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Nice. Look forward to following your journey. Looks like you guys have a wonderful family!

Wow! Interesting story! Lovely family! What sort of business is Josh running?

Wow what a fantastic idea to travel the world

As we follow Families which are doing RTW via the web.. dreamimg to do so one day..
I was surprised to find you in Israel right now,
We family of couple + 3 kids 4,6,7 ages. living in Kibbuts up up north of Israel.
We would love to have you here. wish to show you the beutiful places,cool small rivers,mountains and more.
if it sounds good for you -please conatct.
Iris Schuster

After following your Facebook posts for so long it was finally nice to have the time to read all about where and your inspiring little family started out.

We share a similar story but I made the mistake of thinking our travelling days had to end when our gorgeous girls came along. Feeling inspired - off to the drawing board!

Really a nice family wish I was as brave as u and travel around the world.

What a lovely family you have! I'm sad to say I just found your blog recently, as you are heading "home," but I look forward to reading past posts. We are a couple in our late 40's/early 50's, from the U.S., with 2 teenagers left in the house, and are planning to start our lives abroad in a couple of years. (We're not putting it off using excuses- just have responsibilities we can't get out of yet!) We've loved traveling as much as we could over the years- I also have some great friends who hail from Perth!! I had the pleasure of staying with them for a couple of months when I was in college.
Your post about all of the feelings swirling around as you return to Australia was very heartfelt, and must be so true. I wish you the best!
Take care,
Sarah

great blog and photos. Can you tell me what sort of camera you used please?
regards
Vicki

Very inspiring !

Hope to follow your beautifully captured journeys often and would love to catch up sometime...

Cheers,
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Glad to see theearly days where my entrepeneur skills got passed on to you Josh
good luck to you and your family,. Nice story!

Thanks everyone. We love hearing from you. I have replied to everyone privately.

Lovely blog guys! Keep up the great work and travel safe! Oh… and all the best in the New Year! :)

What an adventure,I have a free app that I would like to find out if it works out side of Australia.
If this is possible could you try this for me and email me with the good and bad.
Looking forward to your blogs.
Cheers Gary

I look so forward to reading about your travel to lovely and interesting places with your beautiful family.

I went back to your page and read some more and discovered that you invited readers to share their blog with you. Thank you. My husband and I are driving across six states to meet our first grandchild and will stop frequently along the way to take in fascinating sites, national parks, and we'll stay over night in beautiful places. We're blogging our adventure and will include our five cents worth--reviews. If you're interested in the southwestern United States, you can find us at my author website, http://pamelakoefoed.com. Happy Trails. Blessings to you~ Pamela

What a happy, adventurous family you are. Love that you are living the dream. I blog at http://www.maidinaustralia.com We do a lot of travelling, but not as much as you!

Your blog is very inspiring to us! We are a family of 3 from the uk, Our son will be 18 months When we start travelling which Is in July. First stop Florida how exciting! Please check our blog out ( think it links to Facebook at the moment) www.travellingwiththecooks.com we are also on Instagram as @travellingwiththecooks :)

This makes me miss you more

Please note that I do respond to every comment on our blog by private email. So please leave me comments, I love chatting to you - Erin.

My favourite and the best travelling family out there!

Hi guys, just found your article on Tikal and started reading some more of your posts. Really, really nice!
Keep up the good work and what a lovely family you are.

All the best,
Renate from thatwanderlust.com

Wow, I am so excited for your family. What a wonderful way to live. I also love travel and have been moving around Australia but next year it is overseas. I am so happy to follow your progress. I also have an online home business and I just love the freedom that it gives me.

Hi guys, I just found your blog today and have spent hours going through the archives! Very inspiring as myself and my husband travel with my 2 year old - your archives have given me so many great ideas for our next trip...I dabble in photography and am looking to update my camera, your photos are just so amazing, I was wondering what camera you use?

Hi! I heard you talking about "Travel with Bender" while we (yes, "we", because I was just a seat behind you :)) were going from London to Brussels with the Eurostar, just a few days ago. It sounded so interesting so I had to look it up, and here I am.
I am jealous. I really want to see the rest of the world, and now that I found this thing called House Sitting, it'll probably be a little cheaper for me.
I'm going to continue reading your blog from now on, and hopefully I'm doing the same thing soon!

Thanks for tweet! Bravo Bender Family and all the travel, adventure. Differently managed - but travel a part of the life of my wife and myself - from 45 years ago. It's a kind of virus (good kind) - once in the blood - the need to travel never dies down. My first travel was to NZ - then Fiji - then Europe! Asia, (USSR) - living in the UK/Spain/Germany) across to North America - many years in Japan. House-sitting for friends so far in south-east OZ gives me the chance to explore/re-connect with old friends/past lives - and explore/re-explore those places. Above all has been the chance to be amazed by the human capacity for cultural richness and variety/diversity - yet, withal - wherever we go - to uncover with others of difference our essential humanity - love of family/place - desire for peace/good education/friendship! !Buen viaje!

Hi guys, we recently left Melbourne with our 2 young boys and have relocated to Ireland for a while, in search of adventure! I am working 3 days a week while my husband, Jake stays home with the boys, aged 2.5 & 6 months, on my 4 days off a week we go exploring Ireland or jump on a plane to anywhere in Europe. Look forward to hearing more about your adventures.

Your blog is AWESOME! We only have one little one now but I could see my family doing the same thing... traveling the world. So thanks for this inspirational blog!
From,
Brittany @ www.BrittanyJefferson.com

So glad I stumbled upon you guys! I love your "bios" and look forward to getting to know you better through your site! So inspiring. I am currently on a year long trip with my boyfriend and am getting to the point in my life where I'd like to start a family. I love seeing examples of taking kids with you and how it's done. Way to go!! :)

Hi, I came across your blog by chance. We have 3 kids and left Melbourne 13 Dec 2014 to travel for a year and do distance education with our kids (ages 15,13 and 7). We went to Fantasia today...If you are ever back in Bangkok, we walked to Pratunam Pier (near Centre World) and then took the khlong (canal) boat all the way to Bang Kapi Mall for 19 Baht each and not paying for our youngest. brilliant ride with the locals AND A SUPERB AFTERNOON OF FUN at the water park. Also reluctant to advertise it too much as despite it being New Years Day, there were not really queues for the slides and just enough people to make it festive.I gather you are still on your travels....maybe our paths will cross...our teenagers think we are a nuts to take them travelling but we are sure they'll think differently in hindsight. [email protected]

Hello Bender Family - thank you for your beautiful, fun and transparent sharing. I am a recently single mom of two little girls and have always been a travel-lover. I want to use this shift in our lives to life more fully, more profoundly and more globally - sharing in the joys of exploring the world with my kids. I have been working on a local un-schooling community here in North Carolina but have recently decided to really go for my bigger (scarier) dream of creating a traveling world-school on a sailing ship....so I'm looking to learn a lot, connect with others all over the globe and collect resources to connect with while traveling by sea. Looking forward to sharing more with you all :)

Thanks everyone. I hope you all received my personal messages to you. I love hearing all your stories and reading new blogs, so keep commenting. As for the camera, Josh is currently using Canon EOS70D - there is more about that in our Resources section. Stay in touch!

Wow! You guys are on quite an adventure!! We love travel and in addition to our family adventures we often follow hubby when he travels with work.
My own blog www.theeducationaltourist and the ebooks for kids I write came out of trying to make sure the adventures were educational and memorable for the kids as well!
Love reading your blog!
Natalie, The Educational Tourist

it really nice blog thanks alot for your information ....wish you and your family happy alwayssss

Hello Erin and family;
We too are a family that loves travelling, blogging and we are from Perth!!
Really have to catch up.
Prunella and family
sabretoothedchickenstour.wordpress.com

Hi there, Gill my wife only just found your blog tonight when she was searching the Internet for some info. I have just spent the last hour or so looking at some of the places you have visited. The places I read about that you have gone so far are truly amazing. We have now been on the road off and on for the last 4 years and have an Internet based business that we can operate from anywhere as well. Currently we are travelling the East Coast of the USA moving on next year to central USA. Your right it's a fantastic lifestyle and one that we would find difficult to not imagine ourselves doing. There certainly are a number of years difference between yours and our ages but we admire what your doing. Peter & Gill

Wow, this site has totally blown me away. I know Josh as JB from his work in web development but had no idea he was also doing this.
I am super impressed with what you guys are doing, I have a seven year old and I know a bit about travel with kids but you guys are the masters.
I am going to be following all your exploits on your blog now and see what I can learn from your experiences.
My wife and I moved from London to a very sleepy part of Spain and we have a fantastic life on the beach combining bringing up our daughter with our web work but what you guys do is totally amazing.
Respect to all 4 of you and happy travelling, life is after all for living :)
Alex (madeforspace in case JB remembers me)

Love your 12 day Ireland road trip, so informative and inspirational. Im adding Ireland to my travel bucket list for 2016 and an upcoming blog post and wanted to ask if I could use one of your amazing photos and link back to your blog so that my readers could see where I got my inspiration? Please let me know. Many thanks for your consideration

Hi Erin, love your blog! I came across it after looking for info on traveling to Tikal with kids. My husband and I are planning to go with our 2 year old this June. Did you have any safety concerns when you were traveling into Guatemala? Also, how were the mosquitoes/other insects there? We're thinking of starting our trip in Tikal (not sure yet if we're going to fly in to Belize City or Guatemala City and go from there) and then we're planning to go into Mexico to see Palenque and finally travel into the Oaxaca region. Any other tips you have for this kind of trip with a toddler are appreciated. Thank you!

I found your pinterest page on The Ultimate Irish Road Trip Guide: How to see Ireland in Twelve Days. My husband and I are looking into a similar trip for just the two of us. I really appreciate how you laid out your trip day by day and include tolls and accommodations. It seems like just the vacation we are looking for. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind sharing your total trip budget? We are working on laying out a complete budget for our Ireland Trip and haven't found an itinerary that we are in love with. When I found yours, I was very excited but am wondering if it's in the ballpark for what we are looking to spend. Thank you so much for posting and hope to hear back from you!
Ali Donalson

I have just found your blog and love it. My husband and I travelled before the children came along and other commitments meant we haven't done any for years. The husband is working in Bulgaria at the moment so we are hoping to join him. I am nervous about travelling with two children on my own though (ages 4 and 6) especially as they don't like lots of people and like routine and need their sleep. Any advice to make this easier for me. You are inspiring.

Hi Erin, your blog is my precious reference :) Since I'm arranging trip for my big family to Lombok & Bali next July, and a little quite dizzy as we travel with complex ages. From my '73yr-old' father until my '3yr-old' daughter. It was fun in process finding a right place to go for kids yet not make the older ones tired. I hope I could resume our journey like you and make it a memorable journey. Nice to know your blog Erin! God Bless...

Like your blog.

Oh my golly gosh I'm so happy to have found your blog Erin & Josh! So awesome to see another Aussie travel open ended WITH KIDS!!!

I'm a single mum of an awesome 10yrs old and we're in the final stages of planning our big open-ended adventure... Due to head off July 2017... although were doing 6wks in Chiang Mai and Cambodia over Christmas :)

Little Miss 10 and I have travel heaps since she was 6 but alway only for 4-6wks at a time because of school.... But it's time to put our big girl pants on and so it for reals!!!! Starting with either Chiang Mai, Ubud or Hoi An.... Still haven't decided.

So I have a few questions for you...
- I know your kids are younger than Perry and you don't "formally" school... But how do you see them getting them getting the require mainstream qualification eg high school certificate etc?

- do you ever join local homeschool groups or attend local schools part time?

Thanks so much for your time,
Frankie

Hi Erin
i love reading your blog, article and family travel.Proud and Brave family travel around the world.
May i know, is it possible to use iPhone Apple 6splus or 7plus in winter? And taking pictures? im from Asia country Singapore. Very impressed and excited to travel to Finland after seeing your video to Roviami Safari taking husky rides. Which month was that? This will be our first trip for that kind activities.
i wish success on all your journey.

Thank you for the photo review of the LG4 As professional photog the reality moving to Smartphones is vital. Yes definitely LG4 showing by the next couple years DSLR would be on the verge.
Personally by the next few months will get ride of 50% of what I own. BTW last month I shoot w Moto X Pure a small food project ...the results was amazing. Josh , God bless you all!

I've been going through your article from time to time, really interesting to go through your travel diaries. I would love to see you come to our country Nepal as well. Cheers guys and keep travelling.

Hello, we are a family of 4 travelling from Melbourne to Bangkok in Sept. We love staying and visiting less touristy places.
I am keen to take the kids to Fantasia waterpark in Bangkok and was wondering where you stayed? I know it a bit out of the city centre which I don't mind at all.
We are going to hire a car and head south past Hua Hin for around 6 nights after Bangkok. We loved San Roi Rod (Dolphin bay area) excellent super cheap hotel with small waterside called Dolphin resort. $50 including breakfast for all of us. It was wonderful because all the children in the pool seemed to play together which doesn't seem to happen when we stay at 5 star resorts.
We love to travel. I'm off for a month to Ubud Bali with our 2 year old later this month.
Have fun in Australia.
Taylor

Erin, Josh, Mia, Caius - What a story and what a life, Stay blessed and keep finding yourselves every other day!
While we arent quite as well traveled as you guys (yet!).. .we definitely appreciate what a blessing travelling with the family is...the stories, the experiences, the bonding ...the mind escapes.
Keep going...never stop!
The Sanyals from India.

Lovely story and inspiration, it is so good to see other people's experiences from around the world, keep up all the good work

Nice blog. Your doing three things I love. Travel, photography and history. I also enjoy meeting people. Age and health have slowed me way down so I’ll enjoy your site. At 66 the volcano in Hawaii destroyed not only one of my homes but half my photos and my photo diary. Please have as great a time as we have learning the world around us.

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I keep this on my system so I can be reminded of my travels and the people I’ve met. Keep going and informing us of your finds. I enjoy it very much and when relapsing I travel through you. Thank you so much for that?

Hi, I am looking for a very interesting, amazing and funny vacation for two kids (between 9 and 12 years old) in Vienna (Austria.
Could help me, can give me some tips?
Regards,
tomy

Looking for travel info and stumbled onto yours. It’s so wonderful to be able to travel and see this beautiful world. Hope I can learn to do that too. I will continue to look out for your blogs

Hi Josh and Jacinta whereever you are it was so nice for an old lady like me to meet such an inspiring young couple . Crete was a delightful place and it was somewhere I wanted to see for many years. My Dad fought in Greece, Crete and the desert campaign before being invalided back to New Zealand on the Dutch hospital ship "Oranjie"..I look forward to following your travels on this blog. Take care Regards Ann

Hi there! I’m currently planning my honeymoon to Hua Hin and just read your post about how much you love it. I’d appreciate any tips or suggestions while I’m there!

I am looking for a bachelor trip in Spain. I want to travel the whole world. I am following your website since a long time. all information is very good.

HI Josh, read your cycling trip in Bali..the way you wrote sounds good to do it on my own. Any suggestion if to ride on my own? will it be dangerous to do it solo? You did mention the price you get is far cheaper the published rate. Mind to share the contact of the tour operator? Cheers Jeannie

saw your article on what to eat in Israel . loved it ! I want everything you mentioned . Where can I get it ? I will be in Tel aviv for lunch and Jerusalem and Haifa for dinner . I will be on a cruise ship so I have limited time. thx ! Also a restaurant recommendation in Malta for lunch if you have one .

Hi Josh! I was inspired inspired 2 years ago to leave my well posting job and travel the world with my young family. I've started learning web development. Do you have any directional tips, business advice for someone in my position? Unfortunately my last job's skills don't transfer well to location independent living so I believe this is the path for me.

Wow! nice article.

I want to take a family vacation this summer so thanks for sharing this. I like your point about involving the kids in the planning and getting their input for activities. I’ll be sure to sit down with them and show them pictures

Hello, I check your blog on a regular basis. Your story-telling style
is witty, keep up the good work!

Good one