My Story

Chief Travel Genie & Founder

Eric Martinson

Chief Travel Genie

Hi! My name is Eric Martinson and I am the Chief Travel Genie at the Genie Travel Company.

I am also proud to be the founder of WDW Tips and Tricks, a Facebook group with over 2M followers who are passionate about all things Disney. With the success of WDW Tips and Tricks, I have become a "go to guy" for people going to Walt Disney World.

This led to me working with Riverdale Travel and becoming a travel agent specializing in Disney in 2016. Because of Riverdale's decades of success (over 100 years in business!), I've partnered with them to utilize my lifelong passion for Disney to help others.

I love helping my clients experience Disney, and I realized I could help so many more people by helping teach passionate Disney fanatics how to sell this amazing product. Together, we created Genie Travel Company, a host agency division of Riverdale Travel, to help people just like me turn their Disney passion into a profitable business.

For some, it might just be making enough to pay for an annual family vacation. For others, it could be a new career, where you work from home while helping others enjoy the Magic of a Disney Vacation.

Serving families in Sioux Falls, Brookings, Watertown, Mitchell, Yankton, and Aberdeen, SD; Sioux City, IA; and Worthington and Marshall, MN — and Disney fans everywhere.

A Lifelong Love of Disney

My love of Disney started at a young age and never stopped. I participated in the Disney College Program, which gave me an inside look at the magic behind the curtain and only deepened my passion for everything Disney.

One of my favorite memories is from my time working at Disney in Fargo, ND — I wore a name tag that simply said 'Eric, Sioux Falls.' That small detail meant the world to guests from back home who recognized it and stopped to chat. It reminded me that Disney is about connection, and that's exactly what I bring to every client relationship.

I want every family I work with to feel the same wonder and joy that Disney has always given me. That's why I do this.

— Eric Martinson

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