Nearly 82 million Americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles for Thanksgiving, according to AAA. The majority will be traveling by car.

AAA estimates that 73 million Americans will drive to their Thanksgiving destination this year. That's a 1.3 million increase from last year. The travel experts predict only 6 million will travel by air.

That ratio change could have something to do with the recent government shutdown. It had driving expert, Aceable's Laura Adams, rethink her annual trip from Florida to Alabama. Her family will now be driving for 10 hours instead of taking a flight.

"This year with all of the disruption and chaos going on and potential flight cancellations," she said. "We just decided that we were going to drive."

For Adams, it was also a matter of safety and co

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