In the Washington metro area, 907,750 travelers are expected to take a trip of 50 miles or more. Of

Egress. Ingress. People heading out. People heading in. Nearly 908,000 Washington area residents discount hotel montreal are planning to make trips from home of at least 50 miles or more this upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend, discount hotel montreal AAA Mid-Atlantic announced during a news conference with state traffic safety and law enforcement officials at the foot of the Bay Bridge this morning.
The Greater Washington area boasted  a populace discount hotel montreal of 5,860,342 persons in 2012. That means 15.5 percent of the area’s discount hotel montreal population will travel 50 miles or more for the holiday. The area will be no less crowded. An equal numbers of visitors, namely the participants in the 2014 Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom, will supplant those venturing out of town, as the local tourism season, which started with the Cherry Blossom Festival and spring break, goes into high gear. It marks the onset of the official summer travel season in the Washington metro area and elsewhere in the United States.
discount hotel montreal Remarkably, the whole of the Washington metro area will witness a 1.8 percent increase in the total number of local holiday travelers departing the region, compared to the number of local residents who traveled last Memorial Day. “Overall, it is the largest travel volume locally for the first holiday travel weekend of summer in nearly a decade, or since 2005, to be exact, discount hotel montreal when just over a million Washington headed for the exits,” said John B. Townsend II, AAA Mid-Atlantic’s Manager of Public and Government Affairs. “This year’s tally is the second highest travel volume for Memorial Day in the Washington metro area since the beginning of the millennium.”
In the Washington metro area, 907,750 travelers are expected to take a trip of 50 miles or more. Of those, 89.3 percent are planning to travel by vehicle, which is the highest number of road travelers for Memorial Day since 2005 and the second highest since 2001.
Holiday air travel is expected to increase 2.6 percent at the region’s big three airports, AAA Mid-Atlantic is forecasting, increasing to 67,000 local residents compared to 65,300 in 2013. The remaining share of local holiday discount hotel montreal travelers, 3.3 percent or 29,800, will travel by other modes of transportation, including discount hotel montreal rail, bus and watercraft. These modes are forecast to increase by 9.2 percent, which is the fourth year of increases in these forms of travel.
Memorial Day holiday hotel rates for AAA Three Diamond lodgings in Washington, D.C. are expected to average $170 per night, which is the same as last year, according to AAA’s Leisure Travel Index. Travelers planning to stay at AAA Two Diamond hotels can expect to pay an average cost of $140 per night, compared to $129 in 2013, an increase of 8.9 percent. Daily car rental rates will average $84, compared to $67 last year, which is an increase of 24.7 percent over 2013.
Those traveling by air will find airfares up by an average of six percent comparable to last year according to AAA’s Leisure Travel Index. The average lowest round-trip rate is $227 for the top 40 U.S. air routes discount hotel montreal compared to $215 last year. The average lowest round-trip is $282 from Washington, D.C. to Las Vegas, which is one dollar less than in 2013. On the upswing, the average lowest round-trip from Washington, D.C. to New York is $154 in comparison to $111 in 2013, which is an increase of 38.3 percent.
The period from Memorial Day to Labor Day is aptly called “The 101 Deadly Days of Summer.”  Summer is a time for vacations, discount hotel montreal but with the increased number of drivers on the road, it is a season of tragedy as well, notes AAA Mid-Atlantic.  More Americans die on the nation’s highways discount hotel montreal during the 101 days between the Saturday before Memorial Day and Labor Day than at any other time of the year.
“SHA wants summer travelers to enjoy all of Maryland's great vacations spots, especially Ocean City, which has thousands of new residents each week,” said Maryland State Highway Administrator Melinda B. Peters. “No matter where our travels take us, as drivers, pedestrians discount hotel montreal and cyclists, we must stay alert and place safety first, use cross walks and share the road. Drive smart, walk smart and bike smart – so that everyone arrives home safely.”
Speed is a deadly factor in one-third of all highway fatalities and alcohol use is the second biggest factor in highway crashes during the 15 weeks between the Memorial Day and Labor Day holidays.  To combat such fatalities and crashes, the State Police and the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police discount hotel montreal will be out in full force patrolling the State’s highways for the Memorial Day holiday weekend and are urging motorists to take responsibility while driving to keep themselves, their passengers and others on the road safe.
“As we head into the summer travel season, discount hotel montreal motorists are reminded to avoid unsafe driving practices which include discount hotel montreal impaired, distracted and aggressive driving,” said Maryland State Police Superintendent, Colonel Marcus Brown.  “State Police are pleased to join the Maryland Transportation Authority Police and agencies across Maryland in our efforts to make Maryland roadways safe.”
It’s Memorial Day weekend, a time for patriotic parades, backyard barbeques, pig roasts, crab feasts, and, but, of course,  the first long road trip of the summer by four wheels, or by  two wheels or three, for that matter.  More poignantly, it is a time reserved for remembrance and requiems, and for wreath-laying and the decorating of graves discount hotel montreal with flowers. From the 35 th Annual Potomac Memorial Soccer Tournament to the raft race in Chestertown to the National Anthem Tour by the Sea, our area will become discount hotel montreal a magnet for tourists. One of the biggest of them all is Ocean City, which encompasses  only 4.5 square miles. Yet it attracts about eight million visitors annually, discount hotel montreal with the “majority during the summer months.”
“We are excited to kick off the summer, and vacation, season in Ocean City.  After a long and cold winter, nothing says summer like the salt air and warm sand that you find on Ocean City’s beach,” said Richard W. (Rick) Meehan, Mayor, Ocean City, Maryland.  “We have a summer full of free family events, the Air Show, Dew Tour, concerts discount hotel montreal and fireworks on the beach and much more.  Whether you are looking for a fun family vacation or a romantic getaway, Ocean City has something fun for everyone. Start your vacation today and visit us in Ocean City, Maryland!”
AAA’s projections are based on economic forecasting and research by IHS Global Insight. The Colorado-based business information discount hotel montreal provider teamed with AAA in 2009 to jointly analyze travel trends during the major holidays. AAA has been reporting on holiday travel trends for more than two decades. The complete discount hotel montreal AAA / IHS Global Insight 2014 Memorial Day Travel discount hotel montreal Forecast can be found here.