AAA predicts nearly 71 million people will travel 50 or more miles away from home during the July 4 travel period– predicts nearly 71 million people will travel 50 or more miles away from home during the July 4 travel period, which is from June 29 to July 7, 2024.“Lots of traffic,” Syndeity Ortiz said. Ortiz was stopping to get a drink at the Flying J. “We ran into pretty good traffic in Houston, actually,” she said.
“The foot traffic here has been pretty intense,” Gunter said. “We’ve definitely seen a huge spike in sales, both in hot food sales and retail sales.”Zaria Oates is a news reporter for KSAT 12. She joined in June 2024 from Memphis, where she worked at ABC24. Oates graduated from Clemens High School in Schertz and earned a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma. She's passionate about learning, traveling and storytelling.