Travel

Residents of Minnesota and Iowa will travel in record numbers for Independence Day. AAA forecasts more than 3.7 million travelers from the West North Central Region (WNC) [IA,KS,MN,MO,ND,SD] will take at least one trip of 50 miles or more, between Friday, June 30 and Tuesday, July 4. That’s 140,000 more holiday travelers than the previous record high, set in 2019 and 2022.

AAA Travel booking data shows that reservations for flights, rental cars, cruises and hotels for Memorial Day have more than doubled from last year.

AAA expects a record 115.6 million Americans will travel this holiday season, an increase of 4.3 million people (3.9 percent) over last year.