Planning a vacation often entails months of researching, asking friends for recommendations, strategizing around costs, making reservations and otherwise preparing for a nice escape from your everyday life. But thats not the only way to travel. In fact, many people enjoy more last-minute getaways.

Spontaneous travel is one of my absolute favorite ways to travel, travel blogger Rocky Trifari told HuffPost. The spontaneity takes away a lot of the stress that comes from the arduous planning and anticipation of a trip. It can even be empowering to recognize that in some cases, those planning procedures we typically follow arent nearly as necessary as we brainwash ourselves to believe.

Taking a spontaneous trip is a great way to let flexibility be your guide and explore destinations that werent necessarily on your radar. Dont hesitate to go outside your travel comfort zone. And it doesnt necessarily mean you need to spend more money.

Its unlikely someone comes back from a trip regretting they took it, and additionally, the spontaneous travel doesnt have to mean booking a flight the day before and traveling for a month, said Katy Nastro, a spokesperson for Scotts Cheap Flights . It can even be seeing a great fare pop up, booking a week or long-weekend stay when you had no intention of taking that trip at all.

Below, travel experts break down the benefits of spontaneous travel and share their top tips for making the best of a last-minute trip.

A spontaneous trip allows you to be more present.

The benefit of spontaneous travel is that it allows you to be more present, said travel blogger Esther Susag . Instead of needing to make sure you check everything off of your planned itinerary, you are able to take it all in and not feel the pressure of needing to rush to your next stop.

These types of trips tend to comes with more bare-bones itineraries or no itinerary at all which makes for a slower, calmer experience.

With spontaneous travel, you dont have the time to figure out every top spot to see, so instead when you arrive and you find something you are enjoying, theres not that pressure to leave immediately to fit everything in, Susag said.

Theres greater openness to the endless possibilities in travel.

In October, the team at Skyscanner released a report about the happiness benefits of traveler spontaneity created in consultation with psychologist Emma Kenny.

Kenny pointed out that spontaneous travel helps foster a can-do attitude and reminds travelers of the limitless possibilities that await them, said Laura Lindsay, Skyscanners travel trends expert. When travelers are able to live in the moment, theyre able to experience the thrill of adventure without the stress of planning a trip and making all of the decisions that entails.

Trifari echoed this sentiment, noting that he recently took an excellent last-minute trip to Chicago and unexpectedly made lifelong friends in the process.

Spontaneous travel is a way to meet new people, discover destinations that maybe you wouldnt have gone to ordinarily, and helps prevent decision paralysis, which stops many people from traveling in the first place, he said.