A few years ago, I wasn't sitting around thinking I needed a website full of Caribbean islands, cruise ships, golf courses, theme parks and vacation comparisons. But here we are.
What started with helping people plan vacations turned into a lot of researching, comparing, learning, asking questions, fixing little problems and occasionally having way too many browser tabs open.
These are some of the trips I've gotten pretty good at helping people figure out.
I've looked at a lot of beaches. Aruba isn't Jamaica. St. Lucia isn't Punta Cana. And the cheapest resort isn't automatically the best vacation. That's why I've spent so much time building destination guides and head-to-head comparisons instead of just throwing a list of resorts at you.
Explore Caribbean →Because getting everybody to agree is half the vacation. Different ages. Different interests. Different definitions of relaxing. We'll figure it out.
Explore Family Trips →No pressure on this one. It's only the trip people may remember for the rest of their lives.
Explore Honeymoons →Sometimes you should keep going. There is a whole lot more out there than the places I've managed to put on this website so far.
Explore International →This counts as research. At least that's what I tell my wife. A golf trip gets a lot better when the course, hotel, location and everything around the tee time actually work together.
Explore Golf →Then there are the floating vacations. Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, Iceland, river cruises... there are a surprising number of ways to unpack once and wake up somewhere else.
Explore Cruises →“We want to go to Disney” is only the beginning. Parks, resorts, dining, transportation, timing, crowds and a surprising number of opinions on the internet all show up before anybody gets to the castle.
Explore Disney →Sometimes Disney isn't the answer. Coasters, water parks, regional parks, Universal and other theme-park trips deserve their own conversation.
Explore Theme Parks →This one may have gotten a little out of hand. A football schedule somehow turned into helping people think about entire road trips around Lions away games. I'm okay with it.
Explore Lions Trips →This isn't a call center, and I don't work for one particular resort, cruise line or destination. I'm an independent travel advisor with Magical Vacation Planner.
When somebody asks me to help with a trip, I'm actually the person doing the research, comparing the options, answering the questions and helping put it together.
I'm also not doing it completely alone. Through Magical Vacation Planner, I'm backed by an experienced travel team and strong supplier relationships. So you still get one-on-one planning with me, with a professional team behind the scenes when I need it.
So if you've made it all the way down here and you're thinking about a vacation, I'd genuinely appreciate the opportunity to help.
Even if you currently have 37 browser tabs open.
Tell me what you're thinking, and we'll start putting the trip together from there.
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