PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — “It’s a good day to travel,” said Noa Weiswasser from Sonoma, California.
Some passengers are packed and ready to embark on their journey to their Thanksgiving destination.
AAA projects 79.9 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home over the holiday travel period which is up 1.7 million people compared to last year.
Bahareh Van Boekhold from Newark, Delaware purposely flew to Utah on Sunday evening because of prices, flexibility and to avoid the holiday travel rush at the Philadelphia International Airport.
“I travel a lot for work and sometimes checking in bags could be very stressful,” said Van Boekhold. “It has been very smooth. Everybody was nice.”
“It seems pretty mellow honestly. We just got here, lots of hospitality and actually, it was pretty easy going so far,” said Ari Weiswasser who lives in Sonoma, California.
Philadelphia International Airport anticipates 1.04 million passengers will walk through the …