The best family vacations aren't just about where you go—they're about what you experience together and the stories you'll still be telling years from now. Tell me a little about your family, what you're dreaming about, and what you want this time together to feel like. From there, I'll help you
More Than a Vacation… A Story Worth Remembering.
Planning a Family Vacation Should Feel Exciting. So Why Does It Feel So Overwhelming?
You have dozens of tabs open, thousands of reviews to sort through, and more recommendations than you know what to do with.
One person wants adventure. Another wants to relax. The kids want activities. The teenager wants independence. Someone is watching the budget—and one person is quietly carrying the pressure to make everyone happy.
The problem isn’t that your family doesn’t have enough vacation options.
The problem is knowing which experience will actually fit the people taking it.
Most families begin by asking:
“Where should we go?”
They choose a destination because it is popular, beautiful, affordable, or worked well for someone else. Then they try to make their family fit the vacation.
I believe there is a better way.
Intentional Family Travel begins by asking:
“What does our family need from this time together?”
Once we understand who you are, what matters most, and how you want the trip to feel, we can choose a destination, pace, and experience that fit your family.
Because there is no universally best vacation—only the vacation that is right for your family in this season of your life.
The best family vacation isn’t the same for every family—because joy looks different for everyone.
The Family Joy Profile™ is a quick, fun quiz designed to uncover what makes your family happiest when you travel together.
Are you Curious Explorers? Bold Adventurers? Playful Connectors? Or something completely different?
Discover your Family Joy Profile and see how understanding the way your family connects, explores, and experiences joy can help you plan vacations that feel more like you.
Take the quiz and discover your family’s travel personality →
Hi, I’m Jackie!
I’m a travel advisor, former professional photographer, wife, and mom of four who believes the best vacations give us something far more valuable than a great camera roll.
They give us stories we share for years.
That’s why I became a travel advisor.
I help families plan intentional vacations designed around who they are, what they love, and the season of life they’re in right now—taking care of the details so they can focus on being together.
Because I believe travel should be more than a vacation. It should be a story worth remembering.
Before becoming a travel advisor, I spent more than 15 years as a professional photographer, designer, and visual storyteller.
I was recognized as a Creating Keepsakes Magazine Hall of Fame winner, and much of my creative career centered around photographs, memories, storytelling, and preserving the everyday moments that become part of a family's history.
That experience influences the way I think about travel today.
For years, I helped people preserve their stories.
Today, I want to help families create stories worth preserving.
I understand that the photograph itself isn't ultimately what matters.
It's what the photograph represents:
The moment a parent wishes they could freeze.
Having the support of a team and travel partners who care about creating memories for families is so important. Marvelous Mouse Travels is a family. A family of individuals who take their knowledge, love and passion for travel and translate that into excellent service and experiences for each client.