In 2009, we sold our house to travel the world as a family, experience new cultures and languages, and expand our minds. So far, we’ve been to over 36 countries and dozens of cities and towns. Below, you can find a map of the highlights. Clicking any location will take you to posts about that location. (Note: Some of the places we’ve traveled may not have yet made it into blog posts or on this map.)
We have over 9 years of experience traveling with kids of every age from 0 to 14, and we’re passionate about encouraging other families who are interested in long-term travel.
Families who are interested in doing this often have many questions from education and finance, to packing and luggage, to safety and healthcare, to locations and community. If you’d like support in your travel journey, be sure to check out the annual Family Adventure Summit conference where you can meet other inspiring families who are doing this in exciting locations around the world. Also be sure to check out our Family Travel Accelerator program where we show give LIVE monthly training sharing what we’ve learned on our journey, along with Q&A for you to get your questions answered and get the support you need.
Jan 15, 2009
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One of the other questions we’re frequently asked about our trip is, “What are you going to do with your house while you’re gone?” For a while, we entertained the idea of renting it out as a vacation home for someone who wanted to come and ski during those weeks, etc. We thought about using services like vrbo.com or sublet.com to list our home. But...
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Jan 13, 2009
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Wow, it’s a lot of work getting ready for a six-week vacation! I guess it doesn’t have to be, but I’m such a planning freak, and like to learn as much information as I can before making a decision (that’s both a strength and a weakness). This week, one of my main focuses has been booking all our accommodations in Panama. But rather than finding...
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Jan 12, 2009
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One of the questions we’re most often asked when telling people we’re heading off the Panama for six weeks is, “Why Panama”? With all the places in the world we could go, why Panama, indeed! Before we started thinking about this trip, all we knew about Panama was that it was home to the Panama Canal. But Jen and I enjoy watching travel shows occasionally,...
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Jan 11, 2009
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Why are we going on a six week trip to Panama? This is a question that could take pages to answer. In future posts, I’ll go into more detail about how we came to the decision to leave, and why we chose Panama and the length of the trip that we did. But in this post, I want to cover the benefits we hope to...
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Jan 11, 2009
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Hello Everyone! Welcome to my new blog! I’ve created this blog in response to interest from several people who’ve mentioned they want to keep up to date with our family while we’re on our upcoming trip to Panama. When we tell people we’ll be gone for six weeks, we get a range of responses, from excitement or happiness for us, to envy or jealousy, to...
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