AAA predicts more holiday travel this year
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Four In Your Corner's Colleen Hogan is talking with passengers at Southwest Florida International Airport. Video by fox4now.com
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FT. MYERS, Fla. - AAA predicts more people will be taking to the skies and roads this holiday season. the organization says more than 93 million people will travel, and that more people will travel farther than last year.
AAA says that's up two-percent from last year.
Four In Your Corner's Colleen Hogan is breaking down the numbers and talking to travelers Friday at Southwest Florida International Airport to see where people are headed.
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Tom and Ellen Palamenghi are waiting for their flight to New York. The Naples couple is heading north to see their family for the holidays.
"It's just a good time of the year," Ellen Palamenghi said.
Despite a steady flow of passengers at the airport Friday morning, AAA says 90-percent are traveling home for the holidays by car instead of air. Officials say lower gas prices are luring more to hit the open road.
Colleen Hogan, reporter
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