AAA said more than 1.2 million Michigan residents were expected to travel 50 miles or more this Memorial Day weekend.
That’s just shy of the pre-pandemic record number of trips in 2018 and 2019. Of those travelers, 66,000 were expected to fly.
Karen Eickmeyer and her old friend Brenda Schooley were among those on the plane.
While her flights to and from Denver weren’t complicated, her pre-boarding plans weren’t so smooth.
“They didn’t serve us food or drink at the Delta Club,” he said. Eickmeyer, who explained that the boil water notice was the reason why.
Mutua Mukeku also flew from Metro Airport with her family. Their return flight was on time, but when they left for Kansas City on Friday (May 26), their flight was delayed by about an hour.
“We actually got on the plane and it didn’t pass the checks, so we had to go to a different plane after boarding,” Mukeku said.
Another 62,000 Michiganders were expected to drive to their destination this Memorial Day.
After opening her summer cottage up north, Samantha Heckman headed to Toledo with her family.
“It was fun,” Heckman said. “We went swimming in the lake, did some boating and stuff.”
Heckman says they ran into traffic on the way up, but the return trip was smoother.
Nationwide, AAA projected that 42.3 million Americans would travel for the holidays, up seven percent from the previous year.
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