From Money Magazine comes the some of the top places to vacation that have everything but the crowds.

NEW YORK (MONEY Magazine) - If you go skiing in Vail this winter, you’ll find more than 100 trails of deep white powder and cozy mountainside lodges. If you go skiing in Big Sky, Mont., you’ll also find more than 100 trails of deep white powder and cozy mountainside lodges.

The difference? Vail gets roughly 1.5 million visitors a year. Big Sky? Around a fifth of that.

For every popular locale that attracts tourists in droves, there’s another location that has much of the same, minus the maddening crowds (and the higher prices that popular destinations charge during their peak season).

The destination highlighted are as follows:

Instead of Vail…try skiing Big Sky, Montana
Instead of Pebble Beach…golf Kiawah Island, S.C.
Instead of St. Thomas…sunbathe in Mustique
Instead of Las Vegas…visit Las Vegas in the off-season