A Herefordshire couple have saved around £36,000 by ditching the UK to travel the world with their children - while living out of two suitcases on a budget of just £30-a-day say they have no plans to return to the UK full time.
Ruth was also not a fan of the cold and wet British weather, so the pair are now world-schooling their kids Aurora, four, and Atlas, three, in exotic locations instead.
The family has already been to 17 different countries, ticking off bucket-list destinations such as Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Indonesia.
They stay four weeks at a time in Airbnbs and have also visited the likes of Thailand, Malaysia, Cyprus, USA, Colombia and Peru - all while saving around £12,000 a year.
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They have spent the last five months living and travelling around India and next year they plan to tour ten more countries across Europe in a campervan.
Ruth, 34, and Steven, 35, had been renting a barn conversion in the village of Eardisley, and had both children during the Covid-19 pandemic.
But they had always thought about travelling full-time so sold "pretty much everything" on Facebook Marketplace or via car boot sales and set off with a couple of suitcases of clothes and a few toys.
They currently have no plans to return full time and want to continue world schooling - while spending around £2,000 a month, compared to £3,000 back in the UK.
Ruth said: "We had travelled before and for us it got to the stage where we were going to put the kids into nursery and it just didn't feel like the right time.
"We wanted more time with them as we know those early years are precious, so we thought, why not just do it? So we did.
She later added: "Possessions don't make you happy, life experiences do."
The couple says their children are now educated through "life experiences" - whether that be picking up Spanish in Latin America or learning about volcanoes while hiking in Peru.
And they say giving the kids no screen time whatsoever on their travels has helped them to become more patient and creative.
The couple also support themselves financially via Steven's online coaching business - which he can still run wherever they are in the world.
Steven said: "These positive environments have brought such positive developments so far in our children. Atlas was swimming independently at two.
"We use Airbnbs mainly but I've been working out of little cupboards in some places - it has been challenging at times but we're in a fortunate position."
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