I tend to really zig when others zag, and we've just entered a very bad period for that. It's the usual summer surge with airfares, plus the crowded airports and less-experienced travelers, and pockets of high demand if not outright gouging on car rents at some airports, and also pockets of problems with hotels (though maybe Phoenix is cheap ). The fever will break around mid-August.

So I'll work on plans for the fall slow period and save up money. If I need to do something in the meantime there's always a low-agenda near-cation (I tend to overplan and try to do too much on longer trips), and also a short DEN trip that includes seeing Beck at Red Rocks. DEN is a good example of a city seeing some nasty peak prices that'll hopefully get reasonable in September and October.

Internationally a stronger dollar beats a weaker one, but some countries like Iceland still look expensive. To get the most actual bang-for-buck and realize the most gains I think you have to choose carefully. I remember being in Indonesia when the rupiah suddenly crashed and hotels were trying to quote rates in dollars. The ATMs topped out at the rupiah equivalent of $60!