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Jet Set Families | Longterm Travel with Kids

May 01, 2008 by Melanie Van Orden 

Three Little Sisters on the BeachSeveral years ago, Jason and I had a rock band that we were attempting to turn into a viable career. We poured all of our extra time and money into the endeavor, and spent three solid years pursuing that goal. Eventually, we realized that we would probably have to spend at least another seven years touring and building our fan base in order to begin making a real living as an independent band. (Ten years seemed to be the magic number for independent music biz success.)

When that realization came to us, we decided that being full-time band members wasn’t for us. We wanted to start having kids sometime in the next tens years, and constant touring, smoky bars, and living off Ramen Noodles didn’t seem to be the best environment for raising a family.

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