RTW Archives – World Travel Family

One Year Around The World

Updated 06/02/2019 By Alyson Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

Another full year of travel completed. Where did we go? What were our milestones, highlights and low points? How did we do it and how did we keep it affordable? What goes into our planning process and how do we cope as a family with full time travel around the world? A recap of 2017, with links to key posts and sections. We hope we can inspire, encourage and help you to travel … [Read more...]

How We Get To Travel Full Time With Kids

Updated 21/12/2018 By Alyson Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

This is the post that has to be written, how we get to travel full time with kids. We're not unique, there are plenty of other globe trotting 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 went from family gap year … [Read more...]

AirBnB for Families. Finally Winning!

Updated 13/12/2018 By Alyson Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

I'm famous for saying that AirBnb is useless for families and we never use it. If you're not on Facebook you may not know that, so I'm putting it out there via the blog today because I've (possibly) changed my mind. After 3+ years of full-time travel I'm sitting in a glorious light-filled apartment, footsteps from my beloved Thames, paying a very modest price and, yes, it … [Read more...]

15 Top World Landmarks You Shouldn’t Miss

Updated 16/07/2018 By Alyson Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

I've just checked out Trip Advisor's Top 25 Landmarks in the World, as voted for by readers. I've only been to 8 of them. I'm sure it was a fair vote, but come on, seriously? The Canberra War Memorial? I've been, it's very good, I'm not knocking it, but how did it get on that list of global best landmarks when places like Uluru didn't appear? So I decided to do my own, based … [Read more...]

New York Winter on a Tropical RTW

Updated 12/01/2015 By Alyson Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

We left home with a vague plan to backpack our way around Asia for as many years as possible, with two kids and a tight budget. Well, plans change, life happens and the universe sometimes points you in directions you never anticipated. We never expected to take a cruise, ever, let alone a bargain trans Atlantic cruise on a brand new ship that would deposit us in New York … [Read more...]

Cost of One Year of Travel: Cost Breakdown

Updated 08/02/2019 By Alyson Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

If you've read our previous post One Year of Travel, What Did it Cost? You'll know that we worked out our average daily spend for one year to be just under $100 per day. That's for 4 people, 4 continents, 12 countries and two cruises. This was our first year of travel, we're well into year 4 now, so this year we funded on savings. These days we're supported by our … [Read more...]

How to Change Your Life and Find Freedom!

Updated 13/12/2018 By Alyson Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

We've been "Living the Dream" for 2 years now. We've been travelling full time, seeing the world and spending most of our time together as a family while hardly working, other than on the blogs. We weren't rich, we were a very normal family struggling to make ends meet and actually classified as "low income" through my choice to quit work and be a mum. We made a decision, … [Read more...]

What Did it Cost to Travel the World for a Year?

Updated 13/12/2018 By Alyson Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

Now in year 5 of full time travel, I can't believe we travelled so cheaply in year one. We had $30,000 to spend and we were trying to make it last as long as possible. That sum was for 4 people and you'll see below how long it lasted and how much travel we got for our money. So how much money do you need to travel the world? Well it depends on you, how will you travel? What are … [Read more...]

Fast Travel and Slow Travel

Updated 16/12/2018 By Alyson Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

We've been travelling fast for the last couple of weeks and it's been a bit rubbish, slow travel is best for kids and for us. We raced through Vientiane before taking the train to Bangkok and on to the Gulf Islands of Thailand. Fast travel doesn't work for us at all. This is Why Slow Travel is Best for Kids and for Us. We're happiest when we don't have to pack our bags … [Read more...]

Planning Family Travel: Three Months To Go.

Updated 13/12/2018 By Alyson Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

Nine months of planning family travel down, three to go. In just under 3 months we will be on that plane to freedom. So what has changed since I posted about the first six months of planning? My husband has resigned! The worst kept secret in Port Douglas is out, we can talk about it now. By some miracle his boss hadn't heard, he obviously isn't one of my readers. Chef … [Read more...]

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