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Millions stick to Thanksgiving travel plans despite warnings
Nov 23, 2020 1 min, 20 secs
and public health experts begged people to stay home and avoid big Thanksgiving gatherings.

To be sure, the number of people flying for Thanksgiving is down by more than half from last year because of the rapidly worsening outbreak.

Laurie Pearcy, director of administration for a Minneapolis law firm, is flying to New Orleans to attend her daughter’s bridal shower and have a small Thanksgiving dinner with her son.

Stephen Browning, a retired executive from Tucson, Arizona, will be flying to Seattle for Thanksgiving with his sister.

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged Americans not to travel or spend the holiday with people outside their household.

Alejandro Zuniga and his fiancee, Megan Muhs, who live in Costa Rica, thought briefly about flying to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving to see Muhs’ family but decided against it.

The pair plans to make video calls to family and stream the Detroit Lions football game on Thanksgiving Day.

Josh Holman and his family were planning to fly to Lake Tahoe and spend Thanksgiving with his brother, who lives in San Francisco, and his parents, who live in North Dakota.

More people tend to drive than fly over Thanksgiving, but even car travel is expected to see a drop-off, according to AAA.

Based on surveys in mid-October, the association was expecting 47.8 million people to drive to Thanksgiving gatherings, down 4% from last year.

Kelly Kleber usually flies from Seattle to her hometown of Tucson, Arizona, to spend the holiday with her parents.

This year, Kleber is sending her parents a portrait of her sister and plans a video call on Thanksgiving

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