With them, however, comes extensive travel, starting the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and wrapping up a little after the New Year's Day. With close to 2 million Arizonans flying or driving for this initial holiday weekend, AAA has offered a set of tips to help make the journey a little bet less stressful.

Next week is expected to be historically busy at airports and on freeways in Phoenix and across the nation as 80 million people plan to travel for Thanksgiving, AAA predicts. Why it matters: Travelers,