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TRUTH! What Is It Like For Nomads to Return to Their Family & the U.S. After 15 months of Travel?

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What This Creator Said
Creator Had Mixed FeelingsCruise Vlog🥉Knowledgeable Creator
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Creator's Key Takeaways

it's been an exhausting visit, riding a rollercoaster of emotions having tough talks with our kids even as enjoy time with them and their families

we were very afraid of getting uh blasted with it mhm and uh we did yeah not by everybody but by in a couple situations

our budget came out about double what our normal budget is which yeah kills us

we want to leave again there is no desire to come back to the US and live

Creator's Tips & Advice

Keep an open line of communication with family about your travel plans
Have a loose plan set up about how you will scale back travel as you age

🆕New to Cruising? This Creator Addresses:

Family reactions to nomad lifeTalk to family before launching about how long they think is okay till the first visit
Endgame and future plansHave a loose plan about scaling back travel and reassure family about financial security

Questions This Creator Answers

QHow do family members feel about nomads returning after long travel?
QWhat are the emotional challenges of returning to the U.S. after 15 months?
QHow can nomads prepare their family for their lifestyle?

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YouTube Video Description

We won't lie about the reality of returning to the U.S. and our family. It's been an exhausting visit, riding a rollercoaster of emotions having tough talks with our kids even as enjoy time with them and their families. We share our own personal experience on how the reality of our full-time travel has affected our family. With 5 adult kids, you can see the range of their reactions to our nomad life after having us gone for 15 months--what could we have done better to prepare them before we launched? What can we do now? Should we stay home? If you saw our Nomad Fears/Feelings video, you can now see which of those fears of returning home were realized and which ones were fine, from family and budget spending to whether we want to stay in the U.S. or not, and lots more in between! Are you wondering what your family will think if you start traveling full-time? Will it hurt your kids if you become retired nomads? We hope our own experience in this video will help you think through these concerns and prepare your family. Also check out Daily Taste #56 where we had a long talk with our middle son and his wife about how to view the effects of our travel as our family continues to grow and change while we're away: https://youtu.be/48MTgv4yzxM?si=mux5S-xh0sz4Thl0 Here's a link to the video about our fears and feelings on our way home: https://youtu.be/xWWPGT3FEKk?si=AYgfYEcUE8NTJjmr For more about Kathi's feelings heading home, please read https://www.tastelifewithus.com/blog/journey-home We hope you enjoy this Taste Life With Us feature. If you are interested in ALL the feels and ups and downs of our nomad journey, please check out our Daily Taste Series as we take you on a virtual journey inside our full-time travel life. From exploring new surroundings to adapting to highs and lows, we learn how daily life "works" in each new, temporary, international home. Our #TravelVlog captures the authentic experiences of being world nomads. Whether you learn from our tips or our mistakes, we hope you'll enjoy experiencing our retirement travel dream with us vicariously as we adapt, discover, fail, learn and laugh (or cry) through it all. We also have more full-length feature videos at Taste Life With Us on everything from our nomad budget and travels to saving money on travel planning. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our other YouTube Channel: @CruiseThroughRetirement ⁠If you enjoy our videos and would like to say thanks, you can buy us a coffee (or a glass of wine) at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tastelifewithus ⁠ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/taste_life_with_us and Facebook https://www.Facebook.com/tastelifewu The following are affiliate links for which we will receive a commission for any purchase you make on these sites through our link. To understand how affiliate marketing works, please visit: http://paidforadvertising.com/ Thank you for supporting our efforts by using these links #ad #referral BOOKING.COM: http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=6776&id=1702651 RENTALCARS.COM: http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=29081&id=1702651 #travelvlog #travellifestyle #worldnomads #retirementtravel #nomadvlog #fulltimetravel #slowtravel #tastelifewithus #Dailytaste #nomadsreturninghome #nomadjourney #nomadfears #nomadfeelings #headinghome #familyreactionstoparentsfulltimetravel