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Before she had kids, travel was easy for Lauren Levesque — pick a destination, book it, go. Three kids and a lot of trial and error later, she's learned that the best family vacations are the ones planned around the family you actually have, right now. In this post, our advisor Lauren shares the lessons that took her years to learn, from sensory-friendly trip planning to giving herself permission to travel without her kids too.

This week on the blog, we're sitting down with Aaron Guest, one of our advisors specializing in serving Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing travelers — he's an ASL interpreter and a former Disney and Universal Cast Member who also loves planning for multigenerational families, couples, and travelers who build a trip around great food and festivals. Aaron fell in love with Walt Disney World at eight years old, and two years into his time with Goofy Getaways, he says his favorite part of the job is still watching a family realize their trip was actually built around them. Read on for his favorite type of vacation to plan, his best piece of travel advice, and the Italy trip that changed how he plans every itinerary.

Club Level doesn't make sense for every Disney trip. But when the fit is right, it changes how the whole vacation feels. Advisors Michele Randle and Allie Jennings break down what you're actually paying for — from the Mickey cinnamon rolls at breakfast to a quiet lounge to unwind in after a long park day — and help you decide if the splurge is worth it for your family.

Before her first RunDisney race weekend, Amy Fisher had no idea she'd be trading a lazy park morning for a 2am wake-up and a dark bus ride to the start line. Years and countless medals later, she's sharing the details she wishes someone had told her from the start, from picking the right resort to knowing exactly where the course photographers are stationed. Consider this your head start on mile one.