We made our decision to do a family gap year of travel, and went full-steam ahead into planning mode.
Curious about what we needed to do in those four months to be ready for our year of travel? Here's a sample (but definitely not comprehensive!) list:
Give notice to leave our apartment
Unload all our stuff (donations, stoop sale, storage)
Plan said family trip around the world (no small feat!)
Create a packing list and purchase everything
Spend as much time as possible with our NYC friends before we leave
Get vaccinations
Get new passports with additional pages
Research homeschooling programs
Research visa requirements for all countries
Determine health & travel insurance needs
Buy flights
Set up LastPass for password management
Unsubscribe from every possible catalog/mailing
Sign P&S up for airline frequent flier accounts
Do in-classroom travel projects with the girls & their classmates
And so much more…
This would not have been possible without:
Great teamwork: S&D striking the right balance of collaboration vs dividing tasks
Trello: an organization platform we used to keep things unscrambled
Sarah’s unmatched organizational and knock-it-off-the-list skills
Doug’s introduction of agile project management, learned from years at work
Task Rabbit: hiring muscle to help around the apartment
There’s still a lot we’ll need to do from the road as-we-go, but for the most part we’ve got the big stuff under control or completed. Let's do this!
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