17 Trips You Should Book a Year Ahead

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17 Trips You Should Book a Year in Advance

 

Booking early has myriad practical advantages, too. It can protect you from soaring prices, guarantee access to peak-season experiences, and ensure a plethora of accommodation options that often fill up months before departure. The extra planning room also allows you to seek out lesser-known routes and time your visit to seasonal spectacles. Plus, it offers the underrated delight of months filled with small frissons of excitement every time you think about what is to come.


With 2027 shaping up to be a year of more personal, experience-led travel, there's even more reason to start planning ahead.

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Megan Spurrell


Traveling to tropical places always feels like a homecoming for me—I’m happiest in sticky, seaside heat, knowing the ocean is near—so I was excited to visit the Yucatan Peninsula on assignment in October. I rested my head at the lovely Maroma, a Belmond Hotel, where I wore lots of linen as I drifted from the waterfront restaurant to the pools (yes, plural) and the fantastic spa (you are going to need to book the two-hour cenote treatment). But I was really there to report on another thing I care about deeply: sea-to-table dining. So I spent a day out on the water with local octopus fishermen, where I relied on Ciele’s Bronze & Protect to guard my skin from the bright rays (while looking just as sun-kissed as I did back in the height of summer).


Another day involved snorkeling, and I was so glad to have packed my favorite bikini of the moment: a Fortunata swimwear number that can scrunch easily into a pocket or purse, as I believe in always packing a bikini, no matter where you’re headed. And then, of course, a pair of reliable Havaianas flip-flops allowed me to easily transition from a day of fishing to a night eating great ceviche back at the hotel. All of the above was organized in my colorful Baggu packing cubes, which were so fun to see in the closet I was actually excited to keep things tidy in throughout my trip.

 

Baggu packing cubes


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