Author Bio
Jen Brommer is a family travel expert. She has been featured as an authority on several notable travel websites and is a member of the Family Travel Association (FTA), Midwest Travel Network, and TravMedia global media network.
A prominent content creator and influencer on Instagram, Jen has over 150K unique monthly blog readers from countries all over the world. Jen’s writing style is easy to read and focuses on answering the main questions that readers want answered when they land on her page.
Jen has spent the last 16 years planning fun, and hassle-free family vacations for her family of 5. She has owned and managed her travel blog, Travel With A Plan, since 2019.
About Us
Hi! We’re the Brommer family of 5! We’re so glad that you’re here!
Now that you’re here, planning a family vacation won’t feel so overwhelming.
As a detail-oriented traveler, my goal is to share the researched itineraries and subsequent tips that we’ve learned on our vacations…to make planning easier for you.
We are not a full-time travel family, however, we prioritize family vacations during school breaks and time off from work – sound familiar?
Are you looking for a place to start?
Browse our destinations guide that will bring you to the itineraries, tips, and packing lists for dozens of family-friendly vacation spots! Or, check out our very own USA bucket list of all of the must-see places we will be visiting before the kids leave the nest.
On our site, you can search for vacation ideas by what type of trip you’re looking for, by which U.S. state you’d like to visit, or by the season of the year you’ll be traveling in.
Our Favorite Family Vacations
Next, if you’re wondering about our all-time favorite family vacations, we’ve put together this list that includes the links to our exact itineraries.
Favorite Beach Vacations
The Florida Gulf Coast: Destin, Siesta Key, and Naples
Favorite U.S. National Park
Favorite U.S. City To Explore
Favorite Theme Parks
Best Girl’s Trip
Most Memorable
Follow Us On Instagram!
Also, be sure to follow us on Instagram for additional tips and to see tons of our personal family vacation photos as well as fun videos, reels, and vacation bloopers!
Shop Our Favorite Gear!
A vacation is only as hassle-free as the preparation that goes into it.
This includes having the right gear and essentials for your chosen destination.
Shop our travel outfits, packing lists, and favorite travel products on our very own Amazon storefront!
You’re gonna love it there!
Intro to Travel With A Plan
Travel With A Plan started after many of my family and friends would ask me for advice about how to plan a family vacation.
I had a reputation for doing research and making day-to-day plans that include the best things to see and do in an area, as well as what to pack, where to stay, and what to eat.
Combining my love for travel and my joy in writing, I decided to start putting our vacation experiences into the form of a family travel blog.
Today, Travel With A Plan exists to help break down the barriers that prevent families from traveling in order to make travel less stressful.
Along with sharing our exact day-to-day itineraries to the best US family vacation spots, I write about:
- What to pack
- How to get there
- How much time and money to budget for
- Things you should do and not miss
- Restaurants to try & best places to stay
- Tips we learned
After all, there are literally so many unexpected benefits of traveling with kids that can be easily overlooked if you’re running ragged while on vacation.
About Jen
With the kids getting older, my husband and I realize the years are dwindling before they will eventually leave the nest. Consequently, once they ditched the diapers, bottles, and naps, we kicked our family travel goals into high gear.
Along with my blogging business, I work full-time as a Licensed School Nurse at a K-2 school.
I absolutely love creating travel memories with my husband and our three sons, ages 11, 14, and 16 years old.
We do this by maximizing the time off during school breaks, as well as by budgeting for our dream vacations years in advance.
If you too are excited about the idea of traveling with your family or are maybe just considering it, you’ll feel right at home here!
I’ve got fun and practical ideas on where to travel, as well as what to do once there.
I only highlight trips that we have actually taken and feature itineraries that have worked!
Likewise, I will only recommend a product that I love. (Plus, my reviews are written with family conveniences in mind!)
Digging deeper…
Ever since I was young, traveling has been an integral part of my life.
Having grown up in a remote town in northern Minnesota, it was a three-hour drive to the nearest shopping mall, for instance.
We traveled every weekend during our short summers to spend time at our cabin and road-tripping during the long winters was essential to ward off cabin fever.
Now with a husband and children of my own, traveling together has become an indispensable part of our family routine, as well as a rich part of our family story.
The rejuvenation that we achieve together while traveling plays a huge part in how we stay happy and healthy at home. Further, the memories from our vacations stimulate our daily conversations and generate ideas for future travel.
As the travel planner of our family, I intentionally factor travel into our calendar and into our family budget. I plan for our trips months – even a year – in advance.
In order to maximize the fun, I love developing travel itineraries for the various cities that we visit. We achieve this by mapping out restaurants, sightseeing, and plenty of downtimes along the way.
I truly believe that our family of 5 maximizes the fun and gets the most ‘bang for our buck’ because we Travel With A Plan!
Not regret.
To read more about the place I call home, check out this fun interview, or, contact me here.
