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Review: hahnemuhle travel journal and travel booklets.

I forget exactly how I stumbled across the Hahnemuhle Travel Journal, but this is the website where I first remember seeing it, and the photo that got me all excited: Heaton Cooper Studio

[UPDATED: the original photo is no longer on that website, but I think the image below was it.]

Nice plain black covers, a somewhat chunky shape, and no yucky cover overhang! I had to have one. I went searching around to see where else they might be sold, and there didn’t seem to be too many options. Those I did find were all in the UK. The best price I ended up finding was at The Pastel Shop , about £6.02 for a 9x14cm hardcover journal. I also bought a two-pack of softcover journals for £2.78. I waited anxiously for the notebooks to arrive– it ended up taking almost a month due to a software error in processing my order, but they finally arrived, just in time for me to take the hardcover journal with me on a trip to the Galapagos. (You’ll notice that it looks a lot more beaten-up in all the photos except the first few where it has its wrapper still on! I don’t usually manage to field-test notebooks so thoroughly before reviewing them!)

I was not disappointed when I first unwrapped the sketchbook. It was just as lovely as it looked in the photo– thicker than a Moleskine, and with a slightly different texture to the black cover, but very minimal cover overhang. The spine had a funny wrinkly-ness to it, but the binding was sturdy and supple and opened totally flat. The interior was without any branding. The exterior just had a cute little rooster logo on the back. The elastic closure was just the right tightness and the ribbon marker was the right length. The inside pocket was a bit smaller than usual, and there was a slight mis-alignment between the book block and the cover, but nothing I couldn’t live with. In short, it was almost perfect.

The paper inside seemed just like the paper in the Handbook Artist Journals. That is basically what this notebook is, a HandBook Journal interior with a Moleskine exterior. Since these are the two notebooks that have long been my favorites, you would think I’d have died and gone to heaven finding the Hahnemuhle. I almost did.

So why the almost? Well, first of all what I really want to find is a replacement for my favorite Moleskines, the squared and sketchbook versions. If I want toothy sketch paper, I already have my HandBook Journals, which are totally satisfying just as they are (knock on wood, lest they start cutting corners like Moleskine has). If Hahnemuhle offered options with squared paper and a smooth heavy-weight sketch paper, I’d probably buy a hundred of them tomorrow. But I was still glad to have another option with the kind of paper I use for pencil drawing and watercolors a lot.

So it was disappointing to actually test the paper. There was just something about it that was not quite what I was hoping for. My watercolors seemed to look greyish and muddy, just somehow a bit dingy. Other pens and pencils work fine, or about as you’d expect with a paper of this texture. It’s pretty good on showthrough and bleed-through but not perfect. Fountain pens feather out a bit.

It’s not that different from the HandBook paper, but there is something very subtle that makes it not quite as pleasing. Neither Hahnemuhle or HandBook makes any claim that their notebooks are appropriate for watercolors– both of them can only take light usage of watercolors and even wet markers. But I think the paper in the Hahnemuhle has a slightly cooler tone to it. When I look at my watercolor tests side by side, it seems very subtle, and sometimes I even wonder if I’m imagining it, but I do remember just feeling disappointed when I tried my watercolors, and they do seem duller than they do in some of my other HandBook journals. Despite all that, I used the Hahnemuhle very happily all through the Galapagos and had no complaints when  using it for pencil sketches. And one advantage it does have over the HandBook is that that wrinkly spine allows it to open much flatter– the HandBook’s rounded spine sticks out rather stiffly, while Hahnemuhle’s tucks itself right in.

Below are Hahnemuhle vs. HandBook comparison shots:

And here’s Hahnemuhle vs. Moleskine:

I hadn’t tested the little Travel Booklets til writing this review. They’re a great idea– I always wondered why Moleskine didn’t offer a sketch Cahier (though they’ve now introduced something along those lines) and that is basically what these are. One signature of sketch pages, sewn up the spine. 20 sheets of 140 GSM paper, so it bulks up to a nice thickness. The back has a glued-on pocket, which isn’t very easy to access but would allow you to tuck away a small receipt or two.

The travel booklet almost seemed to perform a bit better with watercolors– I realized I was using a better-quality set of paints so I did another test in the original journal just to be sure. I do think the paper in the booklet performed a bit better– the wetness didn’t seem to scrub up the fibers of the paper as much, and the colors seemed a bit cleaner. The fountain pens both worked better in the booklet too.

All this has made me wonder if the original Hahnemuhle journal I got was the best representative of its kind, and whether another example might have somewhat better paper… which is a good excuse for me to buy a few more, especially since the Pastel Shop now has them priced at £5.40 (as of this writing), a reduction from their now-higher regular price of £7.20. (I bought my first one almost a year ago.) Unfortunately their “rest of world” shipping charge has increased from £5.95 to £12.95, so it’s not a great deal outside the UK either way… It’s still hard to find them elsewhere, but I did see that you can find the larger size on Amazon . I’m excited all over again at the thought of giving these another try as a sketchbook, even if they won’t become my everyday go-to notebook. With any luck, some US retailer will start carrying these so they’ll be easier and cheaper to buy here.

7 thoughts on “Review: Hahnemuhle Travel Journal and Travel Booklets”

You convinced me to buy this sketch book! It looks lovely, I hope it’s as lovely in person.

Hello (: I’m interested in buying the really thick black journal i went on the website that you linked (The Pastel Shop) But i don’t know which one it is. I want the really thick journal not the skinny one, if you wouldn’t mind linking me to the exact one i want that would be so great, thank you.

This is the 9 x 14cm portrait travel journal that I have: http://thepastelshop.com/shopping/pgm-more_information.php?id=203&=SID#MOREINFO . If you search “Hahnemuhle Travel Journal” on the Pastel Shop, the results will include the tan-color thin booklets, which they call “Travel Booklet” and come in a 2-pack, and the actual “Travel Journals” which are black and come in 9 x 14 landscape or portrait, and 13 x 21 cm landscape or portrait, despite all the listings having the same photo.

Thank you for the review and I’m happy to inform everyone that they are available in the US. The Hahnemühle sketch books are available spiral-bound or thread-bound, with an elastic band to hold the covers shut.

Please contact us at 815-502-5880 and we’re happy to connect you with one our dealers who are carrying them in stock. You may also contact me directly [email protected] at any time.

Carol Boss Hahnemühle USA Marketing Services Manager

Thank you for the review.

I’m pleased to inform everyone that these and many more options of the Hahnemühle sketch books and diaries are available in the US in both spiral-bound or thread-bound, with an elastic band to hold the covers shut.

Please contact us at 815-502-5880 for assistance or you may also contact us at [email protected] .

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They are a practical companion for mobile people, who prefer to record their thoughts, feelings or impressions in a traditional manner between the covers of a book or booklet.

The Travel Journals from Hahnemühle, available in 9 x 14 cm and 13,5 x 21 cm size in both portrait and landscape format, are even held together by a practical rubber band.

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20 Best Travel Journals to Take on Your Next Journey

Posted: August 23, 2023 | Last updated: March 22, 2024

Last-minute planning of a trip can consist of chaotic lists in your phone's notes app while the chronicling of said trip may look like sporadic photos in your camera roll. But what if there was a collective place you could plan in advance and jot down funny moments along the way? A travel journal can culminate the ups (and downs) of your vacation with guided prompts and templates.

The purpose of a travel journal is to document your journeys near and far, whether it's a weekend getaway with the girls or a family vacation to a kid-friendly New England town. And much like notebooks of any category, there are a variety of travel journals to peruse. Some are more guided than others, with templates for packing lists similar to that of a planner , while others have more open-ended prompts or just blank lined, unlined or dotted pages.

Our experts at Good Housekeeping Institute extended our expertise in the best photo book makers and best wedding planning books to research the best travel journals, a category we have not yet formally tested. We rounded up the best travel journals of 2023, whether you want a self-designed bullet journal or a notebook with fun maps and stickers. At the end of our list, you can find advice on how to start your travel journal as well as read more about why you can trust Good Housekeeping. And if you have a frequent traveler in your life besides yourself, check out our guide to the best travel gift ideas (although a journal is a great idea too!).

1) Off Piste

Whether this is your first or fifth travel journal, or a gift for the college student in your life who's about to go abroad, Papier's notebooks will check all of the boxes. One GH editor has the Off Piste journal and loves the cover, a simple design that includes a meaningful quote, and appreciates the helpful templates you'll find inside the notebook. You'll be able to document up to six trips with templates for your budget, packing list, transportation, accommodation, itinerary and a journaling space for freestyle writing. There are also pages dedicated to a travel wishlist as well an illustrative map you can color in as you mark off countries you've visited.

2) Page-A-Day

Journals can ring in at a variety of prices, but you can find a great travel journal for under $10 that will still give you enough space to write about your wanderings around the world. This leather-bound journal dedicates one page to each day of your trip, with spaces to add in the date, location and weather conditions (we especially like the delicate drawings for types of participation which you can circle with your pencil or pen). Dotted lines on the page will keep your entries neat and organized and an included ribbon bookmark will keep track of where you left off last. Even though this journal is pretty basic in design and on the smaller side, we think it's a great option for someone who doesn't want to spend too much on their first travel journal.

3) Vacation Planner

Amazon's Choice with a 4.6-star rating across over 900 customer reviews, this travel journal comes with more than just a notebook. You'll also get 150+ fun stickers to embellish your entries, plus the journal also has a pocket to hold the pages of stickers and an elastic band for your pen. But what makes this journal really stand out is its extensive range of templates geared towards helping you plan your trip. For five trips, you'll get pages for research and budget, a packing checklist, transportation and accommodation details and an expense tracker, plus a map and more journaling pages. If you like to plan out every detail, this is the perfect travel journal for your needs. We wish you could fit more than five trips in the journal, but for the price, it's a great value.

4) Kids Travel Journal

Perfect for the adventure-inclined kiddo, this 96-page travel journal lets young travelers record everything from general entries about a trip to a packing list. Kids can even paste in photos, tickets and more and store the rest in the journal's back pocket. The journal is also full of games, maps, helpful phrases in other languages, metric information, quotes and fun facts. Not only is this kid-friendly journal a creative means to document their early adventures, but its accessories encourage international learning.

5) Medium Spiral Snap Journal

Available in four hues including black onyx (pictured), brown, azure and lilac, this journal is made from gorgeous dyed leather with light gold hardware. You can choose from a spiral or bound format, but note that the spiral option has 130 perforated pages while the bound journal has 265 ruled sheets (or 128 pages). Regardless of which style you choose, you'll will get the benefit of a snap closure and a built-in pen loop, although the writing utensil is not included. We appreciate the versatility of this journal given the blank pages that let you doodle and write freely over the course of your next trip.

6) Leather Bound World Travel Journal

This beautiful leather bound journal not only has pages for writing about your trips, but it also includes full-color maps of major cities plus world weather information, international dialing codes and more. A perfect gift for the international traveler, you can also add a foil debossed monogram to the cover if you want to add a personal flare to the notebook. We wish that the journal was available in more than one color, but the rust orange is a versatile enough choice that will stick out in a dark suitcase or bag.

7) World Trip Adventure Book

An almost-perfect five-star rating on Amazon and the titular Amazon's Choice badge is enough to make you add this travel journal to your cart. The layflat design makes it easy to open and write on, and you'll have enough pages to reflect on 15 trips plus a back pocket for extra photos and blank pages for notes and random musings. What we love most about this journal are the helpful prompts that guide newbies through the process of journaling, with questions like "Where did you stay?." and "Something I learned from this destination/culture..." From basic to more thought-provoking questions, you'll have a boost of inspiration to help you document your journey.

While the majority of picks on this list are physical journals, you can also document your trips through an app if you prefer a digital format or have minimal space in your luggage . Chief Technologist & Executive Technical Director at the GH Institute Rachel Rothman , says Day One is a solid choice with ample positive reviews from consumers. You can download the app for free on your iPhone, Android, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. You'll get one journal for one device with the ability to add a photo per entry, plus templates, export capabilities and tags. If you want unlimited journals, devices and photos plus the option to add videos, audio recordings and more, opt for Day One Premium which rings in at $2.92 per month.

9) Classic Notebook

If you travel a lot, or tend to squish as much as you possibly can into your carry-on (we have all been there), you'll want a durable journal that can withstand being tossed around and bumping against other items in your bag. A faux leather hardcover and thick paper ensure your journal will stay intact as you travel to and fro. The manufacturer adds that the cover is designed to be easy to clean, which is helpful if you are journaling on the airplane or train and accidentally spill your drink. We also appreciate that you can add a photo or logo to the cover for an element of personalization, especially since the notebook is more basic in style.

10) The Traveler's Playbook: A World Travel Journal

Journaling of any kind can be intimidating as you don't always know where to start — even a notebook with guiding prompts can lead to partial writer's block. If this sounds like you, then opting for a book that has more structure and a variety of templates is the way to go. This popular travel journal has a 4.3-star rating on Uncommon Goods is designed by explorer Deanna Didzun who created illustrations and lists to help jog your memory of your most recent journey. You can give overall star ratings for each destination and write down food and drink highlights if you so please.

11) Travels and Experiences Panama Notebook

There are journals and then there are journals — and this beautiful handcrafted leather journal falls into the latter category. Bound in crossgrain lambskin and available in a light blue or scarlet red, you'll have 128 pages of lined Featherweight paper to fill. This notebook is all about quality and is designed to last, but with that comes a higher price tag. It would be a great gift for the writer in your life who loves to travel, but given its simple layout and lack of templates other travel journals can have, it may not be splurge-worthy for every traveler.

12) Suede Travel Journal

If you or a friend is traveling to Santorini, Mexico and/or Sydney in the near future, you may want to opt for this travel journal inspired by each of those stunning cities. You can add personal information in the first page of the notebook and the 240 pages are lined with spaces to include the subject and date. Although the journal does not include prompts or templates, we love the eye-catching gold design and appreciate the ribbon bookmark to keep track of your last entry.

13) Traveller's Journal

Moleskine, the established brand that has been around for over two decades, is synonymous with traditional, high quality notebooks — and this travel-specific journal is no different. There are three sections for a travel wish list, short trips and long trips plus two sheets of stickers and a ribbon bookmark. The journal has a 4.6-star rating on Amazon across over 3,200 consumer ratings. One five-star review calls this notebook "the traveler's best friend," and notes how helpful it can be to keep track of places, restaurants and sites so you don't forget.

14) Letterfolk National Park Passport Journal

An ideal gift for the camper in your life, this affordable little journal has 48 pages for documenting trips to U.S. National Parks . You can add the date, location and what you did with a few more lines to capture the vibe. There is also space to doodle or draw a scene from the hike, or you could add in a photo you took while out in nature. We like the simple foil-stamped cover and center-sewn binding and appreciate its small size, which is important when you are hiking or camping and don't necessarily have as much packing space.

15) Personalized Travel Notebook

For a personalized touch, this pick lets you choose from over 1,000 charm and stamp combinations including astrological charms, meaningful quotes and more . There are also three different vegan leather hues to choose from: cinnamon, cedar and sandy brown. The notebook has 18 plastic card slots, a zippered pocket for storage and a total of 152 lined pages. You can also refill the notebook as you cross places off your travel wish list. A best-seller on Etsy with a perfect five-star rating, this customizable notebook is popular among customers. Multiple reviews comment on the fast delivery, and its high-quality, beautiful appearance.

16) Custom Travel Journal for Kids

With this journal, you can customize the cover color, font and cover map, as well as choose between 100- and 200-page books with lined, unlined and prompts variations. We love the various ways you can personalize this kid-friendly journal, making little ones that more excited to explore new places. The five-star seller has over 3,000 customer reviews on Etsy. And the travel journal doesn't just have to be a gift for the kids: Adult customers also said they enjoyed using the notebook for camping trips and vacations around the globe.

17) Everywhere You Go

We have included travel journals on this list that have prompts but none like the unexpected ones in this notebook that will get your creative wheels turning. The questions may catch you off guard, but prompt thoughtful reflection: they range from "If this place had a perfume, it would smell like..." to, "If this place had a soundtrack, these songs would be on it." The notebook is Amazon's Choice and has a 4.5-star rating, with multiple customers calling it the perfect gift for the traveler in your life, whether you need a gift for a teen or a present for a thirtieth birthday .

18) Dotted Journal Notebook

Keeping a bullet journal is a popular trend that can easily translate to an aesthetic yet meaningful travel journal. This popular bullet notebook has a 4.7-star rating on Amazon with over 18 color options to chose from including mustard yellow (pictured), burgundy, lavender, royal blue and more. The 5.7-by-8-inch dotted pages lend themselves to open-ended creativity. While it can be hard to start designing and writing a journal from scratch, you have the benefit of customizing how much space you want for each list or entry.

19) Travel Tracker

Physical journals are not everyone's cup of tea, which is where an app like Polarsteps comes into play. Available for iOS and Android devices, Polarsteps lets travelers track their journeys. You can utilize over 300 helpful guides created by travel editors, as well as use the itinerary planner to dream up your perfect vacation and check the transport planner when unsure of what mode of transportation to use from one destination to another. Once you begin your trip, plot each site you visit and slowly form a personalized map that you can embellish with photos and videos. From there, share your map with friends and family or turn it into a travel book to look back on for years to come.

20) The Traveler's Journal

If you have a bookshelf with rows of novels, photo albums and notebooks, you may want an aesthetic-looking travel journal that fits your style. This leather notebook has 60 pages to document your travels, and is available in a neutral shade (pictured) as well as two marbled patterns that are unique to each purchase. We personally love the brightly colored assorted pattern that has swirls of lavender, yellow, fuchsia and blue. The lined pages are great for daily entries and you can also note the day and weather. Note that to clean, you'll want to wipe away and spills or messes with a soft cloth.

21) How do you start a travel journal?

As with any creative process or craft, there is no one way to begin. It can depend on the layout of the journal itself as some notebooks guide you through the process of first writing out your itinerary and packing list and before reflecting on the trip. If you've chosen a journal with less structure (i.e. a bullet journal for example) then you can curate the table of contents to your wishes. You may decide to start a bucket list of places you want to visit or begin with a one-page entry of your latest trip. It can be helpful to brainstorm how you want to format your journal before you start so you don't waste paper, but trust that you will figure out the right method as you go along.

22) What do you write in a travel journal?

The options are endless! If your travel journal doesn't have specific prompts to respond to, you can let your imagination roam free on a blank sheet of lined or unlined paper. Write about your favorite outing, make a list of all the museums you visited or include daily entries that sum up that day's itinerary.

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Elizabeth Berry is the Updates Editor for the Good Housekeeping Institute where she collaborates with analysts across categories to ensure product guides reflect accurate information. She has written on a vast array of topics including (but not limited to) the best travel pillows and photo book makers . Elizabeth enjoys documenting her trips in Papier's The Road Less Traveled journal.

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Best Travel Journal Apps to Collect Travel Memories

Want to create a detailed journal of your travels that includes photos, points of interest, favorite memories, and much more? Just try out a few travel journal apps to see which is best to collect your travel stories, and even plan out new journeys.

Best for General Journaling: Day One

Best for sharing: travelmap, best for customization: journey, best for privacy: penzu, best for finding new adventures: polarsteps, best for looking back: diarium.

Available for: iOS , Android

Price: Free with premium option

Day One is easily one of the best travel journal apps – and overall journaling apps , by far. It’s incredibly easy to use, making it perfect for beginners who want to document their travel experiences or just journal day-to-day happenings. It also features encryption and password protection to help keep your entries safer.

Day One isn’t just for travel. However, the ability to create text and media entries, add details on a map, and even keep track of special moments on a calendar make it perfect for jotting down every memory during your trip.

Personally, I love that even the free version is ad-free. But, this is one of those times that the premium version is well worth it at under $3/month, thanks to the addition of unlimited journals. The free version allows unlimited entries in a single journal, video, up to 30 high-res photos per entry, and audio recording.

Available for: All platforms that support web apps

Price: Free with premium options

TravelMap doesn’t have a dedicated mobile app, but it does offer a web app. From the site’s homepage, tap your browser’s menu, and select Install app . It’s that easy. This adds an icon to your device. Tap it, select the menu, and choose Administration to start documenting your travel adventures.

It’s completely free and easy to create a private blog, complete with a map showing lines to each destination. Upload up to 100 pictures and get your own domain for free. If you upgrade, you get 3,000 photos/year or unlimited, depending on the plan. Plus, the $97/year plan lets you import GPS files, create custom map styles, live track your travels, and more.

If you’re a travel blogger or influencer, TravelMap is perfect for sharing your travel memories with others in real time. Just share your TravelMap site, and they can join in at any time. If you’re traveling often, try these apps to save money on international travel .

Journey appears to be a standard journaling app on the surface, but when you check out the variety of plugins, it’s easy to see why this is one of the best travel journal apps. I highly recommend immediately adding the Location and Places plugin to automatically list where you are when you add a new entry. Plus, you can always access your journal from any browser – not just your phone.

The free version is rather basic but still lets you geotag posts manually, add photos to your entries, and password protect your journal. It’s simple to use, and the free plugins let you add checklists, change journal colors, upload automatically to other services, record the weather, record your mood, and more.

The premium version boosts the experience by adding larger cloud backups, more media storage, end-to-end encryption, shared web links, custom templates, and more.

Penzu uses passwords and even military-grade encryption to help keep your entries safer. You can completely wipe local storage if you’re switching to a new device. It’s the focus on privacy that makes this stand out as one of the best travel journal apps.

While it’s designed for any type of digital diary, you get unlimited entries and add photos and basic customization – completely free. As with most apps like this, the premium version gives you some nice perks, such as higher level encryption, unlimited journals (only one in free), handwritten fonts, much more customization, writing prompts, and more.

If keeping your travel memories private is important, upgrading is worth it. Otherwise, a good password in the free version is all you need.

Price: Free

Polarsteps does something most other travel journal apps don’t – it guides you toward new adventures. Think of the platform as a traveling social network. Upload your travels, or keep them private. Explore guidebooks, photos, and more from fellow travelers. If you’re feeling inspired to go on a new trip, find out how to save money on flights .

Surprisingly, it’s completely free to use Polarsteps, and your high-res photos are automatically uploaded to the cloud (if you want) to help save space on your phone. Once again, it’s free.

Explore your memories at any time, share them with others, and even create your own guidebooks. You can also turn your memories into an elegant hardcover book. This is how the app makes money, but it’s optional.

Diarium isn’t just a travel journal app. Journal about any and everything. But it’s easy to tag entries with a location, see travel memories in the calendar view, and even check out maps to see where you’ve traveled at a glance.

What I love is the different views. View entries in a calendar, timeline, or map format. Easily search for past entries, or turn on the On This Day notification for a fun look back. If you’ve used another journaling app in the past, Diarium helps you import your entries to make transitioning much easier.

While the app is cross-platform between iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows, you must pay a separate fee for each platform. For instance, to go between Android and Windows, you’d need to buy Diarium for each platform. However, it is just a one-time fee per platform.

No matter which of these travel journal apps you choose, it’s all about enjoying yourself during the journey. It’s not always easy to get perfect pictures for your journal, but try these online photo editing tools to help turn okay photos into amazing ones, or use a little AI magic to make your pictures even better.

Image credit: Unsplash . All screenshots by Crystal Crowder.

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AAA forecasts nearly 44M travelers for Memorial Day weekend: See best times to travel

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, which means people will be flooding highways and airports this weekend looking to get away for some rest and relaxation.

The American Automobile Association is projecting nearly 44 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the Memorial Day holiday travel period, which is defined by the organization as the five-day period from Thursday, May 23 to Monday, May 27.

"We haven't seen Memorial Day weekend travel numbers like these in almost 20 years," said Paula Twidale, senior vice president of AAA Travel, in a news release. "We're projecting an additional one million travelers this holiday weekend compared to 2019, which not only means we're exceeding pre-pandemic levels but also signals a very busy summer travel season ahead."

The organization projects over 38 million people will travel by car over Memorial Day weekend, over 3.5 million will travel by air and nearly 2 million will travel by other modes of transportation, including buses, cruises and trains.

The 38 million drivers is the highest number for Memorial Day since AAA began tracking data in 2000 and is up 4% compared to last year. The 3.5 million air travelers is an increase of nearly 5% over last year and, according to AAA, this will be the most crowded Memorial Day weekend at airports since 2005.

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Best, worst times to travel for Memorial Day weekend

Drivers leaving Thursday or Friday should hit the road early to avoid mixing with commuters, AAA said, citing data from transportation data and insights provider INRIX. Drivers going back home Sunday or Monday should avoid the afternoon hours when return trips will peak.

“Travel times are expected to be up to 90% longer than normal. Travelers should stay up to date on traffic apps, 511 services, and local news stations to avoid sitting in traffic longer than necessary,” said Bob Pishue, transportation analyst at INRIX, in the news release.

Here's a breakdown of the best and worst times to travel by car depending on which day you are traveling:

Thursday, May 23

• Best travel time: Before 11 a.m. and after 7 p.m.
• Worst travel time: Between noon and 6 p.m.

Friday, May 24

• Best travel time: Before 11 a.m. and after 8 p.m.
• Worst travel time: Between noon and 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 25

• Best travel time: Before 1 p.m. and after 6 p.m.
• Worst travel time: Between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 26

• Best travel time: Before 1 p.m.
• Worst travel time: Between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Monday, May 27

• Best travel time: After 7 p.m.

Gas prices continue to decrease heading into Memorial Day weekend

According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of gasoline has fallen four cents since last week, to $3.60. The primary reasons are weak domestic demand and oil costs below $80 a barrel, according to the organization.

“Barring some unforeseen event, this pokey drop in pump prices is not likely to change anytime soon,” said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson, in a news release. “There are seven states with county gas averages at less than $3 a gallon. This trend will likely accelerate as more gas outlets east of the Rockies drop their prices.”

This Memorial Day weekend, drivers can expect similar gas prices as last year when the national average was about $3.57.

"Pump prices rose this spring but have held somewhat steady in recent weeks," AAA said in the news release, while also noting that prices may creep higher as the summer driving season gets underway.

The wildcard remains the cost of oil, according to the organization, and unlike last year, there are now two wars – in the Middle East and Ukraine – that could roil the oil market.

Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at USA TODAY. You can follow him on X  @GabeHauari  or email him at [email protected].

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