<p>Holiday travel continues to bounce back since the start of the pandemic in 2020.</p> <p>AAA projects this Thanksgiving to be the third busiest for travel since the service association started tracking travel back in 2000.</p> <p>While this Thanksgiving is expected to be the third busiest for holiday travel, the busiest Thanksgiving was in 2005 and the second was in 2019, before the pandemic hit.</p> <p>AAA expects nearly 55 million Americans will take off somewhere, traveling 50 miles or more from their home, during the long holiday weekend.</p> <p>It's a 1.5% increase over 2021 and at 98% of pre-pandemic levels.</p> <p>AAA defines the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, as the five-day period from Wednesday, November 23 to Sunday, November 27.</p> <p>Travelers headed to BWI this holiday should expect it to be busy.</p>