{"id":41195,"date":"2015-12-23T12:55:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T18:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=41195"},"modified":"2018-02-27T17:26:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T23:26:56","slug":"12-travel-resolutions-can-actually-achieve-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/12-travel-resolutions-can-actually-achieve-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"12 travel resolutions you can actually achieve in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, we\u2019d like to spend the coming year traveling the globe, but reality bites and neither our boss nor our bank account allow for the kind of jet set lifestyle we envision. Nevertheless, this doable checklist of iconic quickie getaways should keep you enthralled in 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=blog\/2015\/12\/whats-2016-cocktail-trends-for-2016\/&amp;GCID=78142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Also: The hottest cocktail trends for 2016.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>January: Rock the boat at Holy Ship! in Miami, FL\u2028<\/strong><br \/>\nThis maritime EDMfestival sets sail from Port <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=blog\/hotels\/United_States--FL\/Miami.hd5459\/&amp;GCID=78142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miami<\/a> in early January for a long weekend of live music and island hopping. The 2016 version of this fifth annual floating rave features Kaskade, Dillon Francis, Flosstradamus and more as 4,000 music fans enjoy seaside beats and island hopping. No worries if you\u2019ve already \u201cmissed the boat,\u201d a second one departs in February.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41383\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"Chinese New Year, San Francisco\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41383\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Chinese-New-YearSan-Francisco.700.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese New Year | Credit: San Francisco Travel Association\/Corbett Lee\" width=\"700\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Chinese-New-YearSan-Francisco.700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Chinese-New-YearSan-Francisco.700-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Chinese-New-YearSan-Francisco.700-600x380.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Chinese-New-YearSan-Francisco.700-400x253.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese New Year | Credit: San FranciscoTravel Association\/Corbett Lee<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>February: Kick off the Chinese New Year in San Francisco, CA\u2028<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s the Year of the Monkey and regardless of whether or not your possess monkey traits\u2014curious, clever, intellectual and confident\u2014you\u2019ll want to to get yourself to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=blog\/hotels\/United_States--CA\/San_Francisco.hd4468\/&amp;GCID=78142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City by the Bay<\/a> as bobbing dragon heads, exploding firecrackers and martial artists wind their way through the streets of Chinatown in this annual tradition that has been happening since the Gold Rush.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz6.jpg\" alt=\"orbitz\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz6.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz6-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz6-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>March: Go green Windy City style on St. Patrick\u2019s Day in Chicago, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nNo need to book a pricey ticket to the Emerald Isle to have a beer and salute St. Paddy. Instead, get yourself to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=hotel\/United_States--IL\/Chicago\/The_Peninsula_Chicago.h160098\/&amp;GCID=78142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Big Shoulders<\/a> where the \u201cChi-rish\u201d gather by the thousands and huddle along the gorgeous Chicago River to watch it turn a sparkly green before turning their attention to the noisy parade. Afterwards, drunkards fill every taproom in town\u2014Irish or not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz7.jpg\" alt=\"orbitz\" width=\"700\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz7.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz7-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz7-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz7-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>April: Marvel at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC\u2028<\/strong><br \/>\nAre you hot for Hilary? Taken with Trump? Smitten for Sanders? Regardless of political preference, all eyes in the U.S.\u2014and world for that matter\u2014will be pointed toward our nation\u2019s capital as Americans head to the polls this fall. But instead of spending chilly November in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=hotels\/United_States--DC\/Washington_DC.hd5091\/&amp;GCID=78142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D.C.<\/a>, hit it up in spring when the National Cherry Blossom Festival blankets the city in pretty colors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz8.jpg\" alt=\"orbitz\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz8.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz8-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz8-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>May: See citywide Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Los Angeles, CA\u2028<\/strong><br \/>\nThe city in America with the highest number of residents of Mexican heritage needs no excuse to celebrate the Mexican army&#8217;s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=blog\/hotels\/United_States--CA\/Los_Angeles.hd4309\/&amp;GCID=78142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angelenos<\/a> will be damned if they\u2019re not going to spend that day guzzling margaritas, noshing on tacos and celebrating the victory on Olvera Street in El Pueblo de Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/quiz-earned-american-travel-stripes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Related: Have you earned your American travel stars and stripes? Take this quiz to find out.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>June: Celebrate the Tony Awards with Alexander Hamilton in New York, NY\u2028<\/strong><br \/>\nThere\u2019s nothing like seeing a Broadway show. There\u2019s also nothing like being in the audience the day after a musical sweeps the Tony Awards. Our bet this year is on Hamilton, the smash hip-hop musical retelling of Founding Father and Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. Hint: If the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/New-York-Hotels.d178293.Travel-Guide-Hotels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Apple<\/a> is out of reach, Hamilton begins an open run in September in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz9.jpg\" alt=\"orbitz\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz9.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz9-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz9-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>July: Salute the birth ofour nation in Oakland, CA<\/strong><br \/>\nLast we checked, firework displays were free and though there are many to choose from, we happen to like the multi-cult celebration that happens in Jack London Square in downtown <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=hotels\/United_States--CA\/Oakland.hd4416\/&amp;GCID=78142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland<\/a>, an area which has been spiffed up nicely in recent decades. The festive day includes activities for both children and adults plus circus entertainers, live music and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz10.jpg\" alt=\"orbitz\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz10.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz10-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz10-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz10-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>August: Commemorate the National Parks System 100th with Old Faithful inWyoming\u2028<\/strong><br \/>\nThe U.S. National Parks System which includes icons of the natural world like the Badlands in South Dakota, Arches National Park in Utah and the Redwoods in California, turns 100 on August 25 and what better way to celebrate than to hit up either a park or national monument. The oldest of the bunch is Yellowstone so consider now your time to see Old Faithful in action.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41401\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41401\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati.700.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Oktoberfest Zinzinnati\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati.700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati.700-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati.700-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati.700-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-41401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Courtesy of Oktoberfest Zinzinnati<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>September: Raise a beer stein at Oktoberfest in Cincinnati, OH\u2028<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Queen City isn\u2019t quite the marquis visitor\u2019s paradise we\u2019d like it to be and yet this hilly metropolis does boast <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=hotels\/United_States--OH\/Cincinnati.hd18166\/GCID=78142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oktoberfest Zincinnati<\/a>, the largest and oldest festival of its kind in the United States and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2016 with a half million beer-guzzlers, German food galore, live entertainment and\u2014naturally\u2014a sea of lederhosen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October: Rock out at Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, TX<\/strong><br \/>\nWho says South By Southwest gets to have all the fun? In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=blog\/hotels\/United_States--TX\/Austin.hd22730\/&amp;GCID=78142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">city<\/a> that is perpetually in festival mode, this autumn music fest is no slouch and its 2015 lineup boasted the likes of Foo Fighters, Drake, Florence + the Machine, the Weeknd and even Billy Idol. We can\u2019t say what\u2019s in store for 2016 yet, but we can tell you the television program from which it derived turns40 in 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz12.jpg\" alt=\"orbitz\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz12.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz12-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz12-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>November: Run the \u201cStrip at Night\u201d in Las Vegas, NV\u2028<\/strong><br \/>\nIf your idea of seeing the World Famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Las-Vegas-Hotels.d178276.Travel-Guide-Hotels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Vegas<\/a> Strip is through the tinted windows of a stretch limo, may we kindly suggest you grab your running gear and consider this nighttime marathon which is one of only two times annually (the other is New Year\u2019s Eve) Las Vegas Blvd is shut down to traffic? The desert gets chilly at night, but the scenery sure is exhilarating.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz11.jpg\" alt=\"orbitz\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz11.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz11-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/orbitz11-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>December: Salute Pearl Harbor on its 75th anniversary in Honolulu, HI<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was a day that would go on to live in infamy, when hundreds of Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor, killing more than 2,400 people. It happened on December 7, 1941 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Honolulu-Hotels.d1488.Travel-Guide-Hotels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aloha State<\/a> (which didn\u2019t actually achieve statehood until 1959) and its 75th anniversary will no doubt be a solemn occasion to pay respects (and nothing wrong with spending December in Hawaii).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=rewards\/&amp;GCID=78110\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34233 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blogCTA.ORB_Rewards_GetItUseIt_onad_500x150_20150424.jpg\" alt=\"Orbitz Rewards\" width=\"500\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blogCTA.ORB_Rewards_GetItUseIt_onad_500x150_20150424.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blogCTA.ORB_Rewards_GetItUseIt_onad_500x150_20150424-300x90.jpg 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