Michigan officially announced its 2019 award-winning hotels and restaurants that have earned the coveted Four Diamond Rating during the past 12 months. Awards were presented today at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa near Traverse City during the AAA Four Diamond Awards luncheon at the Pure Michigan’s Governors Conference on Tourism.  

AAA Michigan projects nearly 3.6 million residents will head for vehicles, planes and rails this holiday season; four percent more than last year, and the most since AAA has been tracking holiday travel. Those heading out will be among the 112.million Americans traveling more than 50 miles from home, also up four percent.