“We’re going to be celebrating Thanksgiving at the original site in Plymouth tomorrow,” Willinsky said. According to AAA, this is expected to be a record-setting holiday travel week, with 80 million people heading out to visit friends and family. In Northern New England, about 3.1 million people are expected to be on the roads.

Every year, Thanksgiving travel seems to break new records, and this year is no different, according to insurance and travel agency American Automobile Association (AAA). Travel is once again expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels with just shy of 80 million travelers over the Thanksgiving holiday period.

The number of people expected to travel for Thanksgiving this year is 2.7% higher than in 2019, exceeding pre-pandemic levels.