You’re flipping through the newspaper’s travel section and you run across a list of the most affordable hotels in Paris. Your nature-loving sister mentions a great hiking trail in New Hampshire. Your friends in San Diego swear by their favorite taco stand on Solana Beach. It’s hard enough to recall a restaurant recommendation in the city where you live, but what if you’re just hopin to go to Anguilla someday?

Instead of stocking folders with ripped-out magazine pages and scribbled Post-it notes, keep track of all the places you’d like to see one day in a travel Rolodex. Organize by city or activity, and write all the essential information on a card. Now when your spouse drags you to his 20-year high school reunion in Memphis, you’ll have plenty to do after you tour Graceland. Your hunka burning love will thank you.