It's been 8 years on the road now, what are our travel essentials and what should we have left at home? I spent 12 months thinking about what to pack for this, now epic, RTW trip. I wrote a few posts about travel gear and what I was probably going to pack as a way of getting it straight in my head and curing my terrible packing anxiety. When crunch time came I took a lot less … [Read more...]
Thailand With Kids. No Worries!
Are you worrying about travelling to Thailand with kids? We can help you with that. If you'd like to dip your toe in the water of Asian family travel, taking kids to Thailand would be my top recommendation. We have been to Thailand 20+ times, each trip has been fabulous and problems have been few. Hopefully we can help you get your family to Thailand. First let me say hi, my … [Read more...]
Ways to Be a More Eco Friendly Traveller
Our lives on this planet are changing. We are at a point in time where we all have to do more to help our world survive, fast. We have just 11 years left to totally change the world. Many of us are on-board with this and the army of eco-conscious citizens swells daily, but what about those of us who travel? Is there such a thing as an eco-friendly traveller ? I'm not … [Read more...]
Returning Home After Long Term Travel
Almost 7 years ago Chef and I sat on the patio and hatched the plan that became an indefinite round the world trip that would change our lives. We were to set off for a family gap year that became a never ending travel lifestyle. We became nomadic long-term travellers. Last week saw us returning home. In our almost 6 years on the road we visit over 50 countries as well … [Read more...]
Cancelled Go To Gate Flights London to Dubai, Pegasus and Emirates
Yes, it happened, the day we never anticipated. After 5 and a half years of full time travel we met our first major booking related problem. We turned up to board our flight to be told that no, actually, we weren't getting on their plane today. Our tickets didn't exist, our flights had been cancelled and we were standing there at the check-in desk with 2 kids and 6 backpacks ( … [Read more...]
Sell Everything and Travel – How to Start Over in a Travel Lifestyle
Hi there, so you're as crazy as us ! Great to meet you. You're thinking of selling everything you own and setting off to travel the world. We did just that. We were that family that sells everything to travel. We didn't sell everything but we sold a lot and we were on the road full-time for 6 years. When we eventually returned what were we glad to still have, what do we wish … [Read more...]
We Are a Full Time Travel Family – How?
This is the post that has to be written, how we get to travel full time or even permanently, as a family. We're not unique, there are plenty of other globe trotting full time travelling families on the world circuit, but to the vast majority of people what we do sounds far from possible. But we do it, and we've been doing it for almost 5 years. It's time to explain how we … [Read more...]
Best Things About Travelling the World as a Family
A lady in our Living Differently group was telling me yesterday how a photo I shared had stuck in her head and constantly inspired her to keep working towards her own dream lifestyle. It was the one below, taken in Richmond Upon Thames, London. Home, after too many years away. It was incredible to be back walking familiar streets once more, and what screams … [Read more...]
Living Differently. Owning Less, Living More
4 amazing years of seeing the world, somewhere between 35 and 50+ countries each, an amazing education for the kids and a new career for me. More family time, more fun, less work. But to some it must look crazy. How can we prefer backpacks to bedrooms, co-working spaces to steady jobs and challenging destinations to comfort? I know that most of you won't want to do it our way, … [Read more...]
Living Differently. Nomadic Travel With Kids.
This is an old post. It was written when I finally woke up to what we'd achieved, it was the moment everything changed for us and our website's following and monthly views started going through the roof. It was when I first came up with the concept of " Living Differently" and was meant to inspire and help others do likewise. Back then, 2016, I wrote: How many years have I … [Read more...]
3 Years of Travel. Thoughts
Shhhh! They're all asleep. Wiped out like a small pride of lions after a big day on the savannah. All 4 of us in this little apartment, 2 big beds, happy as can be. Chef has his first day off today, he can sleep in. Boo lost a tooth yesterday, he'll wake to find 2 pounds under his pillow. D read 'till past midnight, lost in a world of Greek myths, all is right with the world … [Read more...]
Family House Sitting. Yes or No?
I'm going to say what I really feel (surprised, right?) and that is, long term family house sitting as part of family travel, isn't for us. Of course, that doesn't mean it's not for you, plenty of families house sit with kids, find good house sits, and enjoy it. But for us, as long term family travellers house sitting doesn't really work. It's not our style of … [Read more...]