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Your Family Doesn’t Need More Vacation Options. You Need the Right One.

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.

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THE VACATION PROBLEM

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.

LEARN ABOUT SHARED JOY

Most Vacation Planning Begins With the Wrong Question...

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 FAMILY JOY PROFILE™

What Kind of Traveling Family Are You?

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 →

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MY PLANNING APPROACH

A Vacation Designed Around Your Family

Once I understand what your family needs, I use my Shared Joy Method to turn those insights into thoughtful vacation decisions.

1. Discover Your Family

We explore how your family enjoys time together, your current season of life, and what has—or hasn’t—worked on previous vacations.

2. Define What You Need

We identify how you want this trip to feel, what matters most, and what would make the experience genuinely worthwhile.

3. Balance the People and Practicalities

We consider different personalities, children’s ages, energy levels, budget, travel tolerance, room needs, and the person carrying the planning load.

4. Find the Right Match

I evaluate the destinations and experiences through the lens of your family—not merely popularity, ratings, or price.

5. Design for Shared Joy

I shape the details to create opportunities for rest, play, discovery, connection, and the imperfect moments that often become the best stories.

 

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WHY THIS MATTERS

A Beautiful Vacation Can Still Be the Wrong Vacation

The resort can be highly rated—and still be too quiet for your active family.

The itinerary can be incredible—and still leave everyone exhausted.

The destination can be perfect for your friend’s family—and completely wrong for yours.

The lowest price is not always the best value. The longest activity list does not guarantee your children will be engaged. And a vacation that looks impressive online will not necessarily give your family what it needs.

My job is not to show you more options.

My job is to understand your family, explain the tradeoffs, and help you confidently choose the experience that fits.

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Our Perfect Honeymoon

"My wife and I were trying to find the best Mexico all inclusive resort for our honeymoon. There were so many different ones and we had no idea what was the best at a good price. Jackie was absolutely amazing the whole way through. She was very proactive in giving us a ton of different options and ability to basically design our perfect honeymoon. She took care of all the travel and organization so that we didn’t have to add any more stress to our wedding planning. We will for sure be recommending her to friends and family going forward! We are so grateful for everything!"

Jackie Thinks Of Everything

"Jackie is so knowledgeable about the ins and outs of travel. She thinks about the things we don't even consider. She is incredibly organized and knew exactly what we needed to do to book and manage our European trip. I highly recommend Jackie for any travel needs! We will definitely be using her again in the future."

No Stress Vacation

"Jackie made planning our trip incredibly easy. She took all the stress out of scheduling, organizing, and coordinating the details, allowing us to simply enjoy our Disney Vacation. She was responsive, knowledgeable, and thoughtful throughout the entire process. I would absolutely use her again and highly recommend her to anyone planning a trip!"

Trip Of A Lifetime

"My experience with Jackie Stringham has been fantastic! Her attention to detail, patience, and genuine desire to make our trip special were evident every step of the way. She responds quickly to requests and provides helpful information for any questions. Her knowledge of the travel requirements made the process less stressful, which meant we could focus on our trip. We are incredibly grateful for Jackie’s knowledge, organization, and personal service!"

Gave Us All The Ins and Outs

"We went on a cruise for our 35th anniversary. It was my husband’s first!! Jackie helped us decide where to go, how long, what type of room to book, gave us all the “ins and outs” of cruising and helped us look forward to this big adventure!! We also ended our trip with a few days in Disneyland - our absolute favorite!!"

She Is Our First Call

"We used Jackie to plan our Team Bonding day at Disneyland and it couldn’t have been easier. We gave her our budget and she coordinated tickets, parking, Lightening Lanes and restaurants. All we had to do was show up and have a great time. She is our first call next time we are planning a Disney day!"

About Me

I Spent Years Helping Families Preserve Their Stories. Now I Help Them Create Them.

Hi, I’m Jackie Stringham—a family travel strategist, storyteller, wife, and mother of four.

Before becoming a travel advisor, I spent more than 15 years as a professional photographer, designer, and visual storyteller. As a Creating Keepsakes Magazine Hall of Fame winner, much of my creative life centered on photographs, memories, and preserving the everyday moments that become part of a family’s history.

That experience changed the way I think about travel.

The photograph itself is rarely what matters most. What matters is what it represents:

“Remember when…”

The inside joke. The unexpected discovery. The thing that went completely wrong. The moment your teenager opened up. The experience everyone still talks about years later.

Today, I use that same understanding of families and stories to help my clients plan travel more intentionally.

I don’t simply ask where you want to go. I want to understand who is going, what you need from the experience, and what kind of story you hope to bring home.

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My why for family travel

A Story Worth Telling

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.

Proud Affiliate of Marvelous Mouse Travels

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.

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