Episode #141: Nomading with a Family of 5 and Traveling to Over 100 Countries with Chantal Patton

Episode Summary

Chantal Patton talks about growing up in Canada, starting to travel internationally, generating location-independent income, meeting her digital nomad husband, and choosing to travel the world together with their 3 daughters. She explains about how she structures her family’s lifestyle, travel cadence, and why she chooses to maintain a home base. Chantal then shares her home-schooling curriculum and gives tips and resources on how she world-schools her 3 kids at all different grade levels. She talks about the value of learning through travel, and how the kids have now developed a series of classes for other kids called “Geography Made Fun”. Chantal then reflects on some of her family’s travel highlights, including the time they spent in Cambodia, Nicaragua, Romania, and a memorable trip through 8 African countries. She then gives tips on designing travel itineraries with kids, creating stability anchors, and designing a healthy work-life-education-travel balance. Chantal also explains how she handles healthcare for her family while traveling and shares her #1 affordability hack that enables her family to have inexpensive accommodations all around the world. She then reflects on the impact long- term world travel has had on her family and her kids, both in terms of their social lives and in terms of the way they see the world. And, finally, Chantel explains how her family collaborates to document their travel journey, create their online content, and how you can follow their adventure on their YouTube channel. FULL SHOW NOTES AVAILABLE AT: www.TheMaverickShow.com

Get The Maverick Show's

Monday Minute Newsletter

Unsubscribe at anytime. You can read the
Privacy Notice and Terms of Use here.

Kick off each week with 3 personal
recommendations from me that
you can read in 60 seconds.

What You'll Learn
  • How to effectively home school 3 kids while traveling the world
  • The impact on kids of traveling to 100 countries in 8 years
  • The #1 affordability hack for traveling the world long-term with a family
Links From the Episode

Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. If you click through any links and make a purchase, you should assume that Maverick will receive financial compensation (at no additional cost to you). We greatly appreciate you using our affiliate links because it helps to support the show and cover production costs of the podcast.

Time Stamped Show Notes

**Click the time stamp to jump directly to that point in the episode.

[2:35] Chantal’s Experience in New Zealand

[3:38] Growing up in Canada and Learning French

[6:17] Generating Location Independent Income

[8:06] Starting to Travel With Her Husband and 3 Young Kids

[11:20] How Chantal Structures Her Family’s Lifestyle and Travel Cadence

[15:33] Home Schooling Tips, Options and Resources

[23:19] Creating “Geography Made Fun” Classes for Other Kids

[24:22] Reflections on Family Travel in Cambodia

[26:50] Reflections on Traveling in Nicaragua

[28:34] Reflections on Traveling in Romania

[31:21] Reflections on Traveling Through Africa

  • Tanzania
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • South Africa
  • Namibia
  • Botswana
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

[38:19] Designing Travel Itineraries with Kids

[40:46] Structuring Work/Life/Education/Travel Balance

[47:05] Healthcare for the Family While Nomading

[47:46] Chantal’s #1 Affordability Hack For Long Term Family Travel

[50:33] The Social Life of Chantal’s 3 Kids While Traveling Long Term

[52:48] The Impact of Long-Term World Travel on Chantal’s Family

[56:11] Creating Travel Video Content with the Whole Family

[57:53] How to Follow Chantal’s Family Travels on Social Media

[58:34] The Lightning Round

  • #1 Book Chantal Recommends
  • #1 Person With Whom Chantal Most Wants to Have Dinner
  • -#1 Piece of Advice Chantal Would Give to Her 18 Year Old Self
  • -Top 5 favorite Travel Destinations
  • -Top 3 Bucket List Destinations

[1:10:40]Contact and Follow Chantal and Her Family

photo of a woman smiling

Chantal Patton

Chantal Patton is a location-independent entrepreneur who has traveled to over 100 countries together with her husband and 3 daughters over the last 8 years. They have a family goal to visit every country in the world together and are documenting their journey on their YouTube Channel “Growing Up Without Borders”. Originally from Canada, the Patton family now world-schools their kids while sharing their adventures and showcasing the beauty of different countries and cultures. The 3 Patton girls have even created a series of online classes for other kids called “Geography Made Fun: Learning Geography from a Kids Perspective”. And, through it all, Chantal continually prioritizes a healthy work/life/education/travel/ balance for her family.

ESPRESSO HELPS
ME MAKE BETTER
PODCAST EPISODES!

Copyright 2018-2024