{"id":379484,"date":"2020-11-12T07:33:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=379484"},"modified":"2020-11-12T07:33:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:33:37","slug":"nearly-half-of-americans-plan-to-travel-for-thanksgiving-72-by-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/nearly-half-of-americans-plan-to-travel-for-thanksgiving-72-by-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly Half of Americans Plan to Travel for Thanksgiving, 72% by Car"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cars.com Survey Finds Holiday Travelers Avoiding Big Cities This Year<\/h2>\n

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\n CHICAGO<\/span>, Nov. 12, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0<\/b>The latest research from Cars.com<\/a><\/u>\u00a0(NYSE:\u00a0CARS), a leading digital automotive marketplace and solutions provider, found nearly half of Americans (47%) plan to travel for Thanksgiving this year, which is down 21 percentage points from 2019. Of those not traveling, more than half (59%) said COVID-19 impacted their plans. The majority of Thanksgiving travelers (72%) will travel by car to their destination, with most trips happening close to home.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

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“We’ve been watching consumer travel habits since the onset of the pandemic, and there have been two consistent themes \u2014 the pandemic is obviously affecting people’s travel plans, but when people do travel, the majority drive by car because of the safety and freedom cars provide. We are seeing these themes continue for holiday travel this year,” said Jenni Newman<\/span>, Cars.com editor-in-chief. <\/p>\n

\n 2020 Thanksgiving Travel Trends, According to Cars.com:<\/b>
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