Travelers see few problems despite busier Labor Day weekend NBC Connecticut [Video]

Labor Day brought an end to a busy holiday weekend, at least according to expert expectations.

AAA projected a 9% bump in travel compared to last year, thanks to dips in prices for airfare, gas and car rentals.  

“Travel volumes have been robust domestically and internationally all summer,” Tracy Noble, spokesperson for AAA Club Alliance, said in a statement.

That included a forecast of 17 million air travelers, the most for a Labor Day weekend. Despite the bump, many travelers said Monday was smooth.  

“The news made it sound like this was going to be the busiest, like ever, and it doesn’t look like it now,” Hartford resident Michael Swanson said at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks.

Bradley officials forecasted 55,000 departing flights, in line with last year.

Travel on the roads, meanwhile, greatly depended on the area.

“The roads are bad, but the beaches, the natural beauty makes …