37 Million Americans Out for Long Road Trips on Memorial Day Weekend

U.S. travelers, like these pictured here on an earlier trip along the Pacific Coast Highway in southern California, were out in droves Memorial Day weekend 2021. Eric Demarcq / Flickr

Skift Take: Hopes for an endless summer by Americans began in earnest on Memorial Day, as travelers took to the road by venturing 50 miles or more from home. That wanderlust should account for a 60 percent spike in travel versus last year's depressing summer kickoff.

— Tom Lowry

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