GasBuddy releases findings from 2024 Thanksgiving Travel Survey

TEXAS (KAUZ) – GasBuddy has released its travel survey for the 2024 Thanksgiving holiday.

In GasBuddy’s survey, they found around 72% of Americans plan to take a road trip over the holiday.

This is a 75% increase from the 41% that planned to take a trip by car in 2023, amidst gasoline prices that have fallen to multi-year lows, including 29 states where average prices are currently below $3 per gallon.

GasBuddy forecasts that the national average gas price will be approximately $2.98 per gallon, this Thanksgiving holiday.

GasBuddy’s 2024 Thanksgiving Travel Survey also included the following findings:

• Of those not traveling by car, 10% plan to fly and 87% are not traveling at all.
• The top reasons for not traveling include having nowhere to go (33%), high fuel prices (16%), and travel not being in their budget (19%).
• Most (60%) of those driving this year also drove last year, citing the flexibility of road trips (48%) and proximity to their destination (39%) as the primary factors.
• The majority (60%) expect to spend 1-6 hours in the car, with two-thirds (66%) driving more than 100 miles.
• 56% will be crossing state lines during their road trip, and 68% plan to use loyalty or cash back programs to save on fuel, including Pay with GasBuddy.

GasBuddy’s full 2024 Thanksgiving Travel Survey can be found here.

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