Labor Day holiday travel should be up from last year

Americans will take to the roads and skies for the Labor Day holiday in greater numbers than a year ago, thanks to affordable gas prices and pent-up demand for air travel, experts say.

Travel steady as Peninsula moves from Earl-watch to holiday weekend

Planes, trains and automobiles on the Peninsula put Hurricane Earl in the rear-view mirror holiday weekend plans on Friday.

En masse travel expected this weekend

New Yorkers looking to hit the road this holiday weekend will have plenty of company — AAA is projecting 2.3 million people will travel by automobile over the next few days.

Have weekend travel plans? More people do

Traveling this weekend? You're in good company, so plan to leave a little early and be patient. The number of Americans traveling for the Labor Day holiday is expected to increase nearly 10 percent from last year, according to AAA. By date (default) read more

Eastday-Overseas trips selling out for national holiday

Overseas tours during the National Day holiday in October are almost sold out with less than a month to go, the city's travel agencies are reporting. Demand had soared by about 20 percent although prices had also increased by 20 to 25 percent, they said.