Top 10 Bucket-List Trips to Take in Your 30s... Plus 7 Bonus Journeys!

Now that your 20s are in the rearview mirror, it’s time to use a heavy foot and rev your travel plans into high gear.

Your younger years may have been carefree and lacking in inhibition and responsibility, but you were also a vagabond in paradise. Now, with more money in the bank and a firmer sense of who you are and what you enjoy, expect upgraded luxury and tailor-made experiences in your vacation future. With bills, maybe a new family, and your demanding career now all in play, your time away from home comes with an added weight of importance.

There’s still nothing your mind and body can’t do if you plan and prep, so go ahead and tackle that feat, wade that beach, and tour that city you’ve yet to see, because after all that hard work, you really deserve it.

Here are 17 trips that will satisfy adventure addicts, beach bums, and culture connoisseurs before that next decade starts to peek over the horizon.