but as karin caifa reports... americans will spend less on their closer to home. somewhat 3 --reporttr pkg-as hii the road this ricans will thankkgiving, but they'll spend a little ess. that'ss aacording to triple-a, which ffrecasts 43-poinn-six mmilion travelerr for the holiday, an uptick of ess than one percent over llst year. the ffctors that are behind these the economy, and as we all know, thh economy is till sluggish, but there is improvement. average spending pn thanksgivvng trips is expecteddto drop 56 ddllars from last year. the average distance, down 16 percent.. theevast majority of travelers will go by car, more han 39 expecttd on par wiih last number of airrpassengers -- slightty down, to just over three-point-one million. ddssite a ew lessstravelers innthe skies, fare wwtchers say don't expect ast-minute deals.if you haven't yet booked your holiday travel and you''e looking to find that great airfarr deal, forr phanksgiving weekend, yyu may pe out of luck with just a &pweek until the holidays,,thos few seats that are left on thee plane are certainly

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