Between Monday, Dec. 23, and New Year's Day, 32.5 million seats are scheduled to depart from U.S. airports, a 2.4% increase from last year, according to Hopper's Christmas Outlook.

The Christmas and New Year's holiday period is expected to be the busiest on record for both air and road travel, according to AAA. ABC News Photo Illustration by Dani Grandison, Adobe Stock.

As AAA is projecting 107 million people to travel by car between Dec. 21 and Jan. 1, you should avoid traveling by car the weekends before Christmas Day and New Year's Day, according to ...