Nearly 37 Million Americans Are Expected to Take July 4th Road Trips Even as Virus Cases Surge
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The pandemic shows no signs of slowing down in the U.S., but the Arrivalist's Daily Travel Index shows that Americans are taking road trips regardless.
An estimated 37 million Americans are expected to take a road trip this July 4th weekend, the biggest road trip event so far this year.
It's been two months since the Arrivalist — a location intelligence platform for the travel industry — launched its Daily Travel Index, which predicts and tracks road trips taken by Americans.
As the United States approaches a holiday weekend with coronavirus cases surging and reopenings being paused in some states, that index is not predicting that Americans will stay home.
The July 4th holiday estimate from the Arrivalist means the travel index will likely pass 100 percent for the first time since it began, mean
