It sounds normal that people this year are opting to travel more in the spring and summer, but actually, that’s not always the case. Fall is sometimes a popular time to

travel because, depending on where you’re planning to go, it’s an off season and that can save you some major bucks! But this year, couples are preferring mild temperatures or

the summertime when they can get more time off.

Some of the best places to travel in the spring? According to travel agents, the Virgin Islands, the Grand Canyon, Amsterdam, San

Diego, London, Capetown and our nation’s capital. Summer? The Bahamas, Catalina Island, Virginia Beach, Bora Bora, Dubai, Fiji and of course, Hawaii.

Lots of people are going to be making their way to Montreal, Canada this year. That’s because it’s going to feature all sorts of festivals from Montreal en Lumiere (its

food festival in Feb-Mar) to Montreal International Jazz Festival (Jun-Jul) to its arts event, Montreal First Peoples' Festival (Jul-Aug). Click here to read about more upcoming festivals and

here for other things to do while visiting Montreal.

Surely, you’re not surprised to see Italy on here. It’s not really a traveling trend, really it’s more like a travel staple. But still, it’s supposed to generate more tourists than

ever this year. If you’ve never been, Paris and Rome are must-sees. So are Naples, the Italian Lake District, Milan, the Amalfi Coast and Tuscany. Oh, and Venice. Italy is

definitely wine country. Click here for some of its most beautiful wine tours.

Here’s a trend that a lot of people still don’t know about. Be Mate is a company that lets you book an apartment reservation rather than a hotel

one. That’s right. Rather than staying in a hotel, you can get an entire apartment space to yourself. The challenge with this is it’s only currently in 10 cities--- Madrid,

Barcelona, Malaga, Granada, Salamanca, Florence, Amsterdam, New York, Miami, Mexico D.F. But it’s growing and if you’re planning on heading to one of those places, well…you’re good to go!

Have you ever wanted to whisk the love of your life away on a jet? If your bank account looks anything like ours, that might seem like a pipe dream.

Not necessarily. Check out Stratajet. It’s a pay-as-you-go charter flight system. How it works is this. There are “empty leg” flights - basically private jets that have no passengers on them.

Usually these planes are going back to a home base. For a fee, you can get on one and pay up to 75 percent off of the charter flight. Not

bad. Not bad at all. Click here for more info.

It might sound a bit morbid, but it really shouldn’t. Creating a bucket list---including a travel bucket list---significantly increases your chances of getting things accomplished. That’s because writing plans down

helps to hold you accountable. So, where do you and yours want to go? Put down 10 places within the next month and make it a plan to cross at

least 1-2 off of your list this year!