Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to use the UK's transport networks on Friday as schools break up and the Christmas holiday getaway begins.
Heathrow Airport is expecting 116,000 departures, while the AA predicts 10 million cars will be on the roads.
The busiest days for getting around by road, rail and air will be Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 of December, according to travel association ABTA.
Some roadworks will be suspended.
The Highways Agency said almost 400 miles of roadworks would either be completed by, or suspended for, the festive break by 0600 GMT on 23 December.
AA president Edmund King said the Christmas getaway would begin "with a particularly busy start".
He added: "This is because most schools break up today, Christmas shopping gets going in earnest and consumers have more money in their pocket because of low pump prices."
Travel expert Simon Calder said things were "going smoothly" so far, adding that about 400,000 passengers would be flying out from UK airports to various destinations on Friday.
"It seems as though collectively we've decided we're all going to go on holiday," he said.
Other updates include:
- Signalling problems at Burgess Hill in West Sussex have cause some delays for passengers travelling to Gatwick
- Gatwick expects its busiest day to be on Sunday when 64,000 passengers are expected to fly out of the airport
The Christmas getaway could also be disrupted by strike action set to take place by members of the Unite union.
A dispute over pay means that some airport staff - including baggage handlers - are set to strike on 23 December for two days at Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester airports.
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