Texas coast
Port Aransas
Start close to home. Find your family’s stretch of the Texas coast.
Photo: dwh1974 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0Come on in. Let’s plan something fun.
Plan less.
Beach more.
Family beach trips, useful packing lists, and a little real-life sanity. Start with a free plan for your people and your trip. Stay for the stories, recipes, and saltwater therapy.
Build my free packing list Still picking a beach? Explore the destinations →Driving or flying. Hotel or rental. Kids, babies, and the dog.
Your next happy placestarts here.
The place to start
A family trip.
Not another job for Mom.
Pick your beach, plan what you actually need, and put somebody else’s name on a few of those jobs.
- 01Find your kind of coast →
Compare seven beach destinations and explore the practical guides.
- 02Build your free packing list →
Tailored to your travelers, lodging, and luggage. Save, assign, and print.
- 03Keep the whole trip together →
The optional $9.99 vacation kit adds reservations, groceries, and family assignments.
A little saltwater therapy
Where are we going?
Florida
Destin & the Emerald Coast
Find your beach base, then make a plan for the days between arrival and the drive home.
Photo: Steve Evans · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Alabama coast
Gulf Shores & Orange Beach
Explore a family beach getaway with room for both adventure and doing absolutely nothing.
Photo: Gskinner1224 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0Life between the trips
A little salty living.
From the blog
What is a
salty mom?
Motherhood, real life, and a little attitude. Meet the mom behind the lists.
Pull up a chair →Salty Kitchen
Tropical Chicken Bowl
Mango, cucumber, chicken, and cottage cheese doing the dressing’s job. No sad protein powder.
Come into the kitchen →Kids’ Corner
Less “I’m bored.”
Seashell Match, a beach treasure hunt, and the Silly Story Machine. A little free fun for the small travelers.
Let’s play →When holiday season rolls around
Same salty mom.
A different kind of packing.
The trip stays front and center. Christmas has its own corner for gifts, guests, groceries, and the holiday mental load.
Hi, I’m the salty mom.
“Just pack a bag”
is a damn lie.
Seven children taught me that. I’m a wife, mom, Nana, woman of faith, beach lover, and longtime carrier of the family mental load.
This is my little corner for useful plans, honest stories, and meals you actually want to eat. Because Mom deserves to arrive with more than a checklist and an eye twitch.
Meet the mom behind the lists