‘WE’RE SELLING UP... TO TRAVEL THE WORLD’
A FAMILY are selling everything they own so they can travel the world indefinitely.
Clare Fisher and husband Ian are taking their two children out of school and have warned their family they might never come back to live in Wales but instead “settle in the place we love the most”.
“Life is too short,” said Clare, 31, from Porthcawl, who is mum to daughter Maddison, three and son Kallan, five.
“After the death of a family member and a close friend we just looked at each other one day and said ‘why don’t we just do it?.’
“We travel quite a lot as a family anyway, three times a year if possible, and we have come back from Dubai recently. We are only really happy if we are travelling or planning to travel.
“There’s no limit on how long we go for. We have planned the first eight months location-wise and then we will come back to see family and friends and then, potentially, we will be going on the second part of our trip.”
She added: “I would like to do the whole world and there is no definite plan on when we come back.
“The chances are we will settle in the place we love the most.”
Clare, who is a business coach, and Ian, 28, who works for a media company, are saving every penny they can and have started selling belongings, everything from a car to handbags, to generate as much money as possible. But if the money runs out during the trip, they might have to find work.
The pair are investing in video and camera equipment so they can chronicle their adventure and share the stories via their own YouTube channel and Instagram and Facebook accounts.
“I work from home anyway so I could potentially still be earning from that as we travel and if people start to tune into watching us we might start to build something from that,” said Clare.
“And it’s always been a dream of ours to do volunteer work, especially with the children as we want them to learn early on to help others. With working all the time it’s so hard so now we are doing this it gives us the time to volunteer all over the world.”
Clare said they will also have to spend time schooling the children every day and hope to continue to follow the curriculum as well as potentially accessing a virtual school online.
After they have sold off all of their furniture, they will leave their flat at Christmas and, after staying with family for the festive period, they will be off.
The first leg of their trip will see them visit Majorca, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Australia and Fiji.
After that they’ll come back home before heading out again, possibly to the United States and Canada.
“When we first told our family and friends, I can’t say they were pleased,” said Clare.
“But most are happy for us and will miss us.”
The Fisher family – who are also known as Travel The World Family – will be documenting their journey on their YouTube channel, via Instagram at @traveltheworldfamily and on Facebook at TTWFamilyofficial.