We’re Dustin and Nicole Perkins. We started Jinni Vacations in 2019, in Southeast Michigan, to plan trips for families that most agencies aren’t built for.

Here’s how we got here.

Dustin served in the Coast Guard from 2003 to 2011 and is now a disabled veteran. We have six kids. Our son is autistic, which means we’ve spent years figuring out how to make travel actually work — DAS applications, sensory-friendly rooms, dietary tags, the difference between a park day that ends in tears and one that ends with everyone asking when we can come back.

In 2019, our youngest finally started school, and Nicole decided she wanted to become a travel agent. We started looking for a host agency to work under. We looked at a lot of them. Most didn’t align with how we wanted to treat clients — too much pressure to upsell, not enough patience for the families who need the most help. So we started our own.

We built Jinni Vacations for families like ours. Disabled veterans. Military families navigating deployments and PCS moves. Families with a member who has autism, sensory needs, mobility needs, medical needs. First-time Disney parents who are drowning in the planning and just want someone who’s actually been there.

We’re not a call center. When you book with us, you get one of us — Dustin or Nicole — from the first quote through the last day of your trip. We’ve handled DAS applications, feeding tubes, wheelchair-accessible staterooms, Shades of Green reservations, and the kind of dining-window choreography that makes or breaks a Disney vacation. The details matter, and we know them because we live them.

Our planning is free. Our advice isn’t.

If you’re a family that other agencies tend to gloss over, you’re exactly who we built this for.