All four hot lists agree that Marseille is a hot destination for 2013! photo by Matti Mattila/flickr

Wondering where to go in 2013? The major travel publications have made their annual predictions of what will be popular and they each have their own, vastly different ideas of where the jetset will be hanging out this year. Let’s take a look at the hot lists from the New York Times, NatGeo Traveler,  Conde Nast Traveller (that’s the British edition, the US one doesn’t do a list like this) and Travel and Leisure and see which destinations they actually agreed upon.

Marseille, France: This is the French port city is the clear winner as it’s on all four lists. That’s not too surprising because it’s a 2013 European Capital of Culture. But what is almost shocking is that the other 2013 European Capital of Culture, Kosice, Slovakia, is not on any of the lists! The guide books used to describe Marseille as gritty, and now all of these lists are touting it’s contemporary art spaces and concert halls. It would be the perfect stop in a Paris—Cote D’Azur vacation.

Amsterdam: When you see a perennial favorite like Amsterdam on three out of four lists, you have to wonder why. The answer is simple: the Rijksmuseum is reopening after 10 years. Now I don’t think that this museum being closed was deterring people form visiting one of Europe’s most popular destinations, but this is as excellent excuse for people to revisit the city.

Philippines: Three out of four lists also chose the Philippines. For years, it wasn’t safe to visit. But it is now and this untouched tropical paradise is waiting for those who don’t mind a really long plane ride.

Charlevoix, Quebec: Whenever I read about far-flung ski resorts (like CNT’s pick of Kashmir, which isn’t really a resort but for heli-skiing), they sound amazing but I know I’ll never get there. But I love that the reason why Charlevoix de Massif in Quebec made it on the NYT and T&L lists is because the Cirque de Soleil found just completed an 87-mile train track from Quebec City to the resort. It’s probably extremely cold, which is a bit of a bummer.

The “Don’t Bother” award goes to Reunion, a French department in the Indian Ocean. T&L chose this one, and while it looks lovely, there’s a serious problem. You travel all that way, come home and try to brag about it and everyone will just think that you went to your college reunion or your high school reunion. Just go to nearby Mauritius instead.

Travelogged.com has a tradition of examining the experts’ predictions of what will be that year’s top destinations. Check out the analysis of the 2012 hot destinations list here. In 2011, we asked the bloggers what they thought would be the hottest destinations of 2011. In 2010, the analysis focused on Conde Nast Traveler’s 2010 It List but the 2009 top travel lists analysis included many different publications.