Where did you travel in 2005 what was your best trip and what are your plans for 2006?
 

2005
Alaska (we return there every year)
Ottawa, Canada
Paris (twice)
White Sands National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns
Gadaloupe Mountains (short stop for two hikes)
Death Valley
Cat Island, Bahamas

Every trip was fantastic this year but we loved our trips to Mauritius and Death Valley so much that we would like to return to both places in 2006.

2006
Mauritius
Death Valley
Cayman Islands
Paris
Alaska
Charleston, SC
Arches and Canyonlands in Utah
Florida Panhandle

I would like to add that after posting similar message last year and reading your responses we decided to travel to White Sands, then to Death Valley and are planning Utah parks in 2006. So thank you and hope to get more great ideas from you

2005
San Diego
Maui and Oahu (best trip)
Utah
North Georgia Mountains
Atlanta
Georgia Coast, Savannah, Charleston
North Myrtle Beach
2006
We always take New Years Day and make our vacation plans, so we're in the planning process right now.

2005:

N. and Southern California (twice)
Florida
Connecticut
Netherlands
Germany
Austria
France

2006:

Florida
Connecticut
England and/or Ireland
North Carolina
Arkansas

And whatever else sounds fascinating!

mom

2005
Manhattan Beach, CA (best trip all by my lonesome so I went back again with DH later in the year)
Indian Rocks Beach, FL
Ann Maria Island, FL
Scottsdale, AZ
Fountain Hills, AZ (4 times)
Park City, UT (best romantic trip w/DH)
Aspen, CO (best family vacation)

2006
Still more beach, ski, and mountain bike trips

2005:
Las Vegas
Hawaii (Oahu and Big Island)

2006:
New York City
Aruba
Hawaii (Oahu and Maui)

I have no plans for 2006 that isn't work related travel.

Mr.GoTravel is taking on a huge project which will limit our travel not to mention I get no vacation time until 2007.

Bah Humbug.

2005

Hollywood/Beverly Hills/Santa Monica
Las Vegas (twice--once with my husband and once with the kids)
Durango, Colo. (gorgeous!)
Denver (several times)
Rapid City/Black Hills
San Antonio (twice-once in July with my daughter and then again this coming week with the entire family)
Montana (for my grandma's funeral--not a fun trip)

2006
The only thing I know for sure is a trip to Chicago in April and lots of soccer trips for my son to Colo., Wyo, Neb. and South Dakota. Oh yes, hopefully a trip to North Carolina in October with my mom.

2005:
Toronto
Niagara Falls
Zion National Park
Bryce National Park
Arches National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Winter Park, CO
Boulder, CO
Moab, UT
Lake Powell, AZ
St. Louis
Outerbanks, NC
Catskills Mountain
Grand Canyon
Out of all the places many were amazing. I really would say that Zion is my fav. destination of 2005, so many hiking trails and just amazing rock formations. The Rocky Mountains were awesome too. Rocky Mountain National park was great. I really enjoyed mountain biking in winter park Colorado.

2006:
San Diego
Tijuana
Back Packing Europe:
London
Paris
Amsterdam
Berlin
Prague
Venice
Rome

2005:
1) Phoenix several times
2) Sedona, twice, and third
time is coming up next Monday for a wk. Also going to Grand Canyon on this trip for son's brithday. hike, hike, bike, hike
3) Japan, first time, w/teen son
4) NYC
5) LA/Santa Monica/Pasadena
6) Outer Banks: Corolla, Nags Head

Best trip: Japan!! Planned it for one year on the Asia forum here. Phenomenal trip, thanks to the Asia forum members.

2006:
1) Japan in April w/my 13 yr old daughter. Going back to Tokyo and Kyoto but also going to the island of Shikoku in the Inland Sea
2) Ireland in summer, potentially
2) maybe back to NYC
3) Dunno where else yet

2005: Barbados and New Hampshire for vacations, plus two long weekends in Massachusetts and one in Florida. Barbados is far and away one of my favorite places (everything else was really visiting family).

2006: I'm lobbying for a week in London in the late spring for our daughter's first trip to Europe. We will go back to NH this summer (it's my in-laws summer house - my husband has spent time there every summer his entire life). Other than that, we will have to wait and see.

I just returned from Bermuda...definitely going back in 2006. (Tiff, Old Southern Belle, I just posted my trip report on the Caribbean board if you are interested.)
Other 2005 travel,
London
Charleston (three visits)
Boston
Cape Cod
Connecticut
Wilmington, NC
St.Augustine
Miami
Naples, FL
Asheville (twice)
Minnesota (loved it!)

2006
Big birthday year for me and my present...a trip a month, at least!
Charleston (at least twice)
Asheville (ditto)
Bermuda
Argentina (Patagonia and Buenos Aires)
Chile
Canada
Idaho
Boston
Abacos (Marsh Harbor)

TBA.......

Wow, just thinking about it makes me happy! Thanks for asking, Pat. Happy travels in the new year to you.

BTW, thanks to the person who topped this same message for the 2004-2005 year. I love these postings, they are some of my favorite ones of the entire year. So much fun seeing where everyone has been and is going. Quite a bunch of world travelers!

2005
1) Italy: Capri, Positano and Naples
2) Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn, St. Petersburg and Moscow
3) Montreal
4) Honolulu (for a funeral, not for fun)
5) Amelia Island (family)
6) Scottsdale twice (family)
7) Atlanta (work)
8) Lake Jackson, TX next week (family)

The best: Impossible to pick between the two European trips. They were both wonderful.

2006
Two weeks in southern France - Dordogne, Languedoc and Provence - in June

That's all that's booked at the moment; I'm hoping to add more after my work schedule becomes more clear.

My list pales in comparison but I was still fortunate enough to go to in 2005:

Williamsburg,VA
Memphis
New York City
Walt Disney World
Boston (I live in the Boston area but we stay overnight so it still counts in my book).

2006 is likely to bring even less travel but we do have a few plans...

Acadia National Park
New York City
Boston
The Hamptons

2005:
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Mammoth/June Lakes, CA
Ft. Lauderdale/Miami (Girls Trip)
Bajamar, Mexico
Sequoia Nat'l Forest, CA
Palm Desert, CA
Kauai (Best of 2005!)
3-day Cruise, LA-Ensenada, MX

2006:
Lake Tahoe
Girls trip TBD Maybe Grand Cayman
Mammoth, Big Bear
Dallas
Atlanta
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lago Maggiore(Italy)
Weekend getaways to Palm Desert, San Francisco, Santa Barbara or whatever else presents itself.

2005: Oahu,
Vero Beach, and Tampa FL
Ouray, CO
Mesa Verde, CO
Phoenix, AZ
Zion National Park, UT
Los Angeles

2006: Vero Beach, FL (go every year)
Oahu (go every year)
San Francisco
Moab, UT
White Sands (because we live close by and will be moving soon)
Connecticut
NYC

2005

**Spain - Madrid, Avila, Salamanca, Granada, Sevilla, Costa del Sol
**Portugal - Lisbon, Fatima, Coimbra, Sintra
**Morocco - Fez, Marrakech, Casablanca, Rabat, Tangiers
**Atlanta (several times)
**Savannah (stay in Savannah for GA/FL football game)
**Jacksonville (for GA/FL football game)

2006

**Australia (would be second trip)
(or)
**Peru (never been)

2005: February Las Vegas
May Switzerland
September Palm Springs, CA

2006: March Israel

The rest of the year TBD... boat trip in Europe, anyone? :)

in 2005 i went to...
paris (every year for work)
san diego
atlanta
barcelona

in 2006 so far...
ireland is planned!
paris, probobly again for work

have to bulk up this list!