2015 may be the year of the mouse for you. Or, it may be the year of the Grand Canyon. Or New York City. Or Germany. Or heck, it may be time to finally drive down the street and see what that little mom and pop- run, county history museum really is.

 Get out. See. Do.

But when you go, don’t forget to use your military discounts.

Military families travel a lot. We are adventurous. We are willing to spend the money and do the outrageous. The travel industry knows this and the love us for it.

They are also willing to reward us.

Military travel basic level: ask for a military discount when you are at the ticket booth, hotel check in and other locations.

Military travel master level: Call ahead and get all the discounts you are entitled to, and, even book through companies that cater only to military.

To kick off your trip planning, visit http://www.military.com/Travel/Home/

Here, Military.com has partnered with the travel community to offer larger discounts to military members (active, reserve, National Guard and retired) who book through their site.

If National Parks are on your list this year, don’t plan your trip without first visiting www.recreation.gov

Military members and their families can now receive an annual pass to the National Parks service for free, a perk that costs civilians $80. This pass will give you access to 2,000 places and waives the entrance fee for your entire family, though it doesn’t wave any additional fees inside the park such as tram costs, etc.

Sea World continues to offer free and discounted tickets to active duty members only. For more information about their program visit www.herosalute.com.

One of my favorite sites for military travel discounts is www.afvclub.com, the Armed Forces Vacation Club.

The club is operated by MWR and is open to members of all services. They specialize in Space A travel, which fits the military family travel plan pretty nicely. Pop on the site, look for a location. When you find what you want, and book through them, you pay $349 for the week, any time of year, any location.

I didn’t believe it either. But there are thousands of locations. And because they are Space A, they change every day. Seriously, a week in South Africa, Europe, Australia or Florida, $349.

And don’t forget, military discounts are helpful for those trips close to home.

When we lived on base, I browsed the travel office at least once a week to see what discount tickets they had for upcoming local events. Now that my husband is retired, and we live an hour away, it slipped my mind to check with MWR before I purchased pricey tickets for Disney on Ice.

I won’t make that mistake again. The military discount would have shaved nearly 60 percent off the cost.

Happy travels!