Where I plan trips most often.

Most-planned, most-asked-about, and where I've spent the most hours.

• ◆ Resort match across value, moderate, deluxe and DVC — including which ones are worth the extra nightly rate for your party and which ones are not.
• ◆ Hard-to-get dining reservations, requested the morning the booking window opens.
• ◆ Ride strategy: how to use Lightning Lane, which mornings are worth a rope drop, and which mornings you should sleep in instead.
• ◆ Character experiences, Memory Maker, and an honest read on whether the dining plan actually saves your family money.
• ◆ A pre-trip planning call so you know what's coming before you're standing in the parking lot at 7 a.m.

If someone in your party travels with a mobility, sensory or dietary need, that shapes the whole plan — start with accessible travel planning and we'll build the resort, the pacing and the dining around it.

Disneyland is its own planet, and the Walt Disney World playbook does not transfer.

• ◆ Park-hopping rhythms — the two parks sit across an esplanade from each other, which changes how a day is built.
• ◆ Disney California Adventure dining, plus the Halloween and Holiday seasonal overlays and when they are worth planning around.
• ◆ The Grand Californian / Paradise Pier / Disneyland Hotel decision, and when a good neighbor hotel is the better value.

A Disney cruise is the easiest Disney trip to take and the hardest one to book well.

• ◆ Ship match — Wish, Treasure, Magic, Wonder, Dream and Fantasy are genuinely different boats, and the newest is not automatically the right one.
• ◆ Itinerary fit across the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexico, Alaska and Europe, including which sailings suit a first cruise.
• ◆ Cabin selection, where location matters more than tier — deck, forward vs. aft, and what is directly above and below you.
• ◆ Castaway Cay cabanas: they are released by lottery, so I set expectations early and have a plan B ready for the beach day.
• ◆ Port adventures, and the Palo / Remy / spa / character bookings that open the moment your booking window does.
• ◆ Concierge handoff if you book at that level, so nothing falls between me and the onboard team.

Cruising with an accessible cabin, a dietary need or a sensory consideration? That belongs in the plan from day one — see accessible travel planning, because accessible staterooms are the first category to sell out.

Orlando and Hollywood, planned around what you actually came for.

• ◆ Wizarding World trips across Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, including how to ride the Hogwarts Express in the right direction.
• ◆ The Epic Universe lands, and how many days the resort really needs now that it is open.
• ◆ Volcano Bay, and where a water-park day fits without wrecking the rest of the week.
• ◆ Loews resort selection — the on-property tiers that include Express Pass, and whether that perk pays for itself for your party.
• ◆ How Universal pairs with Walt Disney World for a split-park trip without spending the middle day in a car.

Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Carnival, Princess, Holland America and MSC.

• ◆ Line and ship match first — the same week at sea feels completely different depending on who you sail with.
• ◆ Cabin location, which affects your week more than the cabin category does.
• ◆ Dining and beverage packages, and the arithmetic on whether either one is worth buying for how you actually eat and drink.
• ◆ Port strategy: which excursions to book through the ship, which to book independently, and which to skip.
• ◆ The fine print of promotional pricing tiers — Norwegian Free at Sea, Royal Caribbean day passes, and the rest.

All-inclusive resorts done right, which mostly means matching the resort to who is going.

• ◆ Sandals for couples and honeymoons, Beaches for families, Excellence for adults only, plus Riu, Iberostar and Hyatt Ziva / Zilara.
• ◆ Room-tier value — where the jump to a swim-up suite or a butler level genuinely changes the week, and where it does not.
• ◆ Which resorts suit a first all-inclusive, and which reward a repeat traveler.
• ◆ Excursions worth leaving the property for, and the ones you can skip without regret.

Europe for the trip you have been putting off — an anniversary, a honeymoon, a big birthday.

• ◆ River cruises with Viking and AmaWaterways, and how they differ from an ocean sailing in pace and packing.
• ◆ Classic ocean itineraries through the Mediterranean.
• ◆ Multi-city routing — London to Paris to Rome and the like — built so the travel days are not the worst days.
• ◆ Hotels, transit and the practical questions: what time is the train, and where are we eating when we get off it.