LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – People are once again preparing to take a road trip for Thanksgiving.

AAA Michigan is predicting more than 1.7 million Michiganders will travel at least 50 miles for Thanksgiving.

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The number is the third-highest estimate for Thanksgiving travel since the agency began tracking the numbers in 2000.

The estimate is above both 2021 and 2020, but is 3.89% under the number of people who traveled in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.