Why This Tech Moment Is Different for Families

There's a running joke among parents: Ask for travel advice online, and you'll either get a 47-paragraph SEO article that says nothing, or a recommendation from someone whose "kid-friendly restaurant" had a dress code and no high chairs.

We get it. The internet is full of noise. And if you've seen the flood of generic, soulless content that's appeared lately, you might be skeptical that technology can actually help with something as personal as planning your family's next adventure.

Here's the thing, though: we think this moment is actually different. Not because the tech is flashier, but because it can finally do something useful—learn what actually matters to your family.

The Problem Isn't Technology. It's Context.

Most bad recommendations come from the same place: a complete lack of understanding about who you are, what your kids are like, and what you're actually trying to accomplish.

Generic travel advice assumes your toddler will sit quietly through a two-hour museum tour. It doesn't know that your 8-year-old is obsessed with marine life, or that your family does better with morning activities and afternoon downtime. It has no idea that "quick walk from the hotel" means something very different when you're pushing a double stroller.

What Changes When Technology Actually Knows Your Family

We built Go With Rosie around a simple idea: the more we learn about how families actually travel, the better we can help each family find what works for them.

This isn't about collecting data so we can sell you things faster. It's about understanding that your family hikes, your kids eat early, you avoid crowds, and your 6-year-old needs a playground break every few hours—and then actually using that information to show you trips that make sense.

When thousands of families share what worked (and what didn't), patterns emerge. We learn which "family-friendly" spots actually deliver. Which restaurants have the patient servers and the fast mac and cheese. Which hikes are stroller-accessible in reality, not just on paper. Which hotels put families in rooms near the elevator instead of next to the ice machine.

Data That Works for You, Not Against You

Here's what makes this different from the usual approach: we're not using what we learn to optimize our business. We're using it to power better recommendations for you.

The places that show up first aren't the ones with the biggest marketing budgets or the savviest social media presence. They're the ones where families actually had great experiences. Where kids were welcomed instead of tolerated. Where parents left thinking "we have to come back."

Technology That Supports, Not Decides

We're not trying to plan your entire trip for you. You know your family. You know what makes a vacation feel like your vacation.

What we can do is handle the research—the hours of scrolling reviews, cross-referencing ages and interests, trying to figure out if that restaurant is actually worth the drive. We can surface the options that make sense given what we know about families like yours, and let you build the trip from there.

The Families Make It Work

The honest truth is that none of this works without the community. Every family that shares what they discovered, what surprised them, what they'd skip next time—that's what makes the recommendations actually useful.

We're all figuring this out together. And when we pool what we've learned, everybody's next trip gets a little easier to plan.