RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Filling your belly for Thanksgiving will come a little easier across the Carolinas because it will cost less to fill your gas tank.

Charlotte-based AAA Carolinas says there will be a 1 percent increase in the number of people driving during the four-day holiday. Spokesman Tom Crosby attributes the increase to a 54-cent drop in the price of a gallon of gasoline at North Carolina pumps since mid-September.