Thanks to sites like The Flight Deal and a pretty flexible job in taking vacation with little notice, 2016 was actually pretty great for me. I traveled to a bunch of places (and didn’t go broke, kind of) that I’ve ranked in terms of my 2016 experience below. All places were great in one way or another-I’d gladly travel back to #19. Tweet @barredindc or email barredindc@gmail.com if you’d like any traveling tricks for these spot or in general.

1. Ireland (Galway, Kinsale, Dublin)
2. Paris
3. Asheville (twice)
4. Nantucket
5. Chicago
6. New York City (hit all 5 boroughs in 8 hours)
7. South Florida (Ft. Lauderdale, Miami Beach, Wynwood)
8. Tahoe
9. San Francisco
10. Austin
11. Nashville
12. Denver (twice)
13. Breckenridge
14. Durham (twice)
15. Elkins, West Virginia
16. Boston (only here 20 hours on a Tuesday, so skewed)
17. Baltimore
18. Cleveland
19. Montgomery, AL