AAA: Holiday Travel to Rise 3.1 Percent

A report released Wednesday by AAA shows that the number of Americans traveling during the year-end holidays will increase 3.1 percent over last year.

In 2009, 89.5 million people traveled 50 miles or more from home between Dec. 23 and Jan. 2. AAA expects 92.3 million to do so this year.

About 85.7 million of those travelers -- 93 percent -- will go by car or vehicle, with the rest opting for planes or trains.