That’s right, in the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, 65 million americans will be in the air or on the road. That’s almost double the number who traveled over Thanksgiving weekend (aka – the busiest travel weekend of the year), and an increase of one million from last year. It’s also a new record for the highest number of people traveling during this period. With such an epic number of people flooding airports and highways, cue the bad weather: Denver International is in lockdown due to a blizzard, which in turn has snarled O’Hare. It snowed heavily around Seattle yesterday, with more storms expected over the weekend, and, on the international scene, it’s so foggy in London that hundreds are stuck at Heathrow, and thousands more caused British Airways’ website to crash trying to find out about their flights. If you’re traveling in the next few days, make sure to check the weather, traffic reports, and airport conditions before you set out.

– “65 million expected to travel over holidays” (MSNBC)
– “Some holiday travel delays at O’Hare” (Chicago Tribune)
– “Blizzard Blankets Colorado, Snarls Holiday Travel ” (Bloomberg)
– “Overnight storm mild, but mountain passes get lots of snow” (Seattle Times)
– “Anger and frustration at Heathrow” (BBC)