47. How to Swap Your City Expenses for a European Summer: Maddy Novich’s Guide For Parents

from Wander Worldschool: Helping Families Plan & Fund Slow & Long Term Travel · host Suzy May I Worldschool Money and Travel Coach

Send us a text! Q's? Text now!🌎 Maddy Novich share her secrets for summering abroad with three kids. A New York-based professor, Maddy explains how her family spends up to 9-11 weeks in Europe every year (and her database of over 400 international camps!).👍 We cover the power of Home Exchange, where Maddy swaps her Manhattan duplex to unlock free housing across the globe and the power of family biking.How do you find high-quality summer camps in a foreign country? Maddy discusses her progression from discovery in Amsterdam to proactively researching international schools and bilingual academies that prioritize English-speaking staff and child-led fun.What is the Home Exchange mindset for managing your space? Learn why Maddy prefers having trusted families in her apartment rather than leaving it empty, and how she navigates the legalities of swapping as a renter in New York City.How do you handle the finances of an 11-week trip? Maddy gets transparent about her $15,000 summer budget, including how she leverages credit card points for flights and transfers her local grocery budget to European markets.Can you really learn a language as an adult? As a Mandarin-Chinese speaker, Maddy explains why it’s never too late to gain functional language skills and how she tackles Spanish alongside her kids.Why is cargo biking the ultimate travel tool? Maddy shares how the efficiency and freedom of biking radicalized her family’s lifestyle, offering tips on how to incorporate mobility and movement into your own life.CONNECT WITH MADDY NOVICH: Follow her journey on Instagram at @CargoBikeMomma, sign up for her newsletter at cargobikemomma.com, and explore her extensive database of international summer camps.Join us in Osaka, Japan Oct 11-17! Onsen baths, sacred deer, jungle gyms, castles and more! Sign up today or join the Facebook group. How to Rent Out Your House While Traveling! Get the E-Book & 30 minute consult! Learn to prep and list your home, manage remotely, master the money, screen tenants & more! BUY NOW! Support the showCONNECT 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! 📧 [email protected] 📲 All the links!

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