We’re the
Wandering Fam

We’re a family of four based in Michigan. There’s Mom and Dad, Raynuv (our 4th grader who will hike anything you put in front of him), and Aryan (our 5-year-old who is mostly interested in rocks, sticks, and whatever snack is in the bag).

By day we work in tech and shuffle the kids to school and activities like every other family. By the rest of the time, we’re planning the next trip.

We’ve hiked across lava fields on the Big Island, watched bears chase salmon in Alaska, canoed on Emerald Lake in the Canadian Rockies, and done the Road to Hana with two kids who asked “are we there yet?” approximately every four minutes.

Traveling with young kids is messy, unpredictable, and occasionally involves someone crying in a parking lot. But it’s also the best thing we’ve ever done as a family. The memories stick in a way that nothing else really does.

There’s no shortage of travel blogs out there. But most of them are written as if kids don’t exist, or treat family travel as a neat lifestyle aesthetic rather than what it actually is — chaotic, expensive, and completely worth it.

We write the guide we wish we’d had before each trip. Real costs, honest takes, what actually worked with kids in tow, and what we’d do differently. That’s it.