Favorite Grampy Travels Author

Favorite Grampy

Director of Digital Marketing and AI Strategy

  • Author of two grandparent journals from Callisto Publishing: 100 Questions for Grandpa and A Love Journal: 100 Things I Love about Grandpa.
  • Has appeared on screen in Salt, The Wire, 24, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Live Free or Die Hard and Shooter, with 17 IMDb acting credits plus an appearance as himself on Emeril Green.
  • Named a finalist in CareerBuilder.com's 2007 Disney Dream Job contest after more than 20 family trips to Walt Disney World.

Experience

Based in Leesburg, Virginia, Manny Oliverez, known online as Favorite Grampy, is the Director of Digital Marketing and AI Strategy at Favorite Grampy Travels, a fully virtual, award-winning family travel agency that is an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner Agency and a Universal U-Preferred Platinum Agency. He leads the agency's work in answer engine and generative engine optimization, tracking how often Copilot, ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews cite the agency's pages and what those citations are worth in visits and leads. Before travel, he sold greeting cards door to door at age six, owned restaurants, worked for Disney and spent 30 years in healthcare administration. Along the way, he has appeared on screen in National Treasure, Live Free or Die Hard, Salt, The Wire and 24. He travels constantly with his grandchildren, so the family questions he writes about are ones he has already worked through himself. He is the author of two books on Amazon, "100 Questions for Grandpa: A Journal to Inspire Reflection and Connection" and "A Love Journal: 100 Things I Love about Grandpa." Manny Oliverez writes about Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando trip planning, Epic Universe, multigenerational family travel, and AI search visibility for travel brands. When he isn’t at Magic Kingdom, he is trying to make the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs in a minivan full of grandkids.

Published Books

  • 100 Questions for Grandpa: A Journal to Inspire Reflection and Connection (Callisto Publishing, 2022)
  • A Love Journal: 100 Things I Love about Grandpa (Callisto Publishing, 2022)

Latest Articles by Favorite Grampy

A person wearing black gloves garnishes two pulled-pork bao buns with microgreens at a Universal CityWalk quick-service meal. - Favorite Grampy Travels

What Are the Best Quick-Service Meals at Universal CityWalk?

Epcot International Food and Wine Festival 2026 display with a large circular sign, a tiered cake decoration, and promotional signage for a family guide to EPCOT in front of Spaceship Earth. - Favorite Grampy Travels

Is EPCOT Food & Wine Good for Kids? A Family Guide

An ice cream shop employee wearing a branded cap and shirt hands a chocolate-dipped cone, one of the best snacks at Universal CityWalk, to a young boy. - Favorite Grampy Travels

What Are the Best Snacks at Universal CityWalk Orlando?

A sign for Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground featuring a logo with a wooden fort illustration and pine trees. - Favorite Grampy Travels

Is Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground Right for Your Family?

A large timber-framed building at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge nestled behind rock formations and a waterfall, with a Copper Creek Falls sign in the foreground. - Favorite Grampy Travels

Is Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Worth It for Families?

Family enjoying a character dining meal at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando Florida 2026 - Favorite Grampy Travels

Which Disney World Restaurants and Character Meals Are Best?

A young girl in a yellow princess dress looks into a hand mirror during her Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique makeover, revealing her reflection as an attendant holds the glass. - Favorite Grampy Travels

How Do You Book Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique?

A scenic waterfront view at sunset features lively buildings, palm trees, colorful lights, and a boat gliding on the water—capturing the vibrant atmosphere of Universal CityWalk Orlando that any family guide would recommend. - Favorite Grampy Travels

What Is Universal CityWalk Orlando? A Family Guide

A young girl participates in Disney pin trading as she swaps a pin with a cast member at a board arranged in a heart shape. - Favorite Grampy Travels

How Does Disney Pin Trading Work for Kids?

A Travel Agent in a pink dress sits on a striped bench with a laptop on her lap in a hotel lobby. She smiles, surrounded by pillows and wall art, with a white coffee cup on the table in front of her. - Favorite Grampy Travels

Are Free Travel Agents Really Free?

WDW All Star Movies Resort Family Walking out of Toy Story Building with Woody in Background

How Does the Disney Bounce Back Offer Work?

A crowd of people holds up their phones to watch Disney fireworks exploding over Cinderella Castle at night. - Favorite Grampy Travels

Where Should You Watch Disney Fireworks and Parades?