About

Hallo! We’re Aaron & Cate.

We’re Germany destination experts and founders of My Germany Vacation, a boutique travel planning business.
We can’t wait to help you plan your dream trip to Deutschland!

A few summers ago, at the end of our road trip around Germany revisiting several places I’d lived, I joked to Aaron that he’d definitely gotten an off-the-beaten-path tour. 

Aaron stopped packing for a moment and said “that’s exactly what I loved most about this trip!”

That got me thinking…

For the past 3+ decades I’ve been helping friends, family, colleagues, students, and random strangers in grocery stores make their trips to Germany extra wunderbar by giving them lots of insider tips and information. 

The kind that only comes from someone who’s not only lived in various cities in Germany but has traveled all over the country. From Freiburg to Rügen. Passau to Sylt. And everything in-between. By train, car, bus, bike, and foot.

We started this website the day we returned to the US after that summer road trip. Our Germany Travel Planner and travel planning services were an immediate hit! We’ve now helped hundreds of clients have the ultimate Germany experience, and thousands have used the resources on our website and in our Facebook group.

So much so that Aaron decided to leave his job in higher ed IT and join our growing business full-time. Now we return to Germany for several months each year to do in depth travel research so we can help you plan an epic trip.

About Us

Cate used to live in Germany, has a PhD in German Applied Linguistics, taught college German in the US for several years, and used to run workshops preparing people to live and work in Germany.

Aaron lived in Spain but has now been traveling to Germany for nearly 35 years (25 of them with Cate). He has an MS in Information Science, used to work in higher ed IT, and is a pro at driving on the Autobahn and following conversations in German, even though he doesn’t speak German!

Want to get in touch? Contact us here!