AAA predicts slight decrease in July Fourth travel

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More Marylanders plan to stay home this Fourth of July, according to AAA data released this week, and holiday event organizers around the area hope it will bring a boost to weekend attendance.

“Normally when it?s going to be a three-day weekend, when the Fourth is Friday or Monday, we expect it to be greatly reduced because people will go away,” said Maureen Sweeney Smith, communications coordinator for the Catonsville Celebrations. “I?ve talked to two people who were going away this year; other years I might have talked to 25 who were.”

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