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

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🌊 How swapping the Denver work grind for beach living created a haven of child-led learning and nervous system regulation in Mexico for Dasha Emilanova!
🌍 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 Mexico
Break down real world monthly costs in Playa del Carmen!
Discover the unique magic of beach schools and child-led marine biology exploration
For Dasha's top secret starter tip for hesitant families starting out
RESOURCES:
Instagram: @d_emilanova
Wild Roots: wildrootsworldschool.com, @wild.roots.worldschool
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CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!
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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
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CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!
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🎄 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 rest
Leverage home exchanges, pet sitting, and primary home rentals to eliminate costly accommodations
Maximize flight savings and credit card reward points
Pick travel-friendly, compact gifts across every age group
Build 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 Form
Submit your fav family holiday travel memory for the 2026 Holiday Episode!
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CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!
🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice.
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🌍 Irene Genelin shares how her family traded their farm in Minnesota for full-time world travel, while packing two unicycles in their luggage! They journeyed across 39 countries while building community through cohorts, hubs and Traveling Villages!
🎒 We break down how to pace slow travel to avoid burnout, manage close-quarters group dynamics using nonviolent communication skills and manage a travel budget.
LISTEN NOW TO: 
Unpack an exact $4,600 monthly budget breakdown for a unicycling family of three
Learn practical Airbnb negotiation scripts to secure monthly discounts and remote-work desks
Explore the candid realities of European campervans versus multi-month apartment rentals 
Navigate complex cultural dynamics and community friction using Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication 
Hear how child-led connection time and hands-on math replaced rigid homeschooling routines after an early retirement at age 55
RESOURCES: 
The Worldschooling Space Podcast & Substack 
Chasing the Red Dot: Peregrinations Through 2024 by Irene Genelin on Amazon
Irene Genelin on Facebook and Instagram
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CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!
🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice.
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🌍 Kristen Thatcher shares how her family of four sold their home in Canada to take on five years of full-time travel around the globe, turning hands-on life experiences into accredited high school diplomas and building community through pop-up hubs and long cruises!
🎒 We break down how to get through travel slumps, navigate neurodivergence on the road, save $50,000 through house-sitting, and give teens the freedom, confidence, and real world skills they need to thrive.
LISTEN NOW TO:
Discover how to turn unschooling, volunteering and travel into an accredited high school diploma
Unpack the real monthly costs and budget breakdown of slow travel in destinations like Albania
Learn how house-sitting can save thousands in high-cost areas
Explore what multi-week transoceanic cruises and worldschooling pop-up hubs look like for teens and tweens
Explore Kristen's online educator and tutoring directory specifically for homeschooling and worlschooing families!
RESOURCES:
Learn with Every Avenue educator and tutoring directory
Kristen's Mind the Gap Tutoring
Instagram: @learn.everyavenue & @Kristen.98765
LA to Tokyo Cruise Oct 2-18 and Tokyo Pop Up Oct 20-26 with Cultural Compass Adventures
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CONNECT WITH SUZY: We live in Spain, CO and soon 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 DISCOVERY CALL!
🚀 For general info purposes and not as investment, legal, or tax advice.
❤️ Follow + review!  📧 pod@suzymay.com 📲 All the links!