Wander Worldschool: A Slow & Long-Term Family Travel Podcast
I'm Suzy May and I share inspiring travel, educational and worldschooling journeys of families of all different backgrounds! Are you looking for actionable tips for your family travel journey? You're in the right place! We explore the stories of: - slow and long term traveling families - worldschool leaders and hub creators - unique ideas to travel and educate on the road - financial planning and money-saving travel tips My family lives between Denver, CO and Sevilla, Spain and we are excited to be part of the diverse worldschooling community! - Have an inspiring story? Email pod@suzymay.com! - Follow on Instagram, Facebook and Substack! Links at https://beacons.ai/suzymaywander
Episodes
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🎉 Lauren and Tiago join us from Costa Rica as they explore their remarkable transition from a whirlwind international romance to a life of perpetual travel with two young children. Tiago traces his origin story to rural Africa while Lauren had a traditional US upbringing.
🌎 They discuss how the pandemic lead to three different wedding ceremonies and how they leaned on commu...
34. Sourdough Lifestyle: Slow Travel, Second-Tier Cities, and Saffron Bread with Brett and Christina
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🎉 Christina Cann and Brett Wiewiora join us from Italy as they share their family’s journey from selling their bakery business in Florida to worldschooling with their two daughters ages 12 and 8 and their sourdough starter, Gandalf!
🌎 They incorporate local flavors into their baking and have adapted to kitchens without ovens to bake. They prioritize second-tier cities to re...
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🎉 Maxwell Lee joins up from Taipei, Taiwan to share his family’s journey from Florida to Taipei, where he successfully overcame his fears of moving abroad. He shares the worldschooling journey they took before moving to Taipei and how the kids have adapted to new languages and school in Taiwan.
🌎 Maxwell moved on the Gold Card visa to Taiwan due to his musical background wh...
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🎉 In this special bonus episode, I invite my husband Mark to reflect on our favorite parts and best of´s of 2025 and we share a bit about our 2026 plans!
🌎 What was our most memorable view to wake up to? Favorite meal? Most difficult destination to reach? Tune in to find out!
👍 Don´t miss Flow with Connie into 2026, a gentle and welcoming way to ease into the new year! Sign...
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🎉 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your worldschooling family!
🌎 Our special episode today brings Listener Location trivia, our family adventures this month and my favorite parts of this month’s episodes with Stephanie Tolk, Maggie Tucker and Courtney Orgias.
👍 The Deep Dive is all things worldschooling holiday memories and plans from so many wonderful contrib...
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🎉 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 the...
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🎉 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 Mag...
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🎉 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 favor...
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🎉 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...
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🎉 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 loca...
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🎉 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 t...
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🎉 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...
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🎉 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.
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🎉 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 ...
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🎉 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 c...
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🎉 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 expa...
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🎉 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 piv...
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🎉 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 FIN...
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🎉 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 Cana...
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🎉 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 immersiv...
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