The HARDEST part of traveling the world with kids

Our family is getting out of the office, out of the classroom, and out of the bubble to explore the beauty of the world in-person, from its people, history and geography to its architecture, food and culture.

We’re on a quest to experience 110 distinct cultures across all 7 continents by the summer of 2025, when our oldest, Reagan, heads off to college and our two youngest, Brooklyn and Colt, begin in-person high school.

Our semi-nomadic family lifestyle isn’t all peaches and cream. In this episode, we dive into some of the biggest challenges related to our constant travel and how our kids feel about the journey.

Contents:

0:00 Introduction
1:42 How does Reagan feel about our travel lifestyle?
4:26 What part of traveling with our kids are we embarrassed or ashamed of?
7:12 How does Brooklyn feel about our travel lifestyle?
9:59 How much more does it cost to travel with kids than without?
13:17 How do the kids maintain friendships/hobbies while traveling?
14:26 How does Colt feel about our travel lifestyle?
15:57 What’s the best part about traveling with kids?
17:29 What are the kids’ most and least favorite places to travel?
18:55 Do you ever fantasize about traveling without kids?
21:08 What’s the worst part of traveling with kids?
21:41 What’s our worst travel experience so far?
25:12 Are you 100% sure this lifestyle is actually better for our kids?

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ABOUT US.

We’re the Lockwoods: a family with 3 kids, 5 careers, and endless passion for adventure. Two years ago, we decided it was time for Phil’s ad agency to abandon the in-person, 5-day workweek. So they 86’d the office and work hours, allowing our own family to start traveling almost constantly. We now work, school, and explore in a different place every week—from our own mountain and beach homes to exotic villas, resorts, and yachts around the world. As we experience and support diverse cultures, we hope to inspire more families to design a life of freedom and adventure.

Because there’s a new American Dream. It’s one that’s void of templated expectations, templated career paths, templated education, templated families, templated homes, and templated lives. Freedom is no longer an American tagline—it’s just the new, global way of life.

Every day that you spend doing something that doesn’t fulfill you to your core, you’re living your life on pause. You’re deferring genuine family time with no guarantee that there will be a tomorrow or a someday. Some people follow that mentality their entire lives. We’ve chosen to never live that way again.

We appreciate you following our journey. The more our channel grows, the more time we can spend traveling to more locations, contributing to these cultures, highlighting local businesses, and sharing inspiring stories from these communities. So please consider liking, commenting, and subscribing so that you can stick with us for the long haul.