{"id":2754,"date":"2026-08-24T13:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jvdbosch.com\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:12:29","slug":"we-retired-in-our-30s-and-travel-the-world-on-60-a-day-with-our-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jvdbosch.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/we-retired-in-our-30s-and-travel-the-world-on-60-a-day-with-our-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"We \u2018retired\u2019 in our 30s and travel the world on \u00a360 a day with our kids"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The family left their life in the UK to travel the world, with Asia as their base (Picture: Ryan Blackley \/ SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As soon as Jess Blackley was old enough, she got a paper round. Then, a part-time job in her local wildlife park.<\/p>\n

By sixth form, she was cleaning for two hours each day after school. So, by 20, she was able to buy her first home for \u00a3120,000, then another two.<\/p>\n

All this means that at 34, Jess has been able to ‘retire’. She now travels the world with husband Ryan, 35, and their sons Noah, six, and Bodhi, four, <\/p>\n

The family, who are originally from Cambridge<\/a>, are now primarily based in Chang Mai, Thailand<\/a>, where they moved on February 24, 2026.<\/p>\n

They spend just \u00a360 a day, thanks to the rental income from the two flats and family home they still own in the UK. <\/p>\n

Ryan and Jess, who now class themselves as ‘retired’ had travelled together back in 2016 before having children and say they knew their future would ‘lie outside the UK’.<\/p>\n

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Property investments gave them the affordability to fund this lifestyle (Picture: Ryan Blackley \/ SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Disillusioned with the UK<\/h2>\n

The Blackleys don’t plan to return to live in the UK, and plan to continue world-schooling their sons, claiming they are ‘thriving’ in their new life.<\/p>\n

World-schooling is an alternative educational approach, where children learn through travel, cultural immersion and real-world experiences, rather than a traditional classroom.<\/p>\n

‘We obviously had a good life in the UK, but it got to a point where I guess we felt that the UK wasn’t the right place for us to live and bring up kids,’ says Ryan.<\/p>\n

‘The cost of living<\/a> is insane,’ the dad-of-two adds. <\/p>\n

Safety in Britain was also a key motivator to move abroad<\/p>\n

‘We’ve got two boys, and at some point, they are going to want to go out on their own, and we don’t feel the UK is a safe country anymore because knife crime is massive.’<\/p>\n

In the year ending March 2025, there were\u00a0around 53,000 offences<\/a> involving a sharp instrument\u00a0in England and Wales.<\/p>\n

The couple were also disenchanted with the 9-5 schedule, and wanted to live unconventionally.<\/p>\n

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