Holiday Travel

The latest COVID-19 variant is upending holiday plans for tens of thousands of travelers — but it didn’t do much damage to holiday shopping

Covid-19 cases continue to affect flight crews, causing hundreds more flights to be cancelled Sunday on top of the nearly one thousand flights cancelled Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Airports have already been bustling with travelers.

AAA expects Thursday afternoon to be the busiest time to travel for the Christmas holiday.

Connecticut travelers hitting the roads Thursday for the Christmas holiday are sure to have a lot of company along the way. AAA expects about 3.7 million New Englanders to drive to their holiday destination and Thursday afternoon is expected to be the busiest time to travel before the holiday. The motor club says the heaviest traffic should be between 12…

As we get closer to Christmas, travel is only getting busier and busier. AAA says one of the most shocking increases this year is in air travel. They are seeing more than 433,000 New Englanders fly this holiday. That’s an increase of 187% compared to last year. Their advice is to get to the airport earlier than you normally would…

As we get closer to Christmas, travel is only getting busier and busier.

As families across Connecticut are preparing to travel for the upcoming holidays, Dr. Ulysses Wu, the chief epidemiologist and System Director of Infectious Diseases at Hartford Healthcare, has a message — get vaccinated against COVID-19, get boosted and wear face masks. “I’m trying to dial the message back about omicron because there’s a variant that we should be really...

As families across Connecticut are preparing to travel for the upcoming holidays, Dr. Ulysses Wu, the Chief Epidemiologist and System Director of Infectious Diseases at Hartford Healthcare has a message.

The 2nd holiday season of the coronavirus pandemic is here. Whether you plan to gather with family or not, you should get a booster shot to help protect you against the virus, especially with the Omicron variant surging. And you should be cautious about big gatherings with lots of singing – that’s more likely to spread an infection, says...

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Connecticut interstates and highways were bustling with cars on Sunday.

Airports are busy again, and air travel is inching closer to pre-pandemic levels.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation is offering an Uber discount code this holiday season to prevent impaired driving.

If you want to fly home with your favorite Thanksgiving dish and don’t know if you should pack it or not, here are a few tips from the TSA on getting through security.

NBC Connecticut is breaking down your rights as a passenger if you run into any issues traveling over the holiday season.

A vaccine mandate for Transportation Security Administration employees is not expected to impact security staffing at New England’s airports, including Bradley International, during the Thanksgiving holiday, a spokesperson for the agency tells NBC Connecticut. According to the TSA, 93% of the agency’s employees are in compliance with the vaccine mandate, including vaccine and exemption requirements. The mandate goes into...

With more people traveling this season, officials at Bradley Airport said they expect a busy Thanksgiving week.

AAA is predicting a large increase in people traveling for the holidays this year over the 2020 numbers.

Almost 2.5 million New Englanders are planning to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, according to AAA. The latest numbers reflect a return to travel that comes close to pre-pandemic levels.

Almost 2.5 million New Englanders are planning to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, according to AAA. The latest numbers reflect a return to travel that comes close to pre-pandemic levels. More than two million New England residents will be driving over the Thanksgiving holiday, the second-highest total since AAA has been projecting travel forecasts and up 9% over last year….