According to AAA, about 44 million Americans are expected to hit the road this Memorial Day weekend.
The busy and challenging summer travel season is about to begin.
Americans are in the midst of a travel frenzy, with travel experts predicting the busiest weekend in nearly two decades.
Flyers, take note: The Federal Aviation Administration predicts that Memorial Day weekend will be its busiest in 14 years, with about 54,000 flights scheduled to take off on Thursday.
The TSA plans to screen 3 million people on Friday alone.
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Be prepared for traffic jams: AAA says more than 38 million people will be traveling by car this weekend, the highest number since it began tracking the numbers in 2000.
Hertz said the cities with the highest demand for rental cars are Orlando, Denver, Atlanta, Boston and Las Vegas, with Thursdays and Fridays being the busiest days for pick-up.
While travel prices look good for most people, with airfares, hotel rates and rental car prices down from last April, the national average gasoline price is 7 cents higher than a year ago, according to recent government statistics.
This is just a taste of what's possible this summer.
Airlines for America, a trade group for U.S. airlines, expects 271 million travelers to fly between June 1 and Aug. 31, shattering the record set last summer.
