Traveling this Labor Day weekend? According to AAA Travel, 34.7 million Americans are expected to travel 50 or more miles from home during the holiday weekend. The forecast represents the highest volume for Labor Day weekend since the recession-driven travel decline and a 1.3 percent increase from 2013. I’ll be joining the 35 million Americans traveling this weekend, celebrating the holiday with beach fun in Ocean City, Md., for two nights before taking the ferry over to Cape May from Lewes and visiting Wildwood for a night, and will be part of the 29.7 million traveling via automobile. While airfare prices will increase by 2 percent to accommodate the 1 percent increase in air travel this season, those hitting the road this year will find lower-than-usual gas prices despite the fact that automobile travel will increase by 1.4 percent this year. According to Travelocity, the most popular Labor Day destination based on airfare bookings is New York City, followed by Seattle and Los Angeles.  Compared to last year, both Washingtons — D.C. and state, specifically Seattle — are increasingly popular travel destinations, with D.C. moving from No. 10 to No. 7, and Seattle moving from No. 4 to No. 2. The full Top 10 most popular Labor Day destinations are

1. New York City
2. Seattle
3. Los Angeles
4. San Francisco
5. Denver
6. Chicago
7. Washington, D.C.
8. South Florida
9. Boston
10. Las Vegas

Are you traveling this weekend? — Monique Barrett, eFlyer editor/associate editor