We recently got back from long term travelling through Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, and spent a lot of time beforehand trying to work out how best to school our kids on the road.

We’re definitely not experts, but we wanted to share some real examples of what worldschooling looked like for us, in the hope that it might inspire others thinking of doing something similar.

This post would be far too long if we included everything, so I’ve chosen just a few examples.

In Japan, Sengaku-ji Temple in Tokyo was our favourite experience. Our girls learned the story of the 47 Ronin and copied out a sutra to receive a goshuin stamp. Although it was a less famous temple, the visit turned into a history, religion, and hands-on cultural experience.

In Vietnam, it’s hard to forget the feeling of crawling through the Cu Chi Tunnels. It gave the girls a much more real understanding of the Vietnam War and led to some great conversations about history. It’s not an easy subject to talk about!

In Hong Kong (and really everywhere in Asia), we used conversion cards at markets so the girls could work out prices in Canadian dollars while haggling. It made currency conversion and maths feel real because there was an actual souvenir on the line.

In Cambodia, Siem Reap and the temples around Angkor were possibly the best experience of the trip. There was just so much to absorb: Khmer history, religion, architecture, and the importance of preserving such incredible places.

In New Zealand, while visiting Mount Cook, we saw glaciers, valleys, and evidence of ice shaping the landscape. We live in Canada and see things like this all the time, but something about being in a different country sparked questions about glaciation, erosion, and climate change.

Some days were more structured and intentional than others, but the best learning often came from being somewhere new and following the questions it created.

If you’re interested in reading more real examples, we’ve written about over 60 from our trip here. If nothing else I hope it gives even seasoned travellers a bit of inspiration!

I’d love to hear some of the experiences that you have found to be the most useful for worldschooling on your travels, to make this into a thread I can keep returning to for ideas!

Hi r/longtermtravel,

I'm a solo developer and I built Mochilo, a planner for keeping a long trip in one place. It started after my girlfriend and I both booked a flight to the same place because neither of us knew the other one already had. On a trip with dozens of bookings, the inbox-plus-screenshots system stops working fast.

What I think helps on long trips:

• Every booking in one place: route on a map, stays, flights, rental cars and other transport, with connecting legs shown as one journey
• Bookings from your inbox: an optional AI helper turns booking confirmations (PDF) and receipt photos into trip entries, so you don't type everything in
• Country info for each stop: currency, time zone, plugs compared with home, emergency numbers, roaming and a visa check for your passport
• Spending over the whole trip: expenses in any currency, a cost rundown over the year, and splitting costs if you travel with others part of the way
• Expenses work offline and sync once you're back online
• Flight alerts for delays, gates and baggage belts, plus a calendar subscription so the plan shows up in your calendar

It's in open beta. Everyone who joins now gets features that will be paid later, like the cost rundown, flight alerts and trip exports. There's no subscription, and the AI is optional. Everything works without it.

👉 Sign up: https://mochilo.io/p/LONGTERMTRAVEL

On iPhone? Join the TestFlight beta: https://testflight.apple.com/join/bBKwgr2S

On Android? The app is in a closed test. Email [hello@mochilo.io](mailto:hello@mochilo.io) with the Google account you use for the Play Store and I'll send you an invite.

I'd love to hear what's missing for trips that last months, and how you keep track of yours today. Comment here or email [hello@mochilo.io](mailto:hello@mochilo.io). Honest criticism very welcome.

After a rough few years my luck has really turned around recently. I’m wanting to plan a 2 week (at least) vacation. The locations we are considering so far are: Australia, Thailand, Bali, South Africa, Dubai. Does anyone have any advice? Where’s the best country you have ever visited? This might be my last child free trip so I don’t mind about long plane journeys, just really want to go all out and make it the trip of a lifetime. Am also flexible about what time of the year we travel. Open to any kinds of suggestions. Doesn’t necessarily need to be one of the locations I’ve mentioned above but I’ve done a lot of travelling already so needs to be somewhere I haven’t already been. USA, Canada, Norway, Spain, Ireland, Italy, France and Greece, Canary and Balearic Islands I’ve already ticked off my list in my 20s between travelling and working abroad.

Never have enjoyed working for other people, but I think that's most ppl. Currently in Mexico to save $ (spending about ~1k a month) but don't wanna spend all the 50k. I think I would need to return to USA if it got bellow 25k~ maybe so I have some room to get a job in office.

My skills are mostly software dev + design. Some motion graphics but nothing advanced.

Have NOT been working for almost ~ 4 years, living off savings. Tried a few things, nothing worked so far. Have always wanted to build my own thing. Did do some freelance years ago but nothing in a while.

I have considered going to Asia so I could extend my runway but I enjoy LaTam more than SEA. Maybe will head to Peru at one point. My dream is to build games but that's so difficult to do but I think I wanna keep trying my own stuff for at least another 6-12 months. So I would be at ~30k total net-worth if I do that and it doesn't work (gonna go with ~1.5k burn rate per month). I am keeping up with AI, it's incredible but also can basically do most of my old job(s).

I'm okay with risk. But curious if others have been or are in similar predicaments?

Hey everyone! I’m looking for travel buddies or a group of people who are down for regular trips, ideally around 7 to 12 days each!
I love exploring hidden gems, discovering new places, trying different cuisines, experiencing nightlife, and doing adventurous activities like skydiving, scuba diving, and anything that gets the adrenaline going!
The idea is to find like minded people who love traveling, are open to spontaneous adventures, and want to make some amazing memories together.
If enough people are interested, we could even create a travel group, plan trips together, and potentially save money on accommodations, activities, and group bookings.
If this sounds like your kind of adventure, hit me up!