Travelers aren't the only ones gearing up for the holiday.

Thrifty shoppers and local stores are preparing for the Black Friday rush.

Our crew visited the Honey Creek Mall Wednesday afternoon as staffers and Santa got ready.

Many stores are offering doorbuster sales and coupon offers.

The mall web site is also offering printable deals for shoppers to take advantage of.

"We are hoping it will be bigger," said Monica Schiller. " We are doing a lot of online coupons right on the mall web site. People can go there and get the savings and save a lot of money. If they go to honeycreekmall. com and pull the coupon book and that's another push we are hoping to be successful to help shoppers too."

The Honey Creek Mall opens at 7 a.m. on Friday.