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

Suzy May | Worldschool & Family Travel Money Coach
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Sharing inspiring travel, educational and worldschooling family journeys!  Actionable tips? Practical advice? You're in the right place!  We explore the stories of: - slow and long term traveling families (including van life, gap years, summer camps abroad and more!) - worldschool leaders and hub creators (think self-directed learning, cultural immersion, play-based!) - unique ideas to travel and educate on the road (international schools, online options, unschooling, homeschooling, language learning!) - financial planning and money-saving travel tips (remote work, lifestyle design, financial freedom, digital nomad life and more!) I'm Suzy May and our family lives between Colorado and Spain. I support families to fund & plan long term travel! - Email pod@suzymay.com! - Follow and support the show at https://beacons.ai/suzymaywander

  1. 3d ago

    76. Combining World Travel with a Traveling Teacher with Johanna Karp from Together Explorers

    Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 Johanna Karp founded Together Explorers, a traveling school community that bridges core academic standards with immersive place-based learning across the globe. 👍 Johanna shares her family’s transition from expat life in Asia to visiting 18 countries with the Together Explorers traveling educational cohort (now in their 3rd year!).  LISTEN NOW TO:Discover the 'Best of Both Worlds' educational model that combines teacher-led programing with local guests and activitiesHow to find the right traveling teacherWhat community and family involvement looks like on a full school year traveling programLearn how to navigate global unpredictability (and where they went instead!)The programmatic shift in this next school year to focus on languageAND MORE!RESOURCES: Instagram (@together_explorers)Facebook (@thetogetherexplorers)Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!

    76. Combining World Travel with a Traveling Teacher with Johanna Karp from Together Explorers

  2. 6d ago ·  Bonus

    BONUS. Support the Show & Submit A Holiday Episode Voicemail!

    Send us a text! Q's? Text now! Help us reach our annual fundraising goal of $600!  Support The Show: https://www.suzymaywander.com/support Submit your Favorite Family Holiday Memory right on your phone via Speakpipe (no time max) or FanMail (1 min max)! Include your name, location, hub/socials and favorite family worldschooling or traveling family memory! And end of the year holiday that you celebrate!Listen to the 2025 Holiday Community Episode (#32) for inspiration!Thank you for celebrating 75 episodes together and helping reach over 20,000 downloads and counting! With your financial and free support, I can continue to grow this show and connecting traveling familes with the worldschooling and financial and logistical resources to make travel dreams a reality.  Thank you, Arigato, Gracias, Suzy May Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!

    BONUS. Support the Show & Submit A Holiday Episode Voicemail!

  3. Oct 30

    75. Worldschooling and Money Q&A

    Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 I'm your host Suzy and I break down the realities of worldschooling finances in this end-of-month solo deep dive and reflects on October's adventures and listener location trivia! 🎒 We tackle listener questions on all things worldschooling, money, remote work and making it all fit the lifestyle you desire. LISTEN NOW TO: How to stretch your travel funds through geo-arbitrage, housing offsets, and slow pacingProven tactics to set money boundariesThe exact financial tiers for a family gap year and a 60-month savings roadmapA step-by-step, 3-month action plan to build a remote work runwayWhy experiential real-world learning is worth the costsRESOURCES: How can I help you? Click here! Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!

    75. Worldschooling and Money Q&A

  4. Oct 23

    74. The Freedom Family Framework: Moving to Lisbon and Building Mobile Income with Meghana Kamdar

    Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 Itching to settle for a while? Dreaming of pastel de nata and coastal waves? Meghana Kamdar, founder of Families Go Abroad Portugal, shares what prompted her family of five to slow down in Lisbon, Portugal seven years ago.  🎒 Meghana breaks down the realities of relocating a family of five abroad, including the logistics of visas to managing the true cost of living in Europe.  LISTEN NOW TO: The unexpected way Meghana discovered her family's future home.A realistic breakdown of the true costs in Lisbon.How to transition from a single-income employee mindset to location-independent entrepreneurship.Why Portugal's diverse and safe environment is uniquely beneficial for families of color.The trade-offs between moving abroad on your own versus with a tried-and-true community!RESOURCES: Families Go Abroad Portugal + newsletter: www.meghanakamdar.comIG: @meghana_in_portugal, YT: @meghana_in_portugal, TikTokBook your Strategy CallSign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!

    74. The Freedom Family Framework: Moving to Lisbon and Building Mobile Income with Meghana Kamdar

  5. Oct 16

    73. Worldschooling Across 3 Home Bases: Dubai, Goa & UK with Amanda Ashworth from Worldschool Hub Goa

    Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌍 Amanda Ashworth shares how her family of five designed a unique lifestyle split between Dubai, India, and the UK and transformed a raw 3-acre former yoga ashram into a thriving worldschooling hub in Goa, India. 🎒 We break down the real numbers of living in coastal India, daily life at Worldschool Hub Goa and why Goa offers a soft landing for traveling families. LISTEN NOW TO: Discover how Amanda's family built a multi-base living model across Dubai, Goa, and the UK using corporate housing packages and retreat revenueUnpack the real monthly costs and budget breakdown of slow travel in Goa, IndiaLearn how Amanda transitioned her three kids from structured schooling to self-directed unschooling Explore what daily life looks like inside Worldschooling Hub GoaRESOURCES: The Worldschooling Village on SkoolWorldschooling Hub Goa Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!

    73. Worldschooling Across 3 Home Bases: Dubai, Goa & UK with Amanda Ashworth from Worldschool Hub Goa

  6. Oct 8

    72. How Wild Roots Reimagined Camps and Pop Ups in Mexico with Dasha Emelianova

    Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🌊 How swapping the Denver work grind for beach living created a haven of child-led learning and nervous system regulation in Mexico for Dasha Emelianova! 🌍 We dive into the real logistics and finances of single-parent worldschooling, building community in Playa del Carmen, and founding the nature-immersed Wild Roots Worldschool. LISTEN NOW TO: Hear the secret to regulating kids (hint: Tarzan kids)Learn how a single mom transitioned from corporate remote work to sustaining life in MexicoBreak down real world monthly costs in Playa del Carmen!Discover the unique magic of beach schools and child-led marine biology explorationFor Dasha's top secret starter tip for hesitant families starting outRESOURCES: Instagram: @demelianovaWild Roots: wildrootsworldschool.com, @wild.roots.worldschoolSign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!

    72. How Wild Roots Reimagined Camps and Pop Ups in Mexico with Dasha Emelianova

  7. Oct 1 ·  Bonus

    A Pause And A Reminder

    Send us a text! Q's? Text now! In the meantime, I recommend some of my favorite early episodes: - why mom's need a haven with Claudia Bellante (episode 7)  - self-regulation skills for kids with Kate McAllister (episode 22) Be back soon. Hugs,  Suzy Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!

  8. Sep 24

    71. Start Today: The Worldschool Traveling Family’s Holiday Planning Guide

    Send us a text! Q's? Text now! 🎄 How to get ahead of the end-of-the-year scramble with around 100 days to go until the holiday season (while still enjoying fall)! 🌎 We discuss mapping out both financial clarity and low stress logistics whether you are traveling the world or staying put this holiday season. Episode art: Our small fake tree from our first Christmas in Spain and Grandma's homemade stockings! LISTEN NOW TO: Interview with your family to identify what actually creates joy and ditch the restLeverage home exchanges, pet sitting, and primary home rentals to eliminate costly accommodationsMaximize flight savings and credit card reward pointsPick travel-friendly, compact gifts across every age groupBuild a dedicated sinking fund right now to prep for the season!Hear updates from our adventures in Japan and fav takeaway from this month's episodes!RESOURCES: Episodes 32 (holidays '25), 33 (music by Maxwell Lee), 45 (rent out your home!)Morocco Solar Eclipse Jul 27 - Aug 3, 2027 Interest FormSubmit your fav family holiday travel memory for the 2026 Holiday Episode!Sign up for the Wander Weekly Newsletter now! Support the show CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and Japan. 🌞 I help families financially plan for slow + long term travel!  Need help with a spending plan? Saving for a gap year? Renting your home out? Book a FREE 30 MIN CALL! 🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice. ❤️ Follow + review!  📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!

    71. Start Today: The Worldschool Traveling Family’s Holiday Planning Guide
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Sharing inspiring travel, educational and worldschooling family journeys!  Actionable tips? Practical advice? You're in the right place!  We explore the stories of: - slow and long term traveling families (including van life, gap years, summer camps abroad and more!) - worldschool leaders and hub creators (think self-directed learning, cultural immersion, play-based!) - unique ideas to travel and educate on the road (international schools, online options, unschooling, homeschooling, language learning!) - financial planning and money-saving travel tips (remote work, lifestyle design, financial freedom, digital nomad life and more!) I'm Suzy May and our family lives between Colorado and Spain. I support families to fund & plan long term travel! - Email pod@suzymay.com! - Follow and support the show at https://beacons.ai/suzymaywander

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