Mark McCullough, father of 3 children under age 6, often reminisces about his former life as a raft guide and rock-climbing instructor. Now his outings are more subdued, like canoeing along the tidal rivers in Virginia's historic triangle of Jamestown, Yorktown and Colonial Williamsburg.

John George is a full-time working dad to his 11-year-old son. After visiting every continent, save Antarctica, he was domesticated by his wife Jenny. Their family enjoys cruising, beach vacations and getaways to the Big Apple.

Donna Mulligan is a full-time working mom to 3 hockey players, ages 19, 17 and 13. Her family's favorite travel destinations include Killington, Vermont, the Adirondacks, Florida's Gulf coast, and Quebec City.

Chris Hill currently resides in Texas because it is too Cold up North. His family is self-proclaimed "Theme Park Junkies," including his wife, 6-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter, who are always looking for the next adventure.

Kathy Karlesses is a Director of Account Development at Orbitz. She and her husband enjoy traveling to new (and not-so-new) places and watching the experience through the eyes of their two girls, ages 12 and 9.

Drew Dixon is a proud daddy of three: two girls, 5 and 3, and a newborn son. His family routinely travels to Orlando, the Outer Banks, and the South Jersey Shore.

Mary Flynn is an Orlando native with 4 children, ages 21, 19 and 8-year-old twins. She also has two grandsons who are 19- and 6-months old. She travels all the time with some -- if not all -- the kids.

When Chris Brown and his wife are not taking their two young sons (1 and 3 years old) on adventure-filled vacations over land and sea, they find adventure at home in the Chicago area where they frequent local museums, parks, summer festivals, theater, and live music venues.

Before his son was born, Mark Verone and his wife made a pact to keeping traveling even with a newborn in tow. They got a passport for the baby a week after he was born and took 29 flights in his first year alone.

Monica is a full-time working mom to a rambunctious preschooler, Logan. She enjoys cooking and spending time with her husband and son exploring their Chicago northside neighborhood.

Benjamin Berman, an attorney at Orbitz, is the ridiculously proud and pathetically obsessed father of his beautiful baby-girl Sydney, who he and his fantastic wife Julie take to and from Boston (in-laws!) and other U.S. cities 6-8 times a year.

Vanessa Aleksic is a full-time working mother to 2 young boys. After work, you can find her singing children's songs out of tune with her eldest or crawling after her youngest. In the few miraculously calm moments, she tries to find time to read, scrapbook, and plan her next travel adventure.

Dannelle Sibley is a full-time working mother and wife. With an 8-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son, she likes to plan travel vacations that are fun as well as educational.

Kimberley Myles is the mother of a 5-year-old son born in New Zealand. She spent five years thinking Christmas meant summer weather while living in Auckland. She currently resides in a suburb of Chicago.

When Jim Cohn is not running drills with his wife and kids, he can be found at Wrigley Field watching his beloved Cubbies, coaching t-ball or chasing his other passion, a little white ball on the golf course.

With two young ones in tow, Alistair Wearmouth's travel perspective has shifted seismically from finding the best backpacker hostel in Kathmandu to coping strategies for toddlers on a trans-Atlantic flight. His world travels include Europe, India, Nepal, Japan, Southeast Asia and Canadian Rockies.

If her preschooler grows up and complains, "Mom, you never let me do anything," Orbitz editor Mary-Jo Lipman is going to remind him that his parents took him to Paris, Turks & Caicos, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco, Orlando, South Florida, Dallas, Maine and St. Louis within his first 2.5 years.

Tom Russell has three children, ages 11-15, whose leisure interests range from tap dancing to science to electric guitar. You can imagine that planning a family vacation for this group can be quite a challenge.

Brian Hoyt is Orbitz's head of corporate communications and government affairs. He and his wife are parents to an energetic 3-year-old daughter. Their favorite places to visit are Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, Florida, New Orleans, Charleston, and Yankee Stadium.

Marie LaPlante is a full-time working mom to Karis, her pony- and princess-loving 4-year-old.