Thankful for the holiday season, not for holiday travel

Thankful for the holiday season, not for holiday travel
Thanksgiving is the busiest travel time of the year, but it is only the beginning of a long a strenuous holiday travel season. AP/David Guralnick
Thankful for the holiday season, not for holiday travel
Thanksgiving is the busiest travel time of the year, but it is only the beginning of a long a strenuous holiday travel season. AP/David Guralnick

Thankful for the holiday season, not for holiday travel

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It was almost Thanksgiving, so you know what that means: ‘Tis the season for holiday travel.

More than 42 million Americans were expected to hit the road this weekend - the most since the recession hit. Jetta Bates Vasilatos joined Eight Forty-Eight in studio to share some travel tips. She’s a lifestyle and travel writer whose work appears in national publications like Home Style and Ebony magazine.

To gear up for the journey, Eight Forty-Eight opened the phone lines and invited listeners to share their most memorable holiday travel stories.

This audio was edited from the original broadcast.