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Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 Itching to settle for a while? Dreaming of pastel de nata and coastal waves? Meghana Kamdar, founder of Families Go Abroad Portugal, shares what prompted her family of five to slow down in Lisbon, Portugal seven years ago.  🎒 Meghana breaks down the realities of relocating a family of five abroad, including the logistics of visas to managing the true cost of living in Europe.  LISTEN NOW TO: The unexpected way Meghana discovered her family's future home.A realistic breakdown of the true costs in Lisbon.How to transition from a single-income employee mindset to location-independent entrepreneurship.Why Portugal's diverse and safe environment is uniquely beneficial for families of color.The trade-offs between moving abroad on your own versus with a tried-and-true community!RESOURCES: Families Go Abroad Portugal + newsletter: www.meghanakamdar.comIG: @meghana_in_portugal, YT: @meghana_in_portugal, TikTokBook your Strategy CallHow to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 Amanda Ashworth shares how her family of five designed a unique lifestyle split between Dubai, India, and the UK and transformed a raw 3-acre former yoga ashram into a thriving worldschooling hub in Goa, India. 🎒 We break down the real numbers of living in coastal India, daily life at Worldschool Hub Goa and why Goa offers a soft landing for traveling families. LISTEN NOW TO: Discover how Amanda's family built a multi-base living model across Dubai, Goa, and the UK using corporate housing packages and retreat revenueUnpack the real monthly costs and budget breakdown of slow travel in Goa, IndiaLearn how Amanda transitioned her three kids from structured schooling to self-directed unschooling Explore what daily life looks like inside Worldschooling Hub GoaRESOURCES: The Worldschooling Village on SkoolWorldschooling Hub Goa How to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌊 How swapping the Denver work grind for beach living created a haven of child-led learning and nervous system regulation in Mexico for Dasha Emilanova! 🌍 We dive into the real logistics and finances of single-parent worldschooling, building community in Playa del Carmen, and founding the nature-immersed Wild Roots Worldschool. LISTEN NOW TO: Hear the secret to regulating kids (hint: Tarzan kids)Learn how a single mom transitioned from corporate remote work to sustaining life in MexicoBreak down real world monthly costs in Playa del Carmen!Discover the unique magic of beach schools and child-led marine biology explorationFor Dasha's top secret starter tip for hesitant families starting outRESOURCES: Instagram: @d_emilanovaWild Roots: wildrootsworldschool.com, @wild.roots.worldschoolHow to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! In the meantime, I recommend some of my favorite early episodes: - why mom's need a haven with Claudia Bellante (episode 7)  - self-regulation skills for kids with Kate McAllister (episode 22) Be back soon. Hugs,  Suzy Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🎄 How to get ahead of the end-of-the-year scramble with around 100 days to go until the holiday season (while still enjoying fall)! 🌎 We discuss mapping out both financial clarity and low stress logistics whether you are traveling the world or staying put this holiday season. Episode art: Our small fake tree from our first Christmas in Spain and Grandma's homemade stockings! LISTEN NOW TO: Interview with your family to identify what actually creates joy and ditch the restLeverage home exchanges, pet sitting, and primary home rentals to eliminate costly accommodationsMaximize flight savings and credit card reward pointsPick travel-friendly, compact gifts across every age groupBuild a dedicated sinking fund right now to prep for the season!Hear updates from our adventures in Japan and fav takeaway from this month's episodes!RESOURCES: Episodes 32 (holidays '25), 33 (music by Maxwell Lee), 45 (rent out your home!)Morocco Solar Eclipse Jul 27 - Aug 3, 2027 Interest FormSubmit your fav family holiday travel memory for the 2026 Holiday Episode!How to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 Irene Genelin shares how her family traded their farm in Minnesota for full-time world travel, while packing two unicycles in their luggage! They journeyed across 39 countries while building community through cohorts, hubs and Traveling Villages! 🎒 We break down how to pace slow travel to avoid burnout, manage close-quarters group dynamics using nonviolent communication skills and manage a travel budget. LISTEN NOW TO:  Unpack an exact $4,600 monthly budget breakdown for a unicycling family of threeLearn practical Airbnb negotiation scripts to secure monthly discounts and remote-work desksExplore the candid realities of European campervans versus multi-month apartment rentals Navigate complex cultural dynamics and community friction using Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication Hear how child-led connection time and hands-on math replaced rigid homeschooling routines after an early retirement at age 55RESOURCES:  The Worldschooling Space Podcast & Substack Chasing the Red Dot: Peregrinations Through 2024 by Irene Genelin on AmazonIrene Genelin on Facebook and InstagramHow to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 Kristen Thatcher shares how her family of four sold their home in Canada to take on five years of full-time travel around the globe, turning hands-on life experiences into accredited high school diplomas and building community through pop-up hubs and long cruises! 🎒 We break down how to get through travel slumps, navigate neurodivergence on the road, save $50,000 through house-sitting, and give teens the freedom, confidence, and real world skills they need to thrive. LISTEN NOW TO: Discover how to turn unschooling, volunteering and travel into an accredited high school diplomaUnpack the real monthly costs and budget breakdown of slow travel in destinations like AlbaniaLearn how house-sitting can save thousands in high-cost areasExplore what multi-week transoceanic cruises and worldschooling pop-up hubs look like for teens and tweensExplore Kristen's online educator and tutoring directory specifically for homeschooling and worlschooing families!RESOURCES: Learn with Every Avenue educator and tutoring directoryKristen's Mind the Gap TutoringInstagram: @learn.everyavenue & @Kristen.98765LA to Tokyo Cruise Oct 2-18 and Tokyo Pop Up Oct 20-26 with Cultural Compass AdventuresFull Episode Show Notes and Links: https://www.suzymaywander.com/wanderpodepisodes How to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🏝️ Nadeem Arshad, co-founder of Bliss Hubs, shares how his family of seven traded the UK rat race for slow island life in Thailand and created a thriving, parent-led worldschooling community in Koh Lanta! 👍 We break down the real monthly costs of living in paradise, the power of slowing down to prioritize connection, navigating education on the road and how to build an organic village where parents and kids thrive together. LISTEN NOW TO: Discover how to navigate tough family decisions and the need for communityUnpack the monthly budget of living as a family of six in Koh Lanta, ThailandLearn how the parent-led Bliss Hubs model empowers families to share skillsExplore practical strategies for balancing online learning with real-world educationHear Nadeem’s top 5 foundational rules for aspiring travel familiesRESOURCES: Bliss Hubs: https://blissinvestor.comTravel Agency & Blog: https://meetthearshads.com@MeetTheArshads on Facebook & InstagramHow to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 📈 Demystify investing and discover how to build a financial foundation that funds your family's biggest travel dreams! ✈️ I break down Investing 101 without the confusing jargon and show youhow productive assets protect your wealth against inflation. LISTEN NOW TO: Discover why keeping long-term savings in cash guarantees a loss Unpack core investing terms: stocks, bonds, ETFs, diversification, and compound growthUnderstand why self-directed investing is mandatory Learn how to build a freedom fundExplore different assets including index funds, real estate, REITs, fixed income, and business ownershipRESOURCES: Book: The Simple Path to Wealth by JL CollinsComplete the Interest Form for the August 2027 Morocco Solar Eclipse Worldschool GatheringSign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌴 Meet Joanne Paul, founder of Ileo, who shares how her family found a second home in Curaçao, the secrets to raising multilingual kids, and how she built a thriving worldschooling ecosystem partnering directly with the Curaçao Children's Museum! 👍 We dive into the beauty of slow family travel, meeting each child's unique learning style, language acquisition, and the logistical frameworks of joining seasonal worldschooling cohorts in the Caribbean. LISTEN NOW TO: Discover how to integrate with local communities through place-based learningUnpack practical tips for raising multilingual kidsLearn how Ileo utilizes local partnerships to closely connect with the welcoming communityExplore the day-to-day logistics of seasonal cohorts, visa requirements, and daily life in CuraçaoMaster how to balance entrepreneurship, homeschooling, and family travel as a parent of young kidsRESOURCES: Website ileo.life and consultation request https://ileo.life/craft-your-stay/Instagram: @ileo.lifeUpcoming cohorts: • Fall 2026: Sep 1 to Dec 2, 2026 (off-season pricing) • Dec 2026: Dec 3, 2026 to Jan 2, 2027 (flexible week, two-week, or full-month options) • Winter 2027: Jan 4 to Apr 2, 2027 (Carnival) • Spring 2027: Apr 12 to Jul 2, 2027 (peak weather) • Summer 1, Marine Life: Jul 5 to 16, 2027 • Summer 2, Creativity: Aug 16 to 27, 2027How to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 Dr. Sarah Gebauer, author of the Go Anyway book, shares how her family of six explored 54 countries in four years, created a custom sabbatical policy as a practicing physician, and traveled with a child with a chronic disease! 👍 We cover the realities of balancing a demanding medical career with family sabbaticals, language learning on the road and practical frameworks for making extended travel possible! LISTEN NOW TO: Learn why professionals have more leverage than they think to take sabbaticalsDiscover language tips like local school enrollment in Spain and French family tutors in FranceUnpack the logistics of traveling internationally with Type 1 DiabetesMaster the financial and lifestyle levers of long-term travel and keeping a homebaseExplore how to navigate kids that don't want to travel at first!RESOURCES: Go Anyway: The Practical Guide to Long-Term Travel With Kids on AmazonBook websiteHow to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 Michelle Rødgaard-Jessen from Traveling Village shares the reality of traveling long-term with kids, navigating worldschooling, and building mobile family communities! 👍 We cover the evolution of Traveling Village, unschooling and language learning strategies, balancing remote business management with slow travel, and the vision behind the ReVillage project! LISTEN NOW TO: Learn how TV creates co-living hubs and camper van caravans for worldschooling familiesDiscover practical approaches to unschooling, guidance-based learning, and raising multilingual childrenUnpack the logistical realities of group travel, communal budgets, and managing community conflictNavigate the trade-offs of slow family travel, from overcoming loneliness to setting up sustainable routinesExplore the ReVillage project to revitalize declining European mountain villagesRESOURCES: Traveling Village: website (travelingvillage.com), Instagram (@travelingvillage) and podcast on YouTube ReVillage Project: website (revillage.com) How to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 Suzy recaps the month and breaks down the behind-the-scenes reality of getting a remote job, managing remote work while traveling with kids, and avoiding the major traps of working on the road! 👍 We cover the financial perks like geo-arbitrage, practical job search strategies, managing time zones, setting up an efficient mobile office, and how to balance full-time work with slow family travel! LISTEN NOW TO: Learn the top benefits of remote work for traveling families especiallyDiscover where to find legitimate, vetted remote jobsUnpack the common friction points of working while travelingNavigate crucial legal, tax, and IT realities, including digital nomad visasExplore top resources, industry reports, and resources to help you get and manage remote work!RESOURCES IN THE SHOW: FlexJobs, remote.co, weworkremotely.com, wellfound.com, dynamitejobs.com, upwork.com, and contra.comBuffer's State of Remote Work Doist: Parent Survival Guide and Remote Work While TravelingZapier: 50+ Fully Remote CompaniesAbout Abroad podcastRunningRemote, nomadlist.com, safetywing.comReferral links to support the show! Getting started with Petsitting link. How to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 Chad and Brittany Slater, founders of Nomadic Pathway, share what led them to sell everything, leave the nine-to-five grind in New York, and launch a worldschooling journey across Europe with their two young kids! 👍 We break down the reality of full-time family travel, including budget hacks like housesitting, transitioning to remote work on the road, managing decision fatigue, and finding worldschooling community wherever you land! LISTEN NOW TO: Transport to the island of Syros in Greece, coastal Estepona in Spain, and historic castles in Ireland!Solve the classic destination-decision dilemma, take the 'Where Should Your Family Worldschool Next?' quiz that asks budget, season, and community preferences.Hear how two kids built lifelong resilience and global friendships while worldschooling.Learn about the free resources, community app, and interactive destination quiz available through Nomadic Pathway.CONNECT WITH THE TRAVELING SLATERS: Nomadic Pathway website (https://nomadicpathway.com), Instagram (@nomadic_pathway), TikTok (@nomadic.pathway)The Traveling Slaters on Instagram (@thetravelingslaters), TikTok (@travelingslaters), YouTubeTake the Quiz and download the Nomadic Pathway App here. Email ([email protected])How to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 Founder and mom, Kelly Thornhill, shares what led her to buy a one-way ticket to South America, spend 15 years building businesses in Argentina, worldschool her daughters and create Adventures in Spanish! 👍 We break down the reality of raising multilingual kids on the road, including funding a nomadic lifestyle, building a business from the back of a camper van, and navigating regional Spanish dialects! LISTEN NOW TO: Transport back to wine country in Mendoza, Argentina or deep sea diving in Taganga, Colombia.Solve the classic language-learning dilemma by balancing immersion and formal academics for kids and adults.Hear the benefits of multilingualism from a mom who prioritized it while worldschooling through Spain and South America.Learn about the online classes and transformative, accessible Spanish immersion programs in Málaga through Adventures in Spanish. CONNECT WITH KELLY THORNHILL: Adventures in Spanish Website: https://adventuresinspanish.co.uk/ref/20715/How to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more!  BUY NOW! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!