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

39. How an 18 Month Road Trip Fosters Family Resilience (Lessons from the Pan-American Highway) with Justin Vorel

Send us a text! Q's? Text now!🌎 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 traveling in a car to the children's approach to learning along the way. Justin highlights the resilience required to travel faster (moving locations nearly every week), while balancing business management, exploring cities and nature and language immersion.✨ 5 Questions Answered:What is the budget for a 18 month Pan American road trip? Justin breaks down their initial daily budget of $135 and explains why they are increasing it to $155 for 2026.How does a family of five manage education on the road? The episode explores their worldschooling mix of Khan Academy, IXL, and heavy independent reading, alongside a focus on life skills like financial literacy and agriculture.What is the logistics and cost of crossing the Darien Gap? Justin explains the necessity of shipping their vehicle from Panama to Colombia, noting that while it is expensive and time-consuming, it is safer than buying a new car in South America.How to fund the adventure? Justin shares the evolution of his Moroccan rug business, moving from an art gallery concept to a manufacturing operation with 20 employees that he now manages remotely with 10-15 hours of work per week.How to maintain safety and community while moving fast? Awareness is important to navigating geopolitical shifts, as well as the importance of seeking out local worldschooling hubs and public parks to find community.CONNECT WITH JUSTIN VOREL:Instagram (@nomadbluetravel)Illuminate Collective Rugs (www.illuminatecollectiverugs.com)Preply connects you directly with tutors from around the world at all times + prices! Get speaking TODAY in your target language! 70% off your trial lesson! Go to Preply now! Join us for the virtual worldschoolers meetup on March 19th at 7 am (PT), 8 am (MT), 10 am (ET), 3 pm (CET), and 10 pm in SEA! Add to your calendar: https://calendarlink.com/event/40sB7Support the showHost: I'm Suzy May and my family lives in Spain, Colorado and soon Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel! Book a FREE 30 MIN DISCOVERY CALL! No pressure! 🚀 The info provided is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended as financial, investment, legal, or tax advice ✔️ ❤️ Follow + review! 📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!

38. Outdoor Naps in Norway and Holistic Nature Retreats: How Monica Built WanderWild Family Retreats

Send us a text! Q's? Text now!🎉 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 in Norway, the importance of decadent spaces for parents, and how you can incorporate Wander Wild principles into your own family travels.✨ WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN:Learn why Norwegian kids nap outside in sub-zero temperatures and how foraging excursions are part of their daily curriculum.Hear Monica’s inspiring story of leaving a Fortune 500 career to follow her intuition and launch a wellness-focused travel business.Discover why elevated, intentional spaces are essential for parents to combat the mental load of modern motherhood and fatherhood.Get an honest look at the logistical and emotional challenges of moving abroad, from high tax systems to the isolation of being an immigrant during a pandemic. Get the details on the 2026 retreat schedule and why animal-integrated experiences, like goat therapy, are transformative for families.AND MORE! LISTEN NOW!Resources:Upcoming Wander Wild Family Retreats at wanderwildfamilyretreats.comThe WandHERwild PodcastInstagram: @wanderherwild and @wanderwildfamilyretreatsPreply connects you directly with tutors from around the world at all times + prices! Get speaking TODAY in your target language! 70% off your trial lesson! Go to Preply now! Join us for the virtual worldschoolers meetup on March 19th at 7 am (PT), 8 am (MT), 10 am (ET), 3 pm (CET), and 10 pm in SEA! Add to your calendar: https://calendarlink.com/event/40sB7Support the showHost: I'm Suzy May and my family lives in Spain, Colorado and soon Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel! Book a FREE 30 MIN DISCOVERY CALL! No pressure! 🚀 The info provided is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended as financial, investment, legal, or tax advice ✔️ ❤️ Follow + review! 📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!

37. How to Raise Multilingual Kids: A Worldschooler’s Guide to Language Learning

Send us a text! Q's? Text now!🎉 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 language, five considerations for multilingual families and tons of resources!✨ WHY LISTEN:Hear our candid ‘lesson learned’ about a medical emergency before a flightGet a curated list of the best tools for language learning including Preply, tailored for kids and adults.Discover how monolingual parents can effectively raise multilingual kids.Understand the four pillars of language learning (future-proofing your kid’s careers?!)Enjoy fascinating facts about our Listener Location!Resources: Tutors: Preply (use this link!), italki, Verbling, Lingoda, Outschool (use this link!)Apps: Babbel (use this link!), Lingopie, Dreaming Spanish1-5+: Little Pim, Studycat, Minis, Simple Espanol, Eat Spanish, Maus5-10+:  Seis Minutos, FabuLingua, Culture Kids, Ninos&NatureOlder kids +: Easy Preply connects you directly with tutors from around the world at all times + prices! Get speaking TODAY in your target language! 70% off your trial lesson! Go to Preply now! Join us for the virtual worldschoolers meetup on March 19th at 7 am (PT), 8 am (MT), 10 am (ET), 3 pm (CET), and 10 pm in SEA! Add to your calendar: https://calendarlink.com/event/40sB7Support the showHost: I'm Suzy May and my family lives in Spain, Colorado and soon Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel! Book a FREE 30 MIN DISCOVERY CALL! No pressure! 🚀 The info provided is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended as financial, investment, legal, or tax advice ✔️ ❤️ Follow + review! 📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!

36. Stop Traveling Like a Tourist: Adding Purpose and Intentional Trip Planning While Keeping a Home Base with Cassidy

Send us a text! Q's? Text now!🎉 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 properties and they prioritize worldschooling hubs in Peru, Dominican Republic and Montenegro, while also finding ways to connect educational offerings between locations.👍 Cassidy helps parents navigate the worldschooling landscape with the Worldschool Hub Map featuring over 200 locations and sharing their travels online, inspiring others to live unconventionally. ✨ ACTIONABLE TIPS:Take test trips, such as a 3 week experimental trip, to see what speed and length of travel works best for your family. Define a family mission, quest or goal for a trip to give purpose to avoid feeling listless on the road.Prioritize support, such as strong customer service, when using travel booking portals.Hybrid schoooling and understanding enrollment policies in your school district allow families to navigate longer trips away.AND MORE! LISTEN NOW!Resources: Find Cassidy on Instagram (@livingunconventionally) and Living Unconventionally.com and YouTube (@LivingUnconventionally).Worldschooling Hub Map and more!Preply connects you directly with tutors from around the world at all times + prices! Get speaking TODAY in your target language! 70% off your trial lesson! Go to Preply now! Join us for the virtual worldschoolers meetup on March 19th at 7 am (PT), 8 am (MT), 10 am (ET), 3 pm (CET), and 10 pm in SEA! Add to your calendar: https://calendarlink.com/event/40sB7Support the showHost: I'm Suzy May and my family lives in Spain, Colorado and soon Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel! Book a FREE 30 MIN DISCOVERY CALL! No pressure! 🚀 The info provided is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended as financial, investment, legal, or tax advice ✔️ ❤️ Follow + review! 📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!

35. How Co-Living Cohorts Combine Worldschooling and Community with Cohli

Send us a text! Q's? Text now!🎉 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 Spain during their early parenting days and the isolation they felt when they ventured on their own.👍 This community-driven co-living experience of Cohli is designed to create 1-3 months retreats for families to live, eat, learn and share together, all combined with local cultural immersion and authenticity. ✨ ACTIONABLE TIPS:Perpetual travelers will want to be aware of what constitutes tax residency in a new country, often by staying less than 182 days per year.Even with slow travel, there is benefits of purging items on moving days to increase mobility.Unconventional learning opportunities abound (listen in to how they 'paid' for their children's attendance at a rural public school in Colombia.Co-living cohorts and long-term hubs help share the mental load of traveling families and avoids travel burnout. AND MORE! LISTEN NOW!Resources:Join Lauren, Tiago and other families at an upcoming Cohli co-living retreat at https://cohli.com! Community at https://community.cohli.com/ and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/heycohli/!Sacred Valley, Peru (Apr-Jun 26)Sumapaz, Colombia (Jun-Aug 2026) Costa Vicentina, Portugal (July 2026)Preply connects you directly with tutors from around the world at all times + prices! Get speaking TODAY in your target language! 70% off your trial lesson! Go to Preply now! Join us for the virtual worldschoolers meetup on March 19th at 7 am (PT), 8 am (MT), 10 am (ET), 3 pm (CET), and 10 pm in SEA! Add to your calendar: https://calendarlink.com/event/40sB7Support the showHost: I'm Suzy May and my family lives in Spain, Colorado and soon Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel! Book a FREE 30 MIN DISCOVERY CALL! No pressure! 🚀 The info provided is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended as financial, investment, legal, or tax advice ✔️ ❤️ Follow + review! 📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!