Slow Travel With a Baby and a Dog [with Riana Ang-Canning]

Nine months on the road with a five-month-old baby and a twelve-year-old chihuahua is ambitious. Doing it after your carefully planned French long-stay visa is rejected two days before the flight is something else entirely. In this week's episode, Tracy is joined by travel writer Riana Ang-Canning of Teaspoon of Adventure, freshly home in Vancouver after a slow travel adventure that took her family from Toronto to the Loire Valley, through London and Brighton, and on to Málaga for a first birthday in Spain. It is an honest, practical look at what long-term family travel really looks like day to day. In this episode: - Riana's travel background and why long-term travel keeps calling her back - Deciding to travel during parental leave, older rescue dog included - Building a base-style route across Toronto, the Loire Valley, London, Brighton and Málaga - Working around a last-minute French visa rejection and the Schengen 90 day limit - The packing and logistics of nine months with a baby and a dog - How slow travel routines make a new place feel like home quickly - Finding baby-friendly and dog-friendly Airbnbs, and the hard lesson about stairs - Dividing the jobs on travel days to keep the stress down - What went wrong with the road trip and the electric hire car - Budget tips that genuinely help, including 28 day discounts and cooking at home - Letting go of the pressure to see everything and leaning into local life - What is next for the family, and where to follow Riana online ⭐️ **Guest - *Riana from*** *teaspoonofadventure.com* **📝  *Full links and photos are in the show notes at*** *globaltravelplanning.com/episode-100* If you enjoyed this milestone episode, we would love a quick review on your favourite podcast app, and you can leave us a voice message on SpeakPipe. Support the show  🎤 Leave us a voice message via SpeakPipe ☕ **Enjoying the show?** Support us from $3 a month and get a shoutout on air: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2252461/supporthttps://www.speakpipe.com/GlobalTravelPlanning 🗺 **Global Travel Planning** Website - globaltravelplanning.com Instagram - Global Travel Planning YouTube - Global Travel Planning 🇬🇧**UK Travel Planning** Website - UKTravelPlanning.com Instagram - UK Travel Planning YouTube - UK Travel Planning 📍**London Travel Planning** Website - LondonTravelPlanning.com Work With Us **- *Contact tracy@globaltravelplanning.com for brand partnerships and business inquiries.*** **Thank you** ❤️ ***Disclaimer: Some outbound links financially benefit the podcast through affiliate programs. Using our links is a small...***