For freelancing, you may also want to check out Elance (www.elance.com), which is a portal for freelancers to find work.

And it is great that you are involving your children in your extended travel – what an amazing classroom for them!

The rest of the world seems to really understand the importance of travel, especially extended travel, and we wish to bring that to more Americans. We could learn a lot from how other cultures look at travel.

Thanks for sharing and please come back!

I have traveled long term for many years together with my whole family, and we have seen so many examples of people who go out traveling and come back with many new talents and abilities and a whole new perspective on work and career.

Many people who put their travel experiences on ther resume, which I think is totally right – how much don’t you learn when you’re on the road?

We have also seen many people coming back form trips with a new business idea (ourselves included) which has lead to creating a business of their own at home.

Today, there are so many working opportunities connected to travel and if you are a bit imaginative and openminded the ways you can use your traveling for your career are endless.