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Many people are fed up with the nine-to-five grind, and are looking for a way to travel while working—even with children in tow. A couple from Denmark developed a platform where digital nomads with families from around the world can travel together for extended periods, helping each other to form a kind of mobile global village. Now the group of 20 families has come to Hualien to experience the laid-back east coast life.

Parents lead their kids in doing hands-on activities on long wooden tables. But these aren’t your ordinary tourists. They’re professionals working remotely who decided to bring their families with them to Taiwan.

There are 20 families hailing from 11 countries in this group. They range in age from four months to 58 years old, totaling nearly 80 people in all. Most are digital nomads, who are traveling while working.

Angi
Writer
Actually, life in the US before was very, very lonely until we discovered Traveling Village. It’s a tourism concept where everyone pools their resources, the big kids look after the small kids, and there’s educational resources. It made us realize that the road less traveled isn’t just for single people. Families can do it, too.

This new living concept is the brainchild of a couple from Denmark. They wanted to keep traveling while also raising a family, so they created an online platform where they invited other families from around the world to bring their kids along with on long-term stays, where everyone would look after each other like their own small village.

Nikolaj Astrup
Traveling Village founder
So we have Traveling Village, which is kind of the main idea. So we created a website with the idea of being a big group of families that help each other. So most people in our group, they work, but it’s very different how they work.

The parents’ careers are diverse, from engineers, to scientists, to writers. Most are able to work remotely or take long periods of time off. Every year, they choose a place to travel for three months. This time they chose Taiwan, which has special meaning to cofounder Michelle.

Michelle Rødgaard-Jessen
Traveling Village founder
My mom is from Taiwan, but she grew up in Brazil. I wanted to reconnect with my Taiwanese roots and come back and visit this country. Also because Taiwan has so much to offer, like nature, and the people, and culture.

Chen An-chi
Cafe owner
This kind of immersive travel involves staying for a long time, so it should be helpful for us restaurant and hotel owners.

Local businesses are also happy to welcome these traveling families to stay for a while in Hualien, giving their kids a unique life experience.

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