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

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