COLUMBUS – Ohioans are planning to travel in greater numbers, and stay away from home longer, over the long Labor Day holiday period than last year, according to the auto club AAA.
The auto club predicts the number of Ohioans departing during the Labor Day holiday period — Aug. 31 through Sept. 4 — will be 10.6 percent higher than last year and travelers will spend 5.76 days on vacation, compared to 5.3 days last year.
Since about 85 percent are expected to drive and most schools are back in session, AAA bookings indicate most trips will take place within Ohio or along the East Coast.
Cedar Point and King’s Island are among the most popular destinations, said Bill Nicol, director of Auto Travel Services for AAA Ohio.
Other popular destinations include Chicago; Gatlinburg and Nashville, Tenn.; Myrtle Beach, S.C. and Hilton Head Island, N.C., Nicol said.
Travelers from the Buckeye State are also expected to spend about 8 percent more on their getaways than in 2016, Nicol said.