The number of Americans traveling by car for the Memorial Day holiday will hit a 12-year high this year, fueled by a growing economy and relatively low gasoline prices, the nation's largest motorists' advocacy group said May 17.

This Thanksgiving will be the busiest for nationwide travel since 2007, with 48.7 million Americans expected to travel at least 50 miles this year, according to auto club AAA.

As the summer's road trip season draws to a close, American drivers are realizing about $19 billion in fuel savings compared to what they paid at the pump in 2015, fuel and travel industry experts said.

If you’re road-tripping this holiday weekend, you’re in good company. With U.S. gasoline prices the lowest in more than a decade, July 4 travelers are expected to hit the road in record numbers.

The number of Americans traveling by car for the Memorial Day holiday will hit an 11-year high this year, fueled by a growing economy and low gasoline prices, the nation's largest motorists' advocacy group said on May 20.

Motorists logged 273.5 billion miles on U.S. roads in October, a 2.4% increase over last year and the most ever for the month, according to data released on Dec. 16 by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Americans will take to the roads in record numbers over the July 4 holiday as the improving job market and lower fuel prices spur more people to splurge on getaways, a forecast by AAA shows.

U.S. travel over the May 25 Memorial Day weekend is poised to reach a 10-year high as Americans with more money in their pockets are lured onto the roads by lower prices at the pump.

The most Americans in six years will travel by car over the Labor Day holiday weekend, and they’ll be paying the least for gasoline since 2010 as refineries produce ample amounts of the fuel, AAA predicts.