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Amtrak breaks ridership records this Thanksgiving despite rail malfunction in NYC
TransportThe Wednesday before Thanksgiving was the busiest day in the history of Amtrak with a total of 140,691 passengers riding in the 46-state network. Over the full Thanksgiving holiday weekend Amtrak carried 737,537 passengers, up 1.9 percent over last year, the previous record for passenger rail travel volume. It was also the most lucrative weekend ever [...]
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American travelers encounter few delays returning home during the holiday weekend
TransportTravelers heading home after the long Thanksgiving weekend had yet another reason to be thankful on Sunday: favorable weather and few airport delays reported on what is traditionally the busiest travel day of the year. Although there was little elbow room on packed buses, trains and airplanes, travel appeared to be running smoothly as millions [...]
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How international business travelers spend Thanksgiving on the road
SkiftXInternational business travelers often have to eat alone. This can be especially annoying during the holiday season, when the boughs of holly in the lobby make it that much harder for you to try to look serious, and not just sad, when you’re sitting with a laptop going over an Excel spreadsheet. For Thanksgiving, many [...]
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Massive Amtrak and train delays sweep through New York City’s Penn Station
TransportThe Long Island Rail Road, which serves nearly 300,000 passengers on a typical day, was forced to suspend commuter train service out of New York City during Wednesday’s evening rush hour due to an electrical problem, a spokesman said. The suspension of trains at New York’s Penn Station stemmed from a problem with Amtrak train [...]
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Fog delays over 400 flights in Chicago on one of the busiest travel days of the year
TransportThanksgiving travelers are encountering cancellations and delays at Chicago’s airports as extremely dense fog settles over the region. According to flightstats.com, 90 inbound and outbound flights were canceled and more than 400 were delayed at O’Hare and Midway airports as of around 7:45 a.m. National Weather Service meteorologist Richard Castro says visibility has been near [...]
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Infographic: Where and how Americans are traveling to taste the turkey this year
TransportToday kicks off the busiest travel period of the year in the United States as millions of Americans get ready to travel by car, plane, train, or bus. Thanksgiving day will be the most crowded day on the road, although Sunday is the busiest travel day for all other modes of transportation, according last year’s [...]
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Top iPhone and iPad travel apps for the busiest travel week in U.S.
DigitalWe’re keeping an eye on the top downloaded travel apps every day of this Thanksgiving travel week, and Tuesday is the day when the main crush of travel starts traditionally. Today, this is how it stands for top iPhone and iPad travel apps, courtesy AppAdvice. Note that all of them are utility apps, either in [...]
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Travelers will find cheaper fares during Thanksgiving than December holidays
TransportIf your grim financial situation means you have to choose between flying for either Thanksgiving or the December holidays, you may get a better deal flying for Turkey Day. The national average price for a round-trip domestic flight for Thanksgiving is $420, about the same as a year ago, according to airline ticket data analyzed [...]
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Most and least busiest airports during Thanksgiving week
TransportIf you still haven’t booked your Thanksgiving travel if you’re planning on travel by air, well, good luck. But a look at some data from Orbitz may help if you can work your way to a less-busy feeder airport instead of a hub, or consider alternative options like road travel. The “Orbitz Thanksgiving Insider Index” [...]
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How to avoid flight delays while visiting your in-laws this Thanksgiving
TransportEvery meta-search and online booking agency comes out with statistics stating the cheapest days and times to travel, but some passengers care more about the flight experience than the cost. NerdWallet analyzed on-time arrival stats during the Thanksgiving holiday for the past three years to predict the best days to avoid delays. It found that [...]
