Why We Slow-Travel Long-Term: A Worldschooling Adventure for Everyone!
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- We frequently get asked why we slow travel long-term. For us, it is an adventure for the whole family. We are constantly exploring and learning about new cultures, cuisines and being humbled by people from all over the world. In this episode we go over our main four reasons for slow travel. We hope to inspire that you too can travel long-term.
0:00 Why we travel long term
0:30 Worldschool
3:54 Experiences
6:29 Lower cost of living
8:03 Travel while you can!
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Aloha! We are a worldschooling family with three young kids. We are George, Heidi, Kaisho (8) Harumi (3), and Sora (1). Our home base is the beautiful island of Oahu, Hawaii. We've been living a nomadic lifestyle for the past 14 years. Once we started traveling, we just wanted to keep on exploring!
We like to make new friends, eat local foods, and immerse ourselves in culture. We strive towards a natural, minimalist, zero-waste lifestyle. We're not perfect, but we keep trying!
Love it!
I am heartened by each of you and your family. Your body of work eased my preparations in getting to Asia. Thank you.
Such great reasons! We think the same as you. Getting ready to set out for long term and really enjoying your videos.
So exciting! Do you know where your first stop will be?
Great Video. Inspiring
Thanks!
You also don't have to stick with a school's calendar either. A lot of schools do not allow family vacations during the school year because of each state's mandatory school attendance laws. For example, here in Pennsylvania, where I live at, students must be in school for 180 days a year. The schools consider family vacations during the school year as unexcused absences. In fact, back in April of 2015, there was a guy right here in the Philadelphia area who took his two kids out of school up to Boston because he was running in the Boston Marathon. Then all of a sudden, he received a letter from the school's principal saying that this family vacation is an unexcused absence. He wrote the principal back and said that his kids learned more in the five days that they were up in Boston instead of sitting inside of a classroom.
Besides traveling, you don't have to worry about having to call the school if your child is out sick, and you have to bring in a doctor's note and give it to the teacher. Plus, you don't have to get written permission to take the kids out of school for any other reason as well. And if they miss school for any reason without notifying them, they school will contact you to find out why. Plus they'll take whatever steps are necessary to make sure kids are in school.
Good luck in your worldschooling.
Yes, that's another plus! Currently we're homeschooling one child while two of our children attend a Montessori school in Malaysia. It's a private school and they are fine with us keeping our kids home when they are sick. I just send a Whatsapp message saying they won't be at school that day. They were also fine with us doing 6 months, leaving to Japan for 3 months, and re-enrolling for 8 months. It would be very different if they were attending public school in the USA.
Watching your channel is refreshing and insightful. It's an opportunity to learn how living crunchy can be done abroad, while schooling.
We are such creatures of habit. Sightseeing fizzles out after sometime. For us, it's a mini restart when family visits since we take them to our old spots. This could be why I liked going tent camping in the autumn. It's a whole new experience and grounds me to nature. We plan on making it an annual thing.
Also, we might be going across the border this year for medical tourism. That sounds like an adventure to me! Eventually, we'll go back to Colombia for a family reunion. What will be tricky for us is being tied to a homestead. Although we are presently committed to our parish community and don't see why we should find another spiritual father. That's our life following a liturgical calendar.
I've heard this before and I think it's true, "reading is a way to travel." I'm reading world classics from the 19th century. As a modern housewife, it gives me a sense of appreciation for my gas stove, for example. It's really neat to dig into mindsets from another era. My favorite part is the development of virtue in the characters.
I hope the Avellino Family continues to flourish. Blessings!
P.S. Mrs. Heidi, I highly recommend the Swiss classic Heidi by Johanna Spyri. It's cute. There are small children's versions for something quicker. There are audiobooks on RUclips. Enjoy =]
Thanks for watching and commenting! Tent camping adventures sound fun! Our kids have been asking to tent camp. I haven't been living as eco of a lifestyle as I would like... It's definitely more challenging while traveling. With aloha, Heidi 🌺
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Another great video. So true that it's important not to wait till retirement age to travel or else it might never happen. I'm seeing that with my elders. May I ask if you pretty much only book your short term stays using Airbnb website or do you use local websites for these short term accommodations too? Thank you!
Hi! We normally start with Airbnb. Then we look up the building. If we are in the area, sometimes we can visit the building and book directly through the rental office (not always an option). We shared tips for renting apartments in this video: ruclips.net/video/cQPwJ2Gr1U0/видео.html
@@KenshoQuest thank you, I watched that one and it's excellent tips. How far out from a trip would you it's best to book? What's too early? I have a trip coming up in middle of Nov to KL. :)
@@rejoycealways I'm not sure what is too early, as we usually book last minute. You might get better prices booking early. Just check the cancellation policy. We usually book for a month, which doesn't allow for a refund.
@@KenshoQuest thank you, good to know.
Hi Guys! These are all excellent reasons and most importantly they matter to you and the kids! May I ask what platforms you used to find accommodations in Bangkok and Hua Hin? Is it a local app foreigners can access? I'm planning on coming for 3 months in April - cheers D
Hi Duane, We use a combination of AirBnb, Booking.com, Agoda and others. We compare prices and contact various hosts looking for the best price as well as responsive and caring hosts. We are planning on making a future episode about this since it is an ever changing situation. Keep in mind that if you are planning to come for 90-days you will most likely need a Visa and/or look to get an extension. So again, while the current situation is ever changing please be sure that your accommodation will complete a form TM.30 for you, which is required for some forms of extension in Thailand. Good luck!!
@@KenshoQuest Thank you KQ ~ really appreciate all the information ~ definitely doing my research every night and picking up tips like the TM.30 ~ I haven't seen anyone else on youtube talk about it as yet ~ love the videos and great to see how ur family has expanded over the last 3 years 👍😀
@@duaneleewo9068 , Thank you! Glad to help :)
To each their own but I think your kid is at the point now where he will need to socialize with kids his own age in a real school setting environment. I went through similar situations when we lived in Japan but at least there the kids were able to experience some of the norm when we enrolled them in Pre K. Traveling is awesome and very educational but I just don’t feel that the kids will get 1) full social development experience unless they are with their own peers doing normal stuff 2) extended Family time with aunt, uncle, granny, cousins, etc. My oldest who is 7 now was having a hard time making friends when we got back stateside because Japanese children are much different than American kids. Again that’s what I went through but to each their own.
Thank you for sharing your experience. It is very important to hear and learn from other perspectives and experiences so we can all make informed decisions. We are all learning.