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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Travel
Catharine Hamm

Signs of vacation time

2017 is practically begging you to take a trip. Airfares are down and gas prices are below what they were last year at this time. Plus, more than half of you are still not using all your vacation days, according to Bankrate.com, so the odds seem in your favor.

Of course, you would expect us to say that. But the next time you post to Instagram or send something by Dropbox, know that these ideas came to people while they were on vacation, according to Forbes.

So you want to be a gazillionaire? Take some time away. Besides the promise of riches you'll accumulate when that vacation-born idea takes wing, here are 17 other things that may lure you to the lands of relaxation.

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