I know some people don't want to put out their hotspots, but what are some common places to farm for xmog gear and whatnot? I haven't played WoW in a few months and need to catch up. I was gonna try ZG as I've done it before but just curious for more places. Any other alternatives for gold farming are welcomed

I know some people don't want to put out their hotspots

Yup....

Can make 10k a week in old raids easy. Also, maybe try google.

Old raids ( cata raids = 10k im sure older ones will ad up to 15k-20k)
Garrisons ( gold missions)
felblight (kazz each week)
flipping items on ah

Sell heroic HFC boosts with 30ppl (15-20 carries 10-15 buyers) with personal loot getting myself 100-200k / week

Hotspot: Tanaan

Farm medallions with all your 100s and make 10k gold per hour until you run out of 100s for the day.

Can think of better things to do than hang around isle of queldanas 3.0.....

Lot of people been farming Blasted Lands. You farm the rares for their quest item, turn it in for xmog items pretty much. Few items from boxes worth 10,000g+.

I farmed about 100 of the rare quality quest item and got 2 of the blue chests(Sold both for 50,000g each)