Last-minute travel? American fact of life
Need to still plan a trip for Thanksgiving? According to this New York Times story (registration required) you still can since last minute travel deals are available on all the leading sites:
Certainly there's a growing need. Last-minute travel plans are a fact of life for Americans, according to the Travel Industry Association of America. Sixty-four percent of the 129.9 million Americans who traveled more than 50 miles from their homes for leisure in the past year planned the trip within two weeks of embarking, according to an association survey of 1,300 Americans who were polled in July. Thirty-nine percent of these last-minute travelers said their trip was to visit relatives or friends.