Worldschooling FAQs

This post will point you toward specific blogs that answer Worldschooling Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about long-term family travel and “world schooling.”

Traveling long-term with your family… Sounds dreamy, right? 

Right now, many families are traveling with their kids, learning from the world as they live the life of their dreams. Is this on your bucket list, too?

Who are these people and how do they do it? Perhaps you heard of a friend of a friend who worldschooled their kids for a year. Or, maybe your Instagram feed has given you a peek into family travel content creators who live full-time on the road with kids in tow. You also might just be starting to feel the travel itch and find yourself searching #vanlife when you’re perusing Pinterest. 

And who are we? We are the trio of fellow family travelers who wrote the award-winning, Amazon-bestselling book titled Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling, available anywhere books are sold. Our website wonderyear.com has free resources and blogs on relevant and current topics like AI and Worldschooling, carbon offsets or even the family travel angles for various destinations. Our blog also highlights worldchooling community connectors and currently traveling families in our Fernweh Families series. 

We are active members of family travel and worldschooling Facebook groups. We pay attention to the questions that pop in those forums and gear our blogs to answer the most common ones. This blog round-up will offer you some short answers to your early first questions of worldschooling FAQs. Drum roll, please. Here are answers to some of the most common questions. 

Question 1: What is worldschooling?

The first blog we recommend you read is: What Is Worldschooling? This post goes over the basics, explains key terms and concepts that will show up in online communities, and clears up some common misconceptions and answers many more worldschooling FAQs. Perhaps the information in this blog is the fodder to start a conversation with your kids or your partner to see if there’s collective interest in long-term travel, or to plant the first seed of worldschooling as an idea for your family. 

Question 2: How do people afford long-term family travel?

You might think this type of family gap year or open-ended way of life is only for wealthy families. We show you that’s not the case.This blog, How do Families Afford Long-Term Travel?, shows the ins and outs of the creative ways real families make it work. Speaking of work, many families afford extended travel by working on the road, which we cover more extensively in this blog. Here’s another blog that covers digital nomad visas and how those apply to digital nomadism and worldschooling families.

Question 3: How do we decide whether to travel long-term? 

Rarely do people feel that there is a convenient time to pack everything up and head out the door. But often the best times in our lives happen when we shake things up, make bold decisions and dream big. If you wait for the convenient time, it might not come. This blog, making the decision, is a five-point framework similar to the one offered in our book.

Now that you’ve decided to leave home, where will you go? This blog helps you think about the factors that might go into this next set of decisions. Maybe it’s cost, connectivity, family history, or worldschooling themes–we’ll help you hone your family travel bucket list.

Question 4: What about pets?

One of the most common obstacles to setting off for a Wonder Year is our furry friends. How can you say goodbye to the pets in your family? This post will help you think through how to leave them in safe hands or take them along with you.

Question 5: What shoes do I pack?

The next big question asked is: if I’m packing light for an extended time, how do I whittle down the shoes? Seriously. I know this might seem much less serious, but it’s a real concern for many. To solve this, Annika teamed up with her childhood BFF, stylist Daisy Barnett, to answer the question in detail. With links and advice, this blog helps you family-travel in style!

If you find these blogs offer real world solutions to help get you off the ground and out into the world, consider purchasing our book. You can also sign up for our newsletter. We wish you and your family a wonder-ful journey! 

 

The Wonder Year team (Annika, Angela, and Julie)