We travel with chronic illness, tight budgets, and chaotic kids. Your family can too.

Travel builds resilience, capability, and bonds that last. It doesn’t have to go perfectly to be worth it. And it doesn’t have to cost a lot to be incredible.

What’s Holding You Back?
the we traveled happy family of four on top of a mountain on a sunny blue day
Smiling family on the deck of an MSC cruise ship at sunset

You want to travel with your family but something keeps getting in the way…

  • planning feels overwhelming before you even start
  • cost seems impossible on a real budget
  • your kids have melt downs on every trip
  • you’re not sure it’s worth the effort
  • you’re managing a chronic illness
  • you can’t find travel advice that actually fits your life

Whatever’s been holding you back, I’m here to show you how to travel anyway.

Two kids dressed in colorful winter gear sit on a snowbank at the summit of Sulphur Mountain, smiling with a panoramic view of snow-covered peaks stretching into the distance. Surrounded by frosted evergreens and bright blue skies, this scenic lookout captures a joyful moment in Banff National Park.

Destinations

couple at the summit of Little Beehive in Banff National Park

travel anyway

For the moms who keep saying someday

Hi, I’m Michelle!

Hi, I’m Michelle – the mom, planner, and points-maximizer behind We Traveled Happy.

I don’t think travel has to stop once you have kids, but it does take a smarter plan and maybe a well-timed snack.

8 national parks, 3 countries, and a whole lot of hotel pools later, I’ve picked up a few tricks to make family travel feel a little less like a circus and a lot more like an adventure.

Sometimes it is just chaos in a new place, but that still beats chaos at home.

I mean have you tried enjoying a coffee at a playground in Banff with a view of the rockies? I’ll take chaos with a view anytime.

I started this blog because the advice I needed (for real budgets, tricky bodies, and chaotic kids) didn’t exist. So I built it so you can travel anyway too.

Kangaroos & Chaos with a view →
Crepes by the Eiffel Tower on a 2 day trip to paris
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Want to know what kind of trip your family actually needs right now?

Grab my free Name Your Season workbook!

It walks you through 10 questions that help you figure out what is doable for your family right now. It’s the first step in the Travel Happy Mentality – my framework for planning trips that fit your actual life.

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