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Busiest Holiday for Travel? What US DOT says - Thanksgiving and Christmas two of business travel days of the year - though severe weather may suppress travel this year Story excerpted U.S. Department of Transportation The Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year's holiday periods are among the busiest long-distance travel periods of the year. During the 6-day Thanksgiving travel period, the number of long-distance trips (to and from a And although heavy media attention focuses on crowded airports and bus and train stations on the Wednesday before and Sunday after Thanksgiving, when personal vehicle trips are added to the mix the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) reveals that Thanksgiving Day is actually a heavier long-distance travel day than Wednesday. Travel Patterns: 91 percent is by personal vehicle Most long-distance holiday travel, about 91 percent, is by personal vehicle, such as by car. The percentage of long-distance travelers who travel by personal vehicle during the holidays is not statistically different from the 89 percent who make long-distance trips by personal vehicle during the rest of the year1. Only 5 to 6 percent of holiday trips are by air, while 2 to 3 percent are by bus, train, ship, or other mode. Thanksgiving Day is a more heavily traveled day then Wednesday. Among those traveling more than 100 miles, travel is evenly spread throughout the Wednesday-Sunday period, with no statistically significant difference among the traffic flows during those five days. For those traveling by air, bus, rail, or other commercial mode, Thanksgiving travel patterns follow a traditional pattern where Wednesday’s volumes are higher than Thursday’s. While crowded airports and bus and train stations receive heavy media attention on Wednesday and Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend, 9 out of 10 travelers use personal vehicles. And, depending on the distance traveled, these travelers have two very distinct travel patterns: For those traveling between 50 and 99 miles (44 percent of personal vehicle trips), more travel on Thursday than Wednesday, and more return on Saturday than SundayFor those traveling at least 100 miles away (56 percent of personal vehicle trips), trips are spread almost equally throughout the Wednesday through Sunday travel period. Unlike Thanksgiving, which always falls on the fourth Thursday of November, the Christmas/New Year’s travel period, and the resulting travel pattern, varies depending on the day of the week on which the two holidays fall. In 2001, when Christmas and New Year’s Day fell on Tuesday, the Saturday and Sunday preceding Christmas and Christmas Day were generally the busiest travel days of the entire 17-day holiday travel period. The days immediately following Christmas were generally busier than New Year’s Day and the two following days. In 2003, the holidays are on Thursday, which no doubt will change the travel patterns during the Christmas/New Year’s holiday period. The average Thanksgiving long-distance trip length is 214 miles, compared with 275 miles over the Christmas/New Year’s holiday. For the remainder of the year, average trip distance is 261 miles. About half of holiday travelers make same-day trips without spending a night away. Long-distance travelers who make overnight trips at Thanksgiving spend an average of just under three nights away. At the Christmas/New Year’s holiday, the average increases to nearly four nights away. The average during the rest of the year lies between the Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year’s totals Most holiday travel is domestic. Over 99 percent of the long-distance trips that begin during the Thanksgiving holiday period are to destinations within the United States. During the longer Christmas/New Year’s period, however, 3 percent of long-distance travel is international. Why Do We Travel? Visiting friends and family is the single biggest reason Americans travel during the holidays. Visits account for 53 percent of all Thanksgiving long-distance trips and 43 percent of long-distance trips during Christmas/ New Year’s. Visits make up only 24 percent of all long-distance travel during the remainder of the year. While travel to visit family and relatives is up significantly during the holidays, other pleasure and leisure travel remains relatively unchanged. Business travel, which accounts for 17 percent of long-distance trips during the remainder of the year, accounts for only 7 or 8 percent during the Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year’s periods. Because many workers take time off during the holidays, it is not surprising that the percentage of long-distance commute trips drops to only 6 percent at Thanksgiving and 9 percent during the Christmas/New Year’s holiday compared to 13 percent for the remainder of the year. Who is Traveling? Travelers who begin trips during the holiday periods are younger than travelers during the rest of the year. The average age of Thanksgiving travelers is just under 34 years and slightly above 36 years for Christmas/New Year’s holiday travelers. During the remainder of the year, the average age is almost 38 years. During both holiday periods the percentage of male travelers is lower than during the rest of the year when 58 percent of long-distance travelers are male. At Thanksgiving there is a nearly even split between males and females. During the Christmas/New Year’s holiday period 54 percent of travelers are male, but this is still a smaller majority than during the remainder of the year. From http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/america_on_the_go/us_holiday_travel/html/entire.html, which also contains links to tables. This story was posted on 2013-11-27 05:40:31
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