AAA predicts 38.4 million Americans will travel over the holiday weekend . AAA attributes slight increases to improved consumer confidence . Travelers across the United States arrived en masse at airports , hit the roads and boarded trains Wednesday , a day before the Thanksgiving holiday . Those traveling by car probably will decline to 2.3 million , from 2.5 million last year . The bulk of travelers will be traveling by car , AAA says .
AAA predicts 38.4 million Americans will travel over the holiday weekend . AAA attributes slight increases to improved consumer confidence . Those traveling by car probably will decline to 2.3 million , from 2.5 million last year . The bulk of travelers will be traveling by car , AAA says .