About two weeks before every big trip, our movie nights change. Whatever we were watching gets bumped, and we watch something set wherever we’re going. The girls used to roll their eyes at it, but then my oldest spent an afternoon at the Acropolis narrating Greek mythology to the rest of us because of a […]

Custom trip planning comes in two forms. Full trip planning means I research, design, and book your trip. Award trip planning means I map out how to use your points and hand you exact instructions on how, where, when to book, so you can do the booking inside your own accounts. Fees start at $250 […]

Pick one place, put everything in it, and make sure the other people on the trip can see it. That’s my entire trip planning strategy in one sentence. I ran our family’s travel out of a spreadsheet and a Google Doc for over a decade. It worked, but it wasn’t very organized and didn’t do […]

These are the questions that come into my DMs and inbox over and over. I’ve split them into two parts: how cruise pricing and booking actually work, and how working with me specifically works. If your question isn’t here, send it to me and I’ll add it. Part 1: How Disney cruise pricing works What’s […]

You pay the same fare whether you book a cruise yourself or book it through a travel advisor. The cruise line pays the advisor a commission out of that fare either way. If you book direct, the cruise line simply keeps that portion. So the question isn’t whether an advisor costs you money. It’s whether […]

We built our 17-day route around one thing that had nothing to do with logistics: which kid needed which Disney castle. That sounds ridiculous for an international itinerary, but it produced the smoothest long trip we’ve ever taken with our three kids. Singapore first, then Hong Kong, then Shanghai, then Beijing. Fun at the front, […]

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to pull your kids out of school to travel internationally. A typical American school year includes somewhere between 8 and 10 weeks off outside of summer, spread across Thanksgiving, winter break, a February break in some states, spring break, and a handful of three-day weekends. The work is […]

In our family, when a kid turns 10, they get to pick the family trip. Our twins turn 10 this month, and they picked… Disney. 🙃 So we compromised and went to the Disney parks in Asia. And in doing it, we crossed the finish line on something we’ve been chasing for 15 years…with this […]

Packing carry-on only with kids sounds impossible. I know, because I thought so too. But after 10+ years and 24 countries with three kids, I can tell you it’s 100% doable, and it’s the single best travel decision we’ve ever made. No dragging roller bags through crowded airports. No standing at baggage claim with three […]

There’s a version of family travel where you toss things in a bag the night before, grab your passport, and just go. Welp, that’s not us. After 24 countries with 3 kids, I’ve learned that the difference between a smooth international trip and a chaotic one is the two weeks before you leave. The prep isn’t the fun part (nobody’s romanticizing a […]