By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Shawn Steward with AAA Kansas notes that those who may not have gone many places in 2020 have tried to do so in 2021.
"This summer has been a very busy travel season, especially compared to last season," Steward said. "There were a lot of people who really didn't travel much at all last year because of COVID and being right in the middle of that wave of the pandemic. This summer, it feels like a lot more people were out on the roads."
The Delta variant does seem to be having an effect lately, though.
"We're starting to see some hesitation with people booking trips, flights, cruises, for example," Steward said. "We're starting to see that turn toward the negative, in terms of people being more hesitant."
As has been the case though, both generally with summer travel and especially through the pandemic, usually 90% or more of holiday weekend travel is by car.