Memorial Day weekend is nearly upon us, and while it’s considered the unofficial start of summer, experts want to warn travelers to be safe because it’s also one of the busiest travel times of the year.

In fact, it's estimated that a record number of Americans are expected to head to the airport or hit the highway sometime this weekend. The American Automobile Association (AAA) forecasts that more than 45 million people will travel at least 50 miles away from their homes between Thursday and Monday. That's roughly 1.4 million more travelers than in 2024 and surpasses the previous Memorial Day travel record of 44 million travelers in 2005. The AAA has always defined what it constitutes as the Memorial Day weekend travel period as the five days between Thursday and Monday.

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