trip planning

First Post: Getting Ready

Otto • July 2

Exploring new places and trying new things have always been my favorite things to do, so taking a year off from school and doing my favorite thing to...

Our Route Across the Globe

Cliff • June 27

Despite all the technology, web sites and apps associated with trip planning, sometimes a big wall-sized map of the world, a box of thumb tacks and...

So Many Places, So Little Time

Cliff • June 26

Once you decide to put your life on hold and travel the world for a year, it feels like you could go anywhere… But in reality, the world is a REALLY...

What Are The Odds?! Or, Kindred Spirits

Cliff • June 20

Whether friends, family, colleagues or people we meet, the reaction to our adventure follows similar lines. Initially: “Wow, that’s awesome!”...

HomeAway from Home

Cliff • June 13

Our family has a nickname: The Maximum Impact Family… Whether it is the twin kindergarteners, the 10-year span from oldest to youngest, the gender...

88 Days to Go: First Plane Tickets Booked!

Cliff • June 12

HUGE milestone… like it or not, we are leaving on September 9th, 2013! After doing a huge amount of research, getting quotes from a few travel agents...

97 Days to Go: In Search of a Brand

Cliff • June 1

A lot of people ask us how we would even begin to go about preparing for a trip this long, with so many kids, and so many destinations. As two...

112 Days to Go: And so it begins…

Cliff • May 20

The pressure is dialing up. Lists are being developed with slightly more intensity now. Decisions have to be made… soon. Consumer purchasing must rise...