This is Not a Vacation: How Our Family Learned to Travel

This is Not a Vacation. It’s something else entirely.

In This is Not a Vacation: How Our Family Learned to Travel, Becca Campbell shares the real, unpolished story of what it means to travel as a neurodivergent family—messy, evolving, and deeply human.

Across multiple international trips and stages of childhood, this book follows one family’s evolution from trial and error planning to intentional travel design, focused on strengths, interests, and autonomy.

Each chapter reflects a different age and developmental stage, offering a grounded look at what actually worked, what didn’t, and how those needs changed over time.

This is not a step-by-step guide or a collection of expert-approved strategies. Instead, it’s a deeply honest exploration of:

traveling with neurodivergent kids whose needs shift over time building trips around real capacity, not ideal expectations navigating sensory, emotional, and logistical challenges letting go of “perfect travel” in favor of meaningful experiences With a voice that is reflective, candid, and often humorous, Becca invites readers to rethink what travel can look like for their own families.

This book is for parents who:

feel overwhelmed by the idea of traveling with their kids have tried traditional advice and found it doesn’t fit want to honor their child’s needs without giving up on travel entirely
Rather than offering a blueprint, this book offers something more valuable: perspective, permission, and the confidence to find your own way.

Because travel isn’t about getting it right—it’s about learning how to keep going.