If travel is on your itinerary for the coming year, it's time to apply for a passport as soon as possible.

Summer is typically the season that everyone thinks of when planning their vacations. But why not dare to be different and take a winter vacation getaway instead? If you are a skier, snowboarder, or just someone who enjoys the winter months, a winter vacation may be just what you have been looking for. There are plenty of spots around the world that make spectacular winter getaways.

Somewhere after the wedding ceremony and before the reception, the photographers' cameras whirl. A man and woman team, both with multiple, long-lens cameras draped around their necks like soldiers ready to enter a war zone, pose and point the bride and groom.