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

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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

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CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!

🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice.

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🎄 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 rest
• Leverage home exchanges, pet sitting, and primary home rentals to eliminate costly accommodations
• Maximize flight savings and credit card reward points
• Pick travel-friendly, compact gifts across every age group
• Build 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 Form
• Submit your fav family holiday travel memory for the 2026 Holiday Episode!

Join us in Osaka, Japan Oct 11-17! Onsen baths, sacred deer, jungle gyms, castles and more! Sign up today or join the Facebook group. 

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CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!

🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice.

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🌍 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 three
• Learn practical Airbnb negotiation scripts to secure monthly discounts and remote-work desks
• Explore 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 55

RESOURCES: 

• The Worldschooling Space Podcast & Substack 
• Chasing the Red Dot: Peregrinations Through 2024 by Irene Genelin on Amazon
• Irene Genelin on Facebook and Instagram

Join us in Osaka, Japan Oct 11-17! Onsen baths, sacred deer, jungle gyms, castles and more! Sign up today or join the Facebook group. 

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Support the show

CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!

🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice.

❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

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🌍 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 diploma
• Unpack the real monthly costs and budget breakdown of slow travel in destinations like Albania
• Learn how house-sitting can save thousands in high-cost areas
• Explore what multi-week transoceanic cruises and worldschooling pop-up hubs look like for teens and tweens
• Explore Kristen's online educator and tutoring directory specifically for homeschooling and worlschooing families!

RESOURCES:

• Learn with Every Avenue educator and tutoring directory
• Kristen's Mind the Gap Tutoring
• Instagram: @learn.everyavenue & @Kristen.98765
• LA to Tokyo Cruise Oct 2-18 and Tokyo Pop Up Oct 20-26 with Cultural Compass Adventures

Full Episode Show Notes and Links: https://www.suzymaywander.com/wanderpodepisodes

Join us in Osaka, Japan Oct 11-17! Onsen baths, sacred deer, jungle gyms, castles and more! Sign up today or join the Facebook group. 

Preply connects you with language tutors from around the world at all times + prices! Start speaking TODAY! Book a trial lesson!

Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now!

Support the show

CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!

🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice.

❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

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🏝️ 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 community
• Unpack the monthly budget of living as a family of six in Koh Lanta, Thailand
• Learn how the parent-led Bliss Hubs model empowers families to share skills
• Explore practical strategies for balancing online learning with real-world education
• Hear Nadeem’s top 5 foundational rules for aspiring travel families

RESOURCES:

• Bliss Hubs: https://blissinvestor.com
• Travel Agency & Blog: https://meetthearshads.com
• @MeetTheArshads on Facebook & Instagram

Join us in Osaka, Japan Oct 11-17! Onsen baths, sacred deer, jungle gyms, castles and more! Sign up today or join the Facebook group. 

Preply connects you with language tutors from around the world at all times + prices! Start speaking TODAY! Book a trial lesson!

Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now!

Support the show

CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY 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 growth
• Understand why self-directed investing is mandatory 
• Learn how to build a freedom fund
• Explore different assets including index funds, real estate, REITs, fixed income, and business ownership

RESOURCES:

• Book: The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins
• Complete the Interest Form for the August 2027 Morocco Solar Eclipse Worldschool Gathering

Join us in Osaka, Japan Oct 11-17! Onsen baths, sacred deer, jungle gyms, castles and more! Sign up today or join the Facebook group. 

Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now!

Support the show

CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!

🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice.

❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

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🌴 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 learning
• Unpack practical tips for raising multilingual kids
• Learn how Ileo utilizes local partnerships to closely connect with the welcoming community
• Explore the day-to-day logistics of seasonal cohorts, visa requirements, and daily life in Curaçao
• Master how to balance entrepreneurship, homeschooling, and family travel as a parent of young kids

RESOURCES:

• Website ileo.life and consultation request https://ileo.life/craft-your-stay/
• Instagram: @ileo.life
• Upcoming 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, 2027

Join us in Osaka, Japan Oct 11-17! Onsen baths, sacred deer, jungle gyms, castles and more! Sign up today or join the Facebook group. 

Preply connects you with language tutors from around the world at all times + prices! Start speaking TODAY! Book a trial lesson!

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Support the show

CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!

🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice.

❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

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🌍 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 sabbaticals
• Discover language tips like local school enrollment in Spain and French family tutors in France
• Unpack the logistics of traveling internationally with Type 1 Diabetes
• Master the financial and lifestyle levers of long-term travel and keeping a homebase
• Explore 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 Amazon
• Book website

Join us in Osaka, Japan Oct 11-17! Onsen baths, sacred deer, jungle gyms, castles and more! Sign up today or join the Facebook group. 

Preply connects you with language tutors from around the world at all times + prices! Start speaking TODAY! Book a trial lesson!

Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now!

Support the show

CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!

🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice.

❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

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🌍 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 families
• Discover practical approaches to unschooling, guidance-based learning, and raising multilingual children
• Unpack the logistical realities of group travel, communal budgets, and managing community conflict
• Navigate the trade-offs of slow family travel, from overcoming loneliness to setting up sustainable routines
• Explore the ReVillage project to revitalize declining European mountain villages

RESOURCES:

Traveling Village: website (travelingvillage.com), Instagram (@travelingvillage) and podcast on YouTube

ReVillage Project: website (revillage.com)

Join us in Osaka, Japan Oct 11-17! Onsen baths, sacred deer, jungle gyms, castles and more! Sign up today or join the Facebook group. 

Preply connects you with language tutors from around the world at all times + prices! Start speaking TODAY! Book a trial lesson!

Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now!

Support the show

CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY 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 especially
• Discover where to find legitimate, vetted remote jobs
• Unpack the common friction points of working while traveling
• Navigate crucial legal, tax, and IT realities, including digital nomad visas
• Explore 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.com
• Buffer's State of Remote Work 
• Doist: Parent Survival Guide and Remote Work While Traveling
• Zapier: 50+ Fully Remote Companies
• About Abroad podcast
• RunningRemote, nomadlist.com, safetywing.com
• Referral links to support the show! Getting started with Petsitting link. 

Join us in Osaka, Japan Oct 11-17! Onsen baths, sacred deer, jungle gyms, castles and more! Sign up today or join the Facebook group. 

Preply connects you with language tutors from around the world at all times + prices! Start speaking TODAY! Book a trial lesson!

Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now!

Support the show

CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!

🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice.

❤️ Follow + review!  📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!