With gas prices plummeting, and temperatures staying warm, Carbon County residents should have nothing keeping them off the road this holiday season.

Experts are predicting 2015 to be the busiest travel season ever, buoyed by the fact that gas prices are at their lowest level in more than six years. Coupled with record high temperatures pushing into the 70s over the next couple days, and the number of travelers is expected to be more than 2014.AAA released its holiday travel forecast earlier this month, and the organization is predicting that during the holiday travel season - which they consider to be today through Jan. 3, 100 million Americans will be traveling in some way. Of that, more than 91 million will be going by car, which is the largest number in history and a 1.4 percent increase over 2014."It is looking like there will be a lot more travel this month. Nobody's looking for any kind of snow around here, and gas prices have gone down so much. They sort of combine each other," Bob Wachter of AAA Schuylkill County said.Gas prices nationally are currently at their lowest level since March 2009, according to AAA. On Monday, the national average price for a gallon of gas dropped below $2. That's about 20 percent less than last year at this time, when the national average was $2.39.In Pennsylvania, gas prices are not as low, but still significantly less than 2014. The average Tuesday was $2.19, down from $2.66 in December 2014.Pennsylvania's gas prices typically sit above the national average - thanks to the larger share of gas taxes that we pay relative to other states. AAA said the state is in the top 10 highest gas prices. In Carbon County, readers have reported seeing prices as low as $2.09 per gallon for regular.Typically, there is a drop in gas prices around the early winter, according to Theresa Podguski of AAA East Central Pa.But this year's drop has been taken even further because of supply outpacing demand for oil worldwide."Gas prices have dropped because there is more than enough oil and gas supplies around the world to meet current demand," she said.Podguski said that gas prices have been lower than 2014 for much of the year, which has a compounding effect on consumers' spending. By saving money at the pump, they have more income available, which may lead to more economic activity.Oil production is expected to continue at its current levels through the early part of 2016, meaning that consumers should continue to benefit from the low gas prices."We have witnessed a dramatic shift. It's saved families hundreds of dollars so far this year."The best news of all is there's more room to drop in the coming weeks," she said.