Epic Education Radio: Family Travel Podcast For Parents Who Like Nomadic Matt, Rick Steves, Tim Ferriss & John Lee Dumas

Moving to the UK. Moving to Australia. Driving across South America with kids. For most parents, adventures like these might seem impossible...or at least daunting. Cath and Gaetan Dalle, however, aren't most parents. Moving to Australia The Dalle family had led an extraordinary life. Before children, Cath and Gaetan left their native France to live in the UK. They stayed for eleven years, exploring much of Europe in the process. Then they moved to Australia, where they stayed for over six years. Through the years, the family grew. By the time they left to drive across South America with kids, they were a family of six. They've now been driving their RV in South America for nearly two years, and still thrilled with what they're seeing and doing. ::: Like what you’re hearing? Then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! ::: Alaska to Sou

Money, accommodation, and online education while traveling. These are the three of the main challenges many traveling families face. In today's episode, we address two of them: AirBnB tips and online education while traveling.    Taking online classes while traveling is one way to approach education on the road. That's what Alrica Goldstein's kids to. Her insight and AirBnB tips here.   AirBnB Tips and Online Education While Traveling Education is important to Erich and Alrica Goldstein. However, they knew that travel should be a part of the kids' development as well.   So what did they do? They sold their stuff, changed their mailing address to Erich's parents' house, and set out into the world. That was over 16 months ago now. Since then, they've been to over a dozen countries.   Every traveling family approaches education in their own way. Some practice homeschooling. Others craft their own versions of unschooling or worldschooling. Some families put their kids in local schools like we di

Interested in house sitting in America, Mexico & beyond? Listen in as guest CJ Singer talks about house sitting in Mexico and the United States, unschooling, worldschooling, and connecting worldschoolers along the way.   ::: Like what you’re hearing? Then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! ::: House Sitting in America and Mexico CJ and his family have been house sitting in America since March of 2014. During that time, they've visited 43 states! Then they spent most of 2016 house sitting in Mexico, first on the Pacific coast in Melaque, and then onto the central Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende. They love life in San Miguel de Allende, and we talk about what an amazing town it is in the podcast. CJ knew that his family needed a change when they were still living in the United States. He traveled a lot, but it was for work.

Homeschooling, deschooling, family house sitting, and a few typical scams in Thailand. Welcome to the King family's past 12 months of family travel.   ::: Like what you’re hearing? Then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! :::   Deschooling, Family House Sitting, & Scams in Thailand It's been a full year of family travel for Karen King and her family. Long-time listeners will remember that Karen and I talked before. Our first chat was just before they started traveling. Now over a year later, we reconnect to hear how things are going. What a year it's been! After a year on the road, a lot has happened, and their family has grown and changed as a result. Education, Unschooling and Deschooling One of the biggest topics we discuss is their experience with homeschooling and deschooling. What is deschooling? First, let's back up and

Sustainable travel, large family travel and family cruises — just three of the many topics covered in my conversation with Amber Mamian of the Global Munchkins family travel blog. ::: Like what you’re hearing? Then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! ::: Sustainable Travel, Large Family Travel & Family Cruises Amber is the mother of five children: three biological, and two via adoption. Her love of travel actually was actually triggered by adoption travel. Her son, Shea, was adopted from Ethiopia, and that required her being present to pick him up. Amber was once afraid of flying. Then she boarded a 14-hour flight to Ethiopia, and soon afterward, her fear of flying was gone. Her fear was replaced by wanderlust. Their infant daughter Olivia joined the family and "completed the puzzle," Amber says. How does she manage to travel wi

Gudrun is an Icelandic single mom who's been living in Senegal with kids for some time now. If you've ever been interested in traveling in Western Africa, listen in! ::: Like what you’re hearing? Then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! ::: Living in Dakar, Senegal with Kids Guðrún leads a very interesting life. Based in the Senagalese capital of Dakar, she lives, works and raises three kids while finishing her PhD and working a variety of freelance jobs. Here she talks about how she the cost of living in Dakar, and how she manages work, education, parenting while living in Senegal with kids. Listen in if you want to hear about fun things to do in Dakar, and what it's like to live in Senegal. IN THIS EPISODE 03:41 Intro 06:00 Life in Senegal with kids 08:45 I bring up  a previous guest who traveled in Rwanda, and the photographer A

How would you enjoy living in Mexico City with kids? Katja Gaskel, one-half of family travel adventure blog, Globetotting, has called the place home for several years now, and she has a lot to say about it. ::: Like what you’re hearing? Then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! ::: Living in Mexico City with Kids Mexico has so much to offer traveling families, and in this Epic Education interview, Katja and I discuss much of what the country has to offer. Our focus is on living in Mexico City with kids, but was also talk about what traveling families can do if they are passing through for just a few days. Listen in if you're interested in things to do in Mexico City, day trips from Mexico city, and other great places to go in Mexico with kids. IN THIS EPISODE 03:32 Intro 06:46 Expat life, & living in Mexico City with kids 14:00

Overland travel in South America can be one of the best ways to see the continent. This week's guest, Jennifer Sparks, has a lot to say about traveling overland in South America with kids, as well as family travel in Mexico, Central America, and elsewhere. ::::::: If you like what you’re hearing, then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! :::::::: Overland Travel in South America with Kids Like earlier guests the Baid family, Jennifer Sparks loves overland travel. So much so, that they're taken two incredible trips. The first was driving from Europe through many parts of Africa. Years later, with their young son, they embarked on an equally ambitious plan: driving from the arctic circle deep into South America. This time however, there were three passengers. In this Epic Education Interview, Jennifer and I talk about many nuts-and-bol

Raising good travelers starts early, says Tamara Gruber. As a passionate family traveler with a gift for vacation planning and family travel organization, she should know. ::::: But first, If you like what you’re hearing, then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! ::::::   Raising Good Travelers In this Epic Education Radio interview, I talk with Tamara about the origins of her passion for travel and what she considers important for raising traveling kids. We talk about raising good travelers, as well as the resources she uses for planning family vacations and other family travel tools. Tamara and I talk about luggage, online resources and a few of her favorite family travel destinations. Listen in if you’re interested in raising good travelers! IN THIS EPISODE 02:55 Intro 4:56 Origins as a traveling family 8:00 Raising good travele

Holiday family travel with a drone? Intense, perhaps, but rewarding. That's one of the ways the Wagar family gets the most out of their journeys. Here Kevin Wagar shares his experience. ::: If you like what you’re hearing, then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! ::: EER083: Holiday Family Travel with a Drone & More Many Epic Education Radio guests travel for extended periods of time. Some are gap year travelers, slow travelers or other long-term travelers. Others are trying round-the-world travel or living abroad. However, you don't have to sell everything and leave town to experience meaningful family travel. Previous guests like Cliff Hsia, Mark Wyld, Eric Stoen all have homes, jobs and kids in school, but when they travel, they make the most of it. The Wagars do something similar, balancing work, schools, and sports teams wh

As 2016 comes to a close, I want to wish you an amazing new year and also give you a short guide through one full year of amazing family travel interviews. In this episode I talk about some of the things I've learned from guests on Epic Education Radio this year, along with a few excerpts. I hope you find these conversations as inspiring and useful as I do. On the left is the timecode. On the right are the links to the relevant episodes. :::::: If you like what you’re hearing, then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! ::::: 03:41 — Travel with a Babies  03:59 — Episode #38: Andrew Davis talks about who naps trump lunch in Barcelona 05:02 — Episode #49: Conrad & Regina Braun talk about the versatility of duct tape  06:14 — Episode #72: Running marathons & traveling vegan with a baby 06:51 — Episode #77: Sharon Gourlay talks a

If you're interested in family travel in Spain, then listen up. There is so much to see and do in Spain for families, and after 18 months in the country, we have a lot of Spain family travel tips to share. ::::::::::::: But first, if you like what you’re hearing, then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! ::::::::::::: SPAIN FOR FAMILIES In this week's episode, the kids join me at the mic to talk family travel in Spain. This is our first full year of living and family travel in Spain, and so I invited Keiko and the kids into my recording session to talk about their favorite memories of the year. FAMILY TRAVEL IN SPAIN Whether it's for a week, a summer or a year, there is so much to see and do in Spain for families. We've barely scratched the surface after a year and a half! When we talk about family travel in Spain, I break up our con

Like what you’re hearing? Then how about subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio? We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! ::::::: Want to know how to do a home exchange with kids? If you're looking to do a home swap to travel more, then you can certainly learn something from Daniel Prince. How to Arrange a Home Exchange with Kids Dan and his family of six have been traveling the world for years using home swaps to save thousands upon thousands of dollars. They've been all over the world, staying in private homes while letting other families stay in theirs. The Prince family homeschooled their four kids in the past, but now during their present home exchange in southern France, they've put their kids into local schools. The kids are loving it — making friends while becoming bilingual. I can relate to this, so we discuss this in the interview, as well. Dan is a huge advocate of the sh

Like what you're hearing? Then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! ::::::::::::::::: Living on a sailboat with kids: what image does this conjure up for you? Caviar and crystal? Not so for most cruisers. Cruisers are not hobbyists. They have made a decision to make the boat their home. LIVING ON A SAILBOAT WITH KIDS Jamie and Behan Gifford have been doing just that: living on a sailboat with kids. Three kids, in fact. When many people hear about someone "living on a sailboat" or "living on a yacht," images of champagne and butlers some to mind. The reality is something else entirely, they explain. Living on a sailboat with kids has become the Gifford's life. Eight years in, they've crossed both the Pacific, the Indian and the Atlantic oceans, visiting dozens of countries along the way. We first met the Giffords in Malaysia in 2013.

If you like what you’re hearing, then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so rating/reviewing Epic Education Radio the #1 way to help others find us. Thank you! STARTING FAMILY TRAVEL EARLY Thinking of starting family travel early? I certainly hope that this podcast gives you plenty of advice and encouragement, including today's interview. If you're considering starting family travel early, listen to Kylie Gibbon and her family. This family of four from Aukland, New Zealand have been on many adventures, including an eight-month trip through Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Here Kylie talks about how they planned and budgeted their trip. She also articulates the benefits they've seen from starting family travel early. Listen in for tips on travel routines, beating the Southeast Asian heat, travel gear and apps, and one mom's perspective on starting family travel early. IN THIS EPISODE 02:30 Intro 06:40 H

Like the podcast? Please consider subscribing, and leaving us an honest rating and review. We'd totally appreciate it, and it helps other people find us when they search iTunes. Have a family travel story or question to share? Then contact us!  Nervous about international travel with a baby? Don't be. In today's podcast, veteran family travel blogger Sharon Gourlay is here to tell you that it's possible. In addition, she says that international travel with a baby not as hard as you think, and it's totally worth the effort. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WITH A BABY This is not Sharon's first experience with international travel with a baby. However, it is her first try at international travel with a baby this young (four months). In her second appearance on Epic Education Radio, Sharon talks about new family travel experiences. For example, she talks about new places they've visited, and how her daughter and son have developed as traveling children as they've grown older. In addition to discussing international travel

Like Family Travel? We'd love it if you'd rate and review Epic Education Radio. It helps us spread the word. Thank you! WORKING IN VANUATU WITH KIDS Few people have visited Vanuatu with kids. Fewer still perhaps have experienced working in Vanuatu with kids. Today's guest, Anne-Cerise Luzy, has now spent over a year living on the South Pacific island nation, writing and homeschooling her three children while her husband works at a local French school. Listen in as Anne-Cerise talks about how her husband got a job teaching at a local school, and what expat life is like on this fascinating and relatively new country (Vanuatu became independent from France in 1980). She also talks about unschooling in Vanuatu and about some of the habits and resources that she and her kids use for education and more. FAMILY TRAVEL WITH ALLERGIES Anne-Cerise's family have several significant food allergy issues: soy, dairy, and gluten. Hear how she deals with family travel with allergies and what they do to make sure they have w

Remote work with kids isn't always the easiest way to fund family travel, but for many families, it's the best (if not only) solution. REMOTE WORK TO FUND FAMILY TRAVEL We've used remote work part of our travel lifestyle strategy ever since we left our desks jobs in 2013, and today's guest has used remote work to fund his travels, as well. Richard Gaushell and his wife, Jennifer, left California in 2013, and he has been working remotely in one form or fashion ever since. Listen in as we talk about education, worldschooling, traveling in Latin America and Europe, finding remote work jobs and other aspects of working remotely with kids. IN THIS EPISODE 03:31 Intro & Origins 07:03 The transition to remote work with kids 09:38 Renting their house out 14:52 Traveling in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico 18:17 Their approach to education 21:24 Social life and working remotely with kids 26:38 Dealing with the disapproval of family and friends 29:06 Finding freelance remote work 32:02 Time management and remote work

Would you consider living in a trailer with kids? Jason Calhoun and his wife Danielle asked themselves this question. The answer changed their lives forever.   LIVING IN A TRAVEL TRAILER No the Calhoun family isn't living in a trailer with kids on the edge of town now. They didn't move into a trailer park. Instead, they're living in a travel trailer, and doing that travel trailers do best: travel. They've crossed from America's west coast to east twice so far and are really learning the joys and challenges of living in a trailer with kids. FULL-TIME LIVING IN A TRAILER WITH KIDS Living in a travel trailer is not all freedom and high-fives, however. They've had some challenges, and Jason discusses a few of them here. Listen in to hear more about how they handle education, remote working, social life, and everything they've learned from living in a travel trailer with kids. Listen in! And please share! IN THIS EPISODE 02:45 Introductions 05:08 The Calhoun's Travel Family Origin story 07:57 Funding travel; the

Worldschooling is getting a lot of attention today, and well it should. On today's episode, I talk with Jen Silver about how her family discovered worldschooling after the real estate crash and a number of other personal tragedies made them reassess their family's life and education. Worldschooling and Family Travel What is worldschooling? Well, it's defined differently for different people, but in general, worldschooling is using the "world as your classroom." Jen Silver is now an administrator of the largest Worldschooling group on Facebook. Today she talks about how worldschooling and family travel have guided her and her children into a more meaningful, "Silver-lining" life.   The Worldschooling Approach Jen's approach to worldschooling does not come at the cost of their children's education. Both she and her husband had very successful academic and business careers (Jen: MENSA member, colleges at 15, attended Cornell & Wharton School of Business, Dan: graduated with a 4.0 summa cum laude Masters from