Many of you are hitting the road to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and family and the holiday travel rush is officially on.
ABC13 has some travel advice to keep your road trip stress free.
First and foremost, you want to get where you're going safely and on time.
AAA has some recommendations to make sure your car is ready.
If you have the time before you head out, Morgan Dean with AAA said it's a good idea to have your battery looked at.
Also, check to see if it's time for an oil change.
And finally, check your tires to see if the tread is getting low and if you have the right amount of air pressure in them.
"All of those will help you do better on your car and not end up broken down along the side of the roadway. They can also help you improve your gas mileage, which with everything that we've all been through this year. Anything that we can do to improve our gas mileage is so important," Dean said.
Dean also said it's important to limit distractions as much as possible.
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He says looking away from the roadway for just two seconds, doubles your risk of being in a crash.
Lastly, a helpful tool you may consider, Dean said you can plan your trip with the AAA Trip Tik. You can find it in the AAA app, and use it to pick stops along the way for gas and look at prices.
It's not just automobiles traveling for Thanksgiving, there are also planes and trains.
The Amtrak station in Lynchburg has seen folks coming and going all week.
Reps with Amtrak tell us that they expect an increase in travelers this year as their route frequency has bounced back from the pandemic.
Amtrak riders we spoke with as they pulled into Lynchburg for the holiday on Tuesday are quite satisfied.
"My child decided I could ride the rails better than I can drive at night," Pam Barrett said. "You have the pure leisure of going in, enjoying, sitting back, and relaxing."
"We caught the midnight train from Georgia. We are here visiting my dad in Lynchburg," Melissa Brown said.
"I like the train before they had dinner, I mean breakfast on the train and I wanted to see my granddad so we went on the train," Leona Brown said.
And when it comes to the skies, Lynchburg Regional Airport tells us they expect their flights to be near full on the peak travel days too.
"Taking the earlier flights are a good way to get home faster. Everything is on time so far so hopefully, it stays that way," Kalin Hubbard, a Liberty University student, said.
Whether you are hopping on a plane or hitting the railways you should expect delays due to that increased number of travelers.
So the one thing travel experts say you should pack is patience.
Allow extra time for you and your family to get to where you need to go.