Most travel platforms are designed for general tourism, not for family travel. Information about kid-friendly places and things to do with kids is scattered, inconsistent, or buried in generic reviews. Parents who travel with kids often have to piece together information from multiple sources to figure out whether a place is actually suitable for children, which makes planning family travel time-consuming and stressful.
GoWhee is built specifically for family travel and uses verified parent reviews and family-first filters to surface places that actually work for kids. The platform prioritizes privacy and child safety and focuses on real family experiences instead of ad-driven recommendations.
GoWhee reduces planning friction for family travel by helping parents find kid-friendly places and activities faster when they travel with kids. The app currently includes over 650,000 family-friendly locations across 60+ countries and cities, making it useful for both local family outings and trips abroad. Since relaunching GoWhee 2.0 in April 2025 as a bootstrapped platform, GoWhee has continued to expand its global coverage and improve how families discover reliable, kid-friendly things to do.
"The GoWhee app offers a chance for working parents to have better work life balance"
Press mentions from: WUSA, Parents, FodorsTravel, NYmetraparents, Boston Herald, Travel + Leisure, and The Expedition
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The Expedition
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WUSA9
“The GoWhee app offers a chance for working parents to have better work life balance in 2023”
Name & Title: Maud Maciak, CEO
Short Bio: Maud Maciak is the founder and CEO of GoWhee. She created the app to help families find kid-friendly activities while traveling, inspired by her own experiences as a parent.
Longer Bio: Maud Maciak is an entrepreneur and advocate for family-friendly travel. As the founder and CEO of GoWhee, she has built a platform that helps parents confidently plan trips and discover safe, engaging places for children around the world. With a passion for making travel accessible and enjoyable for families, Maud leads GoWhee’s mission to support parents in creating meaningful travel experiences with their kids.
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GoWhee is a family travel app that helps parents discover kid-friendly destinations, attractions, and activities worldwide. Founded in 2020, GoWhee empowers families to travel with confidence by providing trusted recommendations tailored for children.
Founded in 2020, GoWhee is a global family travel platform that is designed to make traveling with children easier and more enjoyable. The app allows parents to discover, review, and share kid-friendly places, activities, and destinations. By focusing on family travel needs, GoWhee helps eliminate the stress of planning trips with kids. With a growing international user base, GoWhee aims to become the go-to resource for safe, engaging, and memorable family travel experiences.
GoWhee is the Travel app designed to help parents find fun things to do with their kids on the weekend or during a trip that helps parents discover and share kid-friendly places, activities, and destinations worldwide using verified parent reviews and family-first filters.
GoWhee is for parents and families traveling with children who want stress-free, kid-friendly travel experiences.
GoWhee solves the problem of finding trustworthy, kid-friendly places for family travel by replacing ad-driven results with verified parent reviews and practical filters for real family needs.
GoWhee is a parent-based platform focused on family travel. Unlike ad-based travel platforms, GoWhee uses verified parent reviews, family-first filters, and location-based engagement features to personalize results for families traveling with kids.
Parents can search for kid-friendly places and things to do with kids using filters such as stroller access, changing tables, ADA accessibility, inclusivity, and amenities. Users can save favorites, plan trips, and share tips with other parents.
Families can find kid-friendly parks, restaurants, museums, playgrounds, attractions, and family-friendly destinations for both local outings and family travel.
GoWhee includes over 650,000 family-friendly locations across 60+ countries and cities, and is still growing!
GoWhee launched version 1.0 in April 2020 and was relaunched as GoWhee 2.0 in April 2025.
GoWhee operates on a paid subscription model.
No. GoWhee is not ad-based. Listings and recommendations are based on verified parent reviews, not paid placements.
GoWhee is a member-only platform with privacy-first features, including automatic face blurring in photos to protect children.
GoWhee is built by parents for parents and prioritizes real family experiences, verified reviews, and transparent recommendations for kid-friendly travel.
Yes. GoWhee is available globally with coverage in over 60 countries.
GoWhee is focused on growing its user base by strengthening trust through verified reviews and parent-focused features, and using data to improve personalized recommendations for families traveling with kids.
Press inquiries and interview requests should be sent to maud@gowhee.com or media@gowhee.com.
GoWhee is a worldwide crowd-sourced discovery platform built specifically for families to confidently search for and share kid-friendly places & experiences.
GoWhee provides a platform for parents to discover and post family-friendly places from around the globe. From playgrounds to handicap-accessible restaurants, GoWhees membership allows filtered search tools, privacy safeguards, and planning attributes that make family outings unforgettable and stress-free.
GoWhee is a family-friendly platform and mobile app that empowers parents and caregivers to discover, review, and share great places for kids worldwide. Founded by parents, our mission is simple: we build the app parents need to easily discover inclusive activities their whole family will love. Features include trusted reviews from other parents, smart filters that allow you to search for what’s important to you in seconds, and privacy-conscious features built with your child’s safety in mind. From providing tools to highlight inclusive businesses that welcome families with kids of all abilities to filtering out places that won’t work for your family, we’re building GoWhee with accessibility and inclusivity at the core. Planning your next family vacation abroad or your weekend fun in your hometown just got easier. Find new places with family fun in mind, reduce planning stress, and create more quality time exploring with GoWhee.
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Primary Media Contact
Maud Maciak
Founder & CEO, GoWhee
Email: maud@gowhee.com
Press Contact Email: media@gowhee.com
Website URL: https://gowhee.com
