Ciao Bambino Sample Itineraries
my role
UX/UI Designer & WordPress Developer
tools
WordPress, ACF, Custom Post Types UI, Google Maps API, Bootstrap, PHP, CSS, JavaScript
Overview
Ciao Bambino’s “Sample Itineraries” section helps families plan meaningful travel experiences tailored to their kids’ ages and stages. It replaced the outdated “Family Vacation Packages” area with a more modern, flexible, and advisor-friendly content system.
Challenge
Redesign and rebuild a large, editorial-style content section that needed to be visually inspiring for families, easy for staff to update, and robust enough to scale as more itineraries were added—without relying on rigid page builders or hardcoded layouts.
Solution
I designed five new country-specific itinerary pages and developed a completely custom WordPress structure to support them:
- Built a custom post type using CPT UI and ACF for clean, scalable content management
- Created a streamlined back-end interface for Advisors to easily add and update itineraries
- Integrated Google Maps API to dynamically show destinations
- Developed a tabbed UI for navigating multiple itineraries within a single country
- Designed mobile-friendly, responsive layouts that highlight imagery and map content without sacrificing speed
Result
The Sample Itineraries section launched with five visually engaging destination pages and a scalable structure that editors and advisors can expand with ease. It’s now a cornerstone of Ciao Bambino’s content marketing strategy—helping families visualize their next big adventure.