Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! 🎉 Courtney Orgis, mama of the O.Family.Adventures family, details her family’s 3+ year full time travel journey while working remotely and raising kids who are now 3 and 6! 🌎 She details how they sustain themselves financially, their education priorities of language and cultural adaptation and how they overcome the challenges of being far from family. 👍 Don’t miss what they have and have not yet done from their 2021 Ever-Growing...

Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! 🎉 Maggie Tucker, an early retiree and co-host of the Inside Out Money podcast, shares her blended family's approach to traveling with three teenage daughters! 🌎 A major theme is balancing the privilege of family travel with teaching financial responsibility and gratitude to her kids, particularly when managing budgets and setting expectations on trips. 👍 Don’t miss Maggie’s recent trip location that had cheap flights yet unexpectedly ...

Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! 🎉 Meet Stephanie Tolk, founder of Deliberate Detour hubs, who discusses her family’s two-and-a-half-year worldschooling journey, how they navigated learning on the go and re-entry to public school. 🌎 She shares how those travels, and love for immersive cultural experiences, led her to start Deliberate Detour in Oaxaca, Mexico and Cusco, Peru. 👍 Don’t miss Stephanie’s favorite part about running these two hubs in these amazing lo...

Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! 🎉 In this episode, we celebrate gratitude and giving back, starting with a recap of what we are most thankful for, explore our Listener's Locations and share the top tips from this month’s episodes with Lizz, Kathy and the RoamBase kids! 🌎 For our Deep Dive on Generosity, we speak with Rebecca Herbst from Yield and Spread all about getting started on worldschooling as well as the importance of making intentional giving a habit, ...

Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! 🎉 Erin Riska from RoamBase (and episode 18!) had the idea to bring the voices of the worldschooling kids to the show and I am so grateful for these 3 lively kids for sharing their perspectives (and their families for letting them!) Meet Micah (15), Sammy (12) and Zuri (12)! 🌎 They overwhelmingly favor "slow travel," preferring to spend several months in one location to maximize cultural immersion, language learning and hi...

Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! 🎉 Kathryne Imabayashi, a retired international educator and parenting coach, discusses her extensive experience living and working in diverse locations like Japan, Lebanon, Bangkok, and Georgia, and raising and educating her son around the world. 🌎 She shares her passion for the Reggio Emilia philosophy, which emphasizes children's competence, the environment as the third teacher, and interest-led learning. She focuses on the un...

Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! 🎉 Lizz Quain, a solo mother of 16-year-old twin girls, shares her family’s extensive world schooling journey that began in 2016. She transitioned into long-term slow travel, using a variety of different educational methods—unschooling, local schools, and online tutoring—to adapt to her kid's needs. 🌎 Lizz emphasizes that this lifestyle fostered independence and global citizenship, with both her girls now thriving academically an...

Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! 🎉 October’s recap includes the best highlights of episodes 20-23! Don’t miss these insightful episodes with Susie, Melissa, Kate and Benef and Trecia! 🌎 We then share Taiwain worldschooling tips and Deep Dive into finding the most affordable flights! Points and miles is always the way to go if you can but these tips can help you save when you need to purchase flights. 👍 Would you please consider sending me a voice me...

Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! 🎉 Benef and Trecia from the Rhythm and Roam Podcast discuss how their backgrounds, including military assignments abroad for Benef's family and Trecia's multicultural upbringing, shaped their approach to travel. 🌎 They've since raised travel-loving adults and share the value of exposing children to diverse cultures, both through living abroad and dedicated travel, which fosters adaptability and a global perspective. 👍 ...

Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! Email pod@suzymay.com for a longer response! 🎉 Kate McAllister shares her extraordinary journey from a traditional educator in the United Kingdom to the founder of a worldschooling education center, The Hive, in the Dominican Republic. She sold everything to travel with her daughter, only to find herself "stuck" in the Dominican Republic at the start of the pandemic. They’ve now built their home rooted in community and nature! 🌎...

Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! Email pod@suzymay.com for a longer response! 🎉 Melissa Levi, a first-generation Canadian with Turkish roots, shares her family's unique journey to Cambodia. After meeting her husband in Cambodia and having twins in Canada, they moved around Southeast Asia and North America for two years before settling in Kampot, Cambodia. 🌎 Melissa discusses the community in Kampot, which is made up of welcoming locals and expats, as well as th...

Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! Email pod@suzymay.com for a longer response! 🎉 Susie Chau, founder of Carpe Diem Traveler, shares her personal journey from a corporate career to helping families achieve their travel dreams. She reflects on her early travels, including a life-changing year-long sabbatical with her husband across seven continents. This experience was surprisingly less expensive than their normal life in Chicago and inspired her to pivot her career and...

Send us a text! Questions? Feedback? Shoutouts? Text here! Email pod@suzymay.com for a longer response! 🎉 Suzy highlights the actionable tips from this month’s guests, personal travel updates, favorite Substacks and a warm welcome to the new listeners from around the world! 🌎 This month’s Deep Dive is the Wander Financial Framework, a six-step blueprint to plan and fund travel. This will take time and dedication! As a Certified Financial Educator, I can help! ✨ THE WANDER FINANCIAL FRAM...

Send us Fan Mail! Email pod@suzymay.com for a longer response! 🎉 Erin Riska, her two boys, husband and two cats turned pandemic job loss into over five years of full time nomadic living! She transformed from never leaving her own homestate until she was an adult to now living between Europe, Mexico and the US, all while working for herself and homeschooling her tweens. 🌎 She shared the origin of RoamBase during a surf camp in the Canary Islands to now the eleven week homeschool co-op in...

Send us Fan Mail! Email pod@suzymay.com for a longer response! 🎉 Travis Perry is a father of eight, ranging in age from 21 to 1, and a long-time homeschooling parent who has incorporated intentional family and couple travel as a tool for education and personal growth. 🌎 He shares more about the costs and logistics of slow family travel to Costa Rica and road trips around the US (in a 15 person transit van!) and how to create immersive learning experiences along the way! 👍 Whatever...

Send us Fan Mail! Email pod@suzymay.com for a longer response! 🎉 Danielle Vanderhei embraced a nomadic life through sailing as a family. She shares the joys and challenges of boat life, how they’re incorporating learning for their son and the financial aspects of maintaining a sailing lifestyle. 🌎 She shares her plans to create a water worldschool hub in Panama focusing on sustainability, water and marine education. And her favorite spots to sail! ✨ IN THIS EPISODE: Explore their ...

Send us Fan Mail! Email pod@suzymay.com for a longer response! 🎉 In this August recap, I highlight the stories, quotes and best tips from my conversations with Ginny Conforti, Daniela Romero and Rachel Carlson from the previous three episodes. I also give an update on our happenings in the world! 🌎 We deep dive in to all things accommodations and lodging! I highlight the benefits of slow travel and I cover a variety of options, including long-term rentals, RV living, and innovative "alm...

Send us Fan Mail! Email pod@suzymay.com for a longer response! 🎉 Rachel Carlson and her family have been traveling full-time for over seven years. Despite initial challenges and a period of loneliness, they found a solution by creating the World School Pop-Up Hub, a community-focused initiative that brings traveling families together for shared experiences. 🌎 This move addressed their children's need for consistent peer interaction and allowed them to continue their travels while buildi...

Send us Fan Mail! Email pod@suzymay.com for a longer response! 🎉 Daniela Romero joins me today to share her incredible journey from Venezuela to worldschooling across continents! Discover how Daniela and her husband transitioned from backpacking as a couple to traveling the globe with their two children. 🌎 We explore how they maintain a minimalistic approach with just three carry-on backpacks and how their children view constant travel as "normal life" now. ✨ IN THIS EPISODE: Highlights...

Send us Fan Mail! Email pod@suzymay.com for a longer response! 🎉 Welcome Ginny Conforti! I had the pleasure of meeting her and her youngest daughter at the Sevilla pop up in March. She shares her travel adventures and educational philosophies between two home bases, in Mexico and Chicago, with her blended family. 🌎 Her family incorporates traditional schooling, flexible home schooling and in-person school in Sayulita, Mexico. 👍 Ginny gets real about the challenges and joys of sett...