BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: A crush of holiday travelers set to hit the highways and take to the skies. Memorial Day weekend marks officially the start of summer travel and tourism season, and this weekend could be one for the record books. AAA predicting more than 28 million Americans will drive 100 miles or more this weekend. That's up 3 percent from a year ago. Another 6 million will go by air, bus or train. Dennis O'Hayer (ph) of our affiliate in Atlanta, WXIA, now reporting that soaring gas prices are just one of the bumps along the road this season.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm planning on getting a motorcycle.</s>DENNIS O'HAYER, WXIA REPORTER (voice-over): Anes Brown (ph) will try anything to save money on gasolines this holiday weekend. Prices jumped about five cents a gallon in recent weeks. Georgia prices are still below the national average of $1.52 per gallon of unleaded regular, but they're high enough to change summer travel plans.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was planning on going to Florida, going to take my little grandson to Disneyland -- Disney World. And I'm not going to drive now, so we'll probably get a fare from somewhere or another and fly down.</s>O'HAYER: That might not be fun either. Airport delays are up 11 percent this year over last; weather-related delays up 17 percent. Passengers had to camp in Chicago's O'Hare Airport recently, and there were long lines at New York's LaGuardia.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is insane. I just want to go home.</s>O'HAYER: Meanwhile, gas prices show no signs of collapsing.</s>HEMMER: Again, Dennis O'Hayer, affiliate WXIA here in Atlanta.
Memorial Day Travelers Set to Hit Highways, Airports in Record Numbers