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About Us

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What WE do

Travel is personal, and no two journeys should be the same. Whether you're planning a journey for two, an unforgettable family vacation, a multigenerational celebration, a solo adventure, or a small group experience, we create thoughtfully designed itineraries tailored to your travel style, interests, and budget.

With more than 30 years of experience, we take the time to understand what matters most to you, handle the research and logistics, and present carefully curated options that make planning easy and enjoyable. We specialize in custom journeys throughout Europe, Asia, Central and South America, Africa and the South Pacific. We also help clients discover exceptional river and ocean cruises, carefully selected small group tours, and relaxing beach escapes in the world's most beautiful destinations.

Our goal is simple: to create seamless, meaningful travel experiences that inspire you to explore the world with confidence—at every stage of life.

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OWNER AND TRAVEL ADVISOR

Kelly Gregg Rubingh has been creating unforgettable travel experiences for more than 30 years and founded Family Travel in 1997. Today, she specializes in custom journeys for couples, families, solo travelers, and small groups around the world.

Having personally explored 70+ countries across five continents, Kelly draws on firsthand experience to recommend exceptional destinations, hotels, cruises, and unique experiences tailored to each client's travel style. She is also the founder of Wanderlust Women, a small group travel community for adventurous women 50+.

When she's not planning travel or exploring a new destination, Kelly enjoys hiking and performing with her local community theater alongside her two sons, who share her love of travel and the performing arts.

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travel advisor and insurance specialist

Susie Vick has worked for Family Travel for 15 years and has a background in insurance. She helps with research, questions, and documents and is especially valuable in assisting with travel insurance, Disney, and cruises. She is an active member of her community and grew up in San Mateo. Her favorite vacation spots include Hawaii, Mexico, New York City, Costa Rica and Disneyland, and she loved her family trip on a European cruise!

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travel advisor and CRUISE specialist

Jody Quinn was born and raised in San Mateo. She still resides there and lives one block from the house she grew up in! Her passion is traveling the world and she loves to share her travel experiences and knowledge with her clients. She has been a Travel Advisor for 18 years and has traveled to six of the 7 continents, with the exception of Antarctica. Her business is based on client referrals and repeat loyal clients. She focuses primarily on Ocean and River Cruises to all destinations around the world and land/air packages for independent travel or organized tours. Her favorite travel quote is “The world is a great book, of which they who never stir from home read only a page.”

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travel advisor, cruise and disney specialist

Sherri Tucker has worked in the travel industry for 10 years, and she loves all things Disney! She has been to parks around the world more than 50 times, and just took her 20th Disney Cruise on her 5th Disney ship. Her business has grown beyond the mouse in recent years to include Europe, river and ocean cruises, Hawaii and trips around the world for all ages. Her family shares her Disney enthusiasm, and her daughter even works in the costume department at Disneyland!