6 episodes

The Williams family left work, school and normal life behind to take a year-long trip around the world. Countless life-expanding experiences were gained from living in, and visiting, twenty-six countries across six continents. So let's talk about it! The why, the how, and the details of moving a family of five across the planet.Join hosts, Claire and Matt Williams as they discuss their family gap year story, share travel tips, lessons learned and interview fellow travelers. Claire and Matt are passionate about encouraging family travel, eco tourism, and sharing ways to make meaningful connections while traveling.They created The World Rounded Podcast to inspire and educate families to achieve their big travel goals- whether that's a week away or a gap year journey around the world. Welcome to The World Rounded Podcast. Let's go! 

The World Rounded Podcast Claire and Matt Williams

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.9 • 41 Ratings

The Williams family left work, school and normal life behind to take a year-long trip around the world. Countless life-expanding experiences were gained from living in, and visiting, twenty-six countries across six continents. So let's talk about it! The why, the how, and the details of moving a family of five across the planet.Join hosts, Claire and Matt Williams as they discuss their family gap year story, share travel tips, lessons learned and interview fellow travelers. Claire and Matt are passionate about encouraging family travel, eco tourism, and sharing ways to make meaningful connections while traveling.They created The World Rounded Podcast to inspire and educate families to achieve their big travel goals- whether that's a week away or a gap year journey around the world. Welcome to The World Rounded Podcast. Let's go! 

    005 Prep. Pt. 3: BEST travel credit and atm cards + tips for avoiding disaster

    005 Prep. Pt. 3: BEST travel credit and atm cards + tips for avoiding disaster

    What's the best credit card for travel? How do you access your cash abroad with the least amount of transaction fees? Let's talk about what cards Claire and Matt used and loved while traveling the world, plus their tried and true tips for avoiding disaster.From copies to have before you depart, to products that saved the day, to small changes that end up making a BIG difference when the what-ifs of travel occur. And of course, no World Rounded episode would be complete without a funny story o...

    • 46 min
    004 Travel Preparations: Part Two

    004 Travel Preparations: Part Two

    Do you think international travel insurance plans and travel medicine are overwhelming topics? Not to mention, dry as a bone to discuss? If so, this episode will prove otherwise! Join Claire and Matt as they simplify what you need to know, and what you need to have in order to travel the world with peace of mind. From different insurance options to consider (international travel health insurance, emergency evacuation insurance, trip cancelation coverage) to how to navigate a...

    • 28 min
    003 Preparing for Our Trip: Part One

    003 Preparing for Our Trip: Part One

    Claire and Matt discuss the macro preparation steps required to put their normal life on hold and travel the world for a year. They answer some commonly asked questions about what they had to do. Did you sell or rent your house? What did you do with all of your stuff? Did your dog travel with you? Where did your mail go for a year?Listen and find out.

    • 22 min
    002 Planning: Mapping Out Our Journey

    002 Planning: Mapping Out Our Journey

    Step one: a big dream is born. Step two: time to start planning! Episode 2 is all about the beginning stages of making a plan to travel around the world. Where to go....when to be there...what hemisphere at what time of year?!? Matt and Claire discuss everything from busting out a big atlas, to making their dream location list, to how they figured out what direction they would travel around the planet. East, West? They discuss their standing Saturday morning shed date, working with AirT...

    • 26 min
    001 Our Why

    001 Our Why

    "Let's sell everything and travel the world." Matt said this to Claire for years, and then one day they decided to do it. Listen to the backstory of why they decided to step out of normal life, and into their dream of traveling the world with their children.

    • 15 min
    Welcome to, The World Rounded Podcast!

    Welcome to, The World Rounded Podcast!

    The Williams family left work, school and normal life behind to take a year long trip around the world. Twenty-six countries, six continents, and countless life-expanding experiences, funny stories, and lessons learned. So let's talk about it! The how, the why, the details of moving a family of five across the planet. Join hosts, Claire and Matt Williams as they discuss their family gap year story, share travel tips, and interview fellow travelers. Claire and Matt are passionate about en...

    • 1 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
41 Ratings

41 Ratings

Travel insights and fun ,

Great insight into the ups and downs of world travel with a family

The Williams do a great job of explaining the journey of their one year family trip. They take you along the process of having an idea/dream to how to make it happen. I loved all the tips and realities of extended travel with children. Matt and Claire are very relatable and make it fun with good laughs along the way.

Joshua Barrows ,

A must listen!!!

I enjoyed hearing heartwarming stories about Claire and Matt’s travel adventure with their family. Great podcast!

JaxMcD ,

I’m Packing My Bag

The Williams’s World Rounded Podcast is a celebration of travel adventure and family experiences. As the world began reopening after COVID began calming down, Claire and Matt decided to realize a long term goal of traveling around the world as a family. As a family they decide to take a gap year to travel the world.

The gap year is over and the trip was accomplished with only a few hiccups. Most importantly the Williams are still together stronger than ever with so many memories of a fantastic year traveling the world together. The podcast gives insight into how they did it. World Rounded is a must listen whether you want to your family to travel around the world or are taking a weekend cruise. The goal is to get out there. Go do it! Make memories together.

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