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TripAdvisor shares its travel wish list

Thinking of trading your turkey and stuffing for Turks The Escape ClausThe Escape Clausand Caicos? According to a Trip Advisor survey of more than 1500 travelers, almost 40% of Americans plan to activate "The Escape Claus" this holiday season and do some traveling.

More than 77% of you are planning to travel to family while 18% have an escape route clearly mapped out.

Top 10 Holiday Escapes, According to TripAdvisor Travelers

1. The Caribbean
2. Hawaii
3. Paris
4. New York City
5. The Maldives
6. Las Vegas
7. Tahiti
8. London
9. Bora Bora
10. Thailand

My family puts the fun back in dysfunctional. For me, it's all about enjoying Uncle Harold before he falls over from scarfing too many rum balls behind Aunt Sarah's back. I love to travel, but I wouldn't miss this show for anything.

If you're part of that lucky crowd heading south, TripAdvisor travelers say jetting south on Christmas and New Year's day will save you money.

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Part of me wishes that all

Part of me wishes that all my holiday travel was to somewhere warm, without family. And part of me agrees with the message in 13 goin on 30 - traveling over Christmas is weird and kind of inhuman. Even if it isn't Christmas, who would skip their own family's big holiday?

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