Wander Worldschool: Helping Families Plan & Fund Slow & Long Term Travel

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🌎 My mom Marcia joins the show for the 50th episode to share the origin story of our family's travel legacy. She takes us back to a pre-digital era of exploration, from her 1969 study abroad in Germany to an around-the-world gap year in 1975.

👍 From crossing Checkpoint Charlie during the Cold War to navigating a Kenyan safari in a VW Bug with German students, she discusses why traveling was w...

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🌎 Tasha Martin shares how her family of four to traded their suburban life in Arkansas for a 37-foot travel trailer and a multi-state odyssey. She dives into the realities of full-time RVing with older teens, proving that you don't need a traditional home to build deep family connections or an interest-led high school education.

👍 Tasha discusses the Martin Mayhem of road life. From managing ...

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🌎 Natalie and David transitioned from international school directors to building a global classroom called Harmony Alternative for worldschooling teens. They share how the project provides the community, consistency, and academic depth that families crave through 8-week immersive cohorts.

👍  They discuss the clash of working in prestigious international schools while choosing to home-educate their...

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🌎 Maddy Novich share her secrets for summering abroad with three kids. A New York-based professor, Maddy explains how her family spends up to 9-11 weeks in Europe every year (and her database of over 400 international camps!).

👍 We cover the power of Home Exchange, where Maddy swaps her Manhattan duplex to unlock free housing across the globe and the power of family biking.

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🌎 Dara Epstein and Melpo Toundas dive into the magic of Basoa, a forest school-inspired summer day camp in San Sebastian, Spain. They share how a chance meeting sparked a mission to create a community hub for traveling families. This summer, they offer a six-week program that blends Basque culture and child-led exploration.

👍 We cover the Forest School approach, where kids will engage with nature ...

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🌎 Out today, I’m celebrating the launch of my new e-book about how to turn your home into a travel asset! I share the exact roadmap our family used to ensure our home base funds our global adventures rather than acting as a financial anchor.

👍 We cover the ‘rent vs. sell’ framework, the essential cash flow formula and the logistical aspects of remote property management. I get vulnerable about our...

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🌎 Anthony and Jodie St. Clair and their kids aged 14 and 11 have been traveling full-time since August 2022, after a transformative exchange in Edinburgh and a life-changing Make-A-Wish trip to Hawaii. Now split between their home base condo in Japan and traveling, they share how they navigated the transition to a sustainable, open-ended global adventure.

👍 Jodie, a cancer survivor and above-the-k...

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🌎 Elodie Ferchaud and her family of six are currently based in Japan and she shares how she transitioned to a nomadic lifestyle to prioritize deep cultural immersion and family connection without sacrificing professional growth or educational consistency.

👍 We cover the origin story of Boundless Life and the secret recipe for choosing global hubs that offer turnkey housing, education, and communit...

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🌎 Laurie Bevan-Jackson and her Leeds-based family of four are currently on a year-long sabbatical exploring Southeast Asia, Nepal and Japan. A decade of financial planning and a commitment to family attachment helped them take a sabbatical from their careers to prioritize worldschooling their twin daughters.

👍 We cover the intentionality behind their adoption journey and how they transitioned from...

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🌎 In this short and sweet end of the month episode, I share our recent adventures, a sneak peek at my upcoming e-book and reveal the historic city behind this month’s opening trivia.

👍 We cover a recap of recent guest highlights—including navigating global careers in Norway and driving the Pan-American Highway—before diving into a comprehensive Summer 2026 travel planning guide!

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🌎 Chris and Robin are a Denver-based family of five currently blending airline industry perks with a flexible, intentional approach to global education. After three years of RV living, they transitioned back to a home base in Colorado, using Chris’s career in the airlines to unlock international adventures including 6 weeks to Australia and New Zealand.

👍 We cover the logistics of flying standby a...

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🌎 Justin Vorel and his family of five is currently navigating an ambitious 18-month family road trip from the US to South America in a Honda Pilot. After a decade spent building a rug manufacturing business in Morocco, Justin and his wife transitioned to a remote-work lifestyle to provide their three young children with a hands-on global education. 

👍 We cover travel budgets, logistics of travelin...

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🎉 All about slow living, global careers and finding wellness in the wild! Monica Virga Alborno discusses her journey from global engineering to building a life in the mountains and fjords of Norway.

🌎 Monica gives us a look at the Scandinavian Barnehage system and how a nature-first approach to education can build incredible resilience in our children.

👍 Tune in to hear about the realities of life...

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🎉 All about language learning! I share about Mark and my language backgrounds and what has worked for raising trilingual kids. 

🌎 After highlighting the best of this months episodes and our Listener Location trivia, the deep dive includes a comprehensive guide for family language learning. 

👍 Tune in to the reasons why you should still learn another language even if English is a major world langua...

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🎉 Cassidy Crowell tunes in from Colorado to inspire you to travel with purpose while maintaining a home base. Their family of 5 spends 3-4 months a year exploring new areas for 4-6 weeks, the 'sweet spot' for their family. This balanced approach allows for slow travel and deep immersion without the potential for burn out from full time travel.

🌎 They fund life and travel with rental prop...

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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 community in Portugal and Spa...

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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 reduce costs and immerse t...

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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 which he shares more about...

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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!

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