About Us

Hi! We’re Garrett & Mandi of Connected Family Travel!
We’re so happy you’re here!

Our Mission:

To help families travel more often without putting financial strain on their family budget so that they can create lasting memories and strong connections with their kids.

Our Vibe:

We’re normal people, just like you. Well, maybe not so normal, but who is these days anyway.

Some of us still play Pokemon Go and wear flip flops to shovel snow in winter. Some of us get lost for hours trying new watercolor painting techniques and plan the all the little details of trips for years in advance because #ShePlansAllTheThings. We geek out over anyone taking a Disney trip, dress up as Disney Cast Members for Halloween and bring travel recipes home to reverse engineer and make them our own.

We cringe every time we hear parents say that travel is a luxury only for the lucky. It breaks our hearts to hear families who’ve given up and resigned they’ll have to wait until their kids are older to travel because we know they’re missing out on the best opportunities to create strong connections now.

And most importantly, we genuinely get crazy excited when our clients get to take the trips they never imagined they’d be going on because we know what’s waiting for them on the other side of gate 3B.

Our Story:

Like many of our clients, we loved traveling but struggled to find the money to take the trips we were dreaming about. After a few hard lessons and some amazing discoveries, we developed a system that had us taking multiple big trips a year without putting a burden on our finances.

It started with a very expensive couples trip to Italy, and even though we’d used up all our vacation time and nearly maxed out a credit card, it also spurred an intense interest in European travel. Fast forward a bunch (too many) years without international travel, we discovered a new process and landed in Germany & France to test out our newly acquired knowledge, utilizing our free airfare points!

Then in one year alone, we took a road trip to Southern Utah & Arizona to enjoy a hot air balloon festival. Two months later we adventured through Europe for two weeks in The Netherlands, Belgium, & Paris. Then six months later, we took our mom to DisneyWorld for her first time. All on points and IN THE SAME YEAR!

Discovering this untapped resource changed our lives and we’ve been sharing it with friends ever since.

What We Do:

We shorten your learning curve and cut through the clutter of rewards programs, frequent flier status, and budgeting tactics so that you know what to focus on right now that will give you the best results, and ultimately, MORE FREE TRAVEL!