FAMILY TRAVEL PLANNING · MICHIGAN-BASED
Dream it, plan it, experience it: without doing the spreadsheet yourself.
I plan Disney trips, cruises, and multi-stop family road trips the same way I plan my own: kid-tested, detail-heavy, and built around what your family actually needs. Booking costs you nothing extra.
WHY WORK WITH ME
Everything a big agency claims, minus the call-center energy.
I’m one person who plans trips the way I’d want them planned for my own kid, because I already have, more than once.
Planned like a real trip
Down to which day you’ll be too tired for a third park. I’ve run the actual spreadsheet before, for my own family.
You reach a person, not a queue
One advisor, start to finish. Same person who built the itinerary is the one you text from the parking lot.
No markup on your trip
Suppliers pay my commission, not you. A travel advisor almost always costs the same as booking it yourself, often less.
TRIPS I PLAN
A few things I end up planning on repeat.
If your trip doesn’t fit neatly into one of these, that’s normal, tell me what you’re picturing and we’ll build it from there.
THEME PARKS
Disney & Universal trips
Park days sequenced around ride heights, nap schedules, and the one showstopper nobody wants to miss.
ON THE ROAD
Multi-stop family road trips
Hotel-to-hotel logistics for the kind of trip that spans four states and two kid meltdown windows.
AT SEA
Family & milestone cruises
Cabin categories, excursions, and dining times that actually match how your family likes to vacation.
ONCE-A-YEAR TRIPS
Reunions & big-group getaways
Coordinating arrivals, group rates, and the inevitable “who’s sharing a room with whom” negotiation.
ON THE ICE, FIELD & COURT
Competition & team travel
Hotels close to the venue, travel built around practice and event schedules, and a plan for the parents in the stands. I’ve done it for my own skater.
SOMETHING ELSE?
Beaches, honeymoons & beyond
All-inclusives, milestone trips, Europe, or something that fits no box at all. Tell me what you’re picturing.
HOW IT WORKS
Four steps, and you’re not doing the spreadsheet.
01
A real conversation
Dates, budget, who’s coming, and what would make this trip actually worth the money.
02
A custom itinerary
Day-by-day, built around your family’s pace, not a generic template with your name swapped in.
03
Booking & confirmations
I handle the reservations, deposits, and paperwork. You get one clean confirmation packet.
04
Support while you travel
If a flight gets cancelled or a park closes early, you text me, not an 800 number.
ABOUT
“I planned my kid’s first Disney trip on a spreadsheet with color-coded nap windows. Turns out that’s a marketable skill.”
I’m a single dad who’s planned real, complicated family trips (road trips across four states, competitive travel for my son’s figure skating, milestone getaways with friends), long before I made it a business. I’m a credentialed travel advisor working with an accredited host agency, which means real supplier relationships and real support behind every trip, without the corporate script.
MICHIGAN · INDEPENDENT TRAVEL ADVISOR
Tell me about the trip you’re picturing.
Share a few details and I’ll follow up to start planning. No cost, no commitment. Prefer email? Write to bearded.crowe.llc@gmail.com.
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Bearded Travels · A Bearded Crowe LLC business · Saint Clair Shores, MI
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