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• 'Busiest Travel Day Underway (KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
If you're planning to head out of town this Thanksgiving weekend, you may face some travel conditions that won't make your list of things to be thankful for.
• 'More Americans Than Ever Will Travel for Thanksgiving, AAA Says (Bloomberg.com)
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- An estimated 37.3 million Americans will travel over Thanksgiving weekend this year, the most ever for the holiday, according to a survey by AAA that has been conducted for the past dozen years.
• 'CONSUMER TRAVEL: Travel expenses to get closer look (The Charlotte Observer)
Business travelers, prepare for greater scrutiny. Spurred by high-profile abuses of expense accounts, companies are taking a closer look at employees' travel reports. Small to mid-sized firms in particular are enacting policies and travel procedures that are allowing them to better flag those extravagant dinners or inappropriate charges while employees are on the road.
• 'Air Travel Can Trip Up Infrequent Flyers (ABC News)
Air Travel Can Trip Up Infrequent Flyers During Holidays As Procedures Become More Complicated
• 'Partnerships are key to online travel search survival (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The online travel search market is fast filling up with Web sites offering the cheapest bookings, and experts warn that the smaller entrants without partnerships with major service providers are sure to fail.
• '37M Are Expected to Travel This Weekend (AP via Yahoo! News)
Millions of Americans are hitting the road, heading to airports and taking to train stations today to get home in time for Thanksgiving turkey on what's traditionally the biggest travel day of the year.
• '3 Million Texans Expected To Travel For Thanksgiving (KPRC Click2Houston.com via Yahoo! News)
More than three million Texans are expected to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday and some were getting an early start at Houston's airports Wednesday, KPRC Local 2 reported.
• 'Air Travel Can Trip Up Infrequent Flyers (AP via Yahoo! News)
If you're flying for the holidays you have lots to think about: what to pack ? and leave behind ? what to wear and how early to get to the airport. Tight security, new technology and airlines' financial woes are making air travel more complicated than ever this Thanksgiving, when many travelers take their one big trip of the year.
• 'A Busy Travel Day Loses Its No. 1 Spot (New York Times)
The day before Thanksgiving might be ceding its claim as the busiest travel day of the year.
• 'Travel tips reminder... (Lifehacker via Yahoo! News)
Some tips from an old Lifehacker post for people travelling this holiday season: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) publishes travel tips including a list of prohibited and permitted items (PDF). Worth a read to avoid security delays at the airport.

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