A record number of travelers are expected to hit Florida roads and crowd airports during the July 4 holiday period.
The AAA auto club has forecast 4.5 million Floridians will travel more than 50 miles between Saturday and July 7.
That would be a 7 percent increase from last year. Orlando, Miami and Fort Lauderdale are expected to be among the top U.S.
destinations around the holiday. Even with the various inflationary pressures that are out there, people are still making travel a top priority,AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said in a prepared statement.
They are budgeting for it. In some cases, people are willing to slap down their credit card and maybe even go into a little bit of debt to do it.
Nationally, 70.9 million people are expected to travel for the holiday, about a 5 percent increase from last year.