![]() Like this story? Like CNBC Make It on Facebook. "I almost feel like I cheated at life and I don't have to work a day," he says, "because I love what I do." He has created Instagram, Youtube, and Blog for sharing their world travel called Bucket List Family. Those occasional challenges, Gee says, are 100 percent worth it for the experiences his family is having. The family decided to travel the world and sold their almost everything and later sold the Scan App to the Snapchat for the value of 54M. I kind of just soak it in and made sure that's part of the fun of it." ![]() "Sometimes it's on a boat, sometimes it's on a beautiful beach and then sometimes it's in a city at a crazy cafe. "My work desk, if you want to call it that, is different every time we visit a new country," he says. The biggest challenge of working like this, says Gee, is "poor Wi-Fi." in whatever time zone they happen to be in), homeschooling the kids during the late morning, exploring during the afternoon and working in the evenings. That routine includes waking up at the same time every day (approximately 7 a.m. "We have a routine that we try to stick to everywhere we go." “Manilla loves planes, and Dorothy prefers the long flights … even more than we do."We travel full time but that doesn't mean we are on vacation full time," Jessica writes in a blog post. “Dorothy says each night in her prayers that she is grateful for our travels,” Jessica said. Jessica said she’s amazed at how well her two children do with the travel and inconsistency. Her son, Manilla, mostly enjoys New York City, London and Japan, where the family can ride the “choo-choo trains.” Jessica said her daughter Dorothy’s favorite place is Kyoto, Japan, where she loves eating udon noodles and riding bikes. “The feeling of swimming right next to a huge humpback whale and even touching the fluke of a mother was his favorite moment of all our travels so far,” Jessica said. She said Garrett’s favorite spot has been Vava’u, Tonga, where the family spent two weeks free-diving with humpback whales. Jessica said New Zealand has been her favorite spot the family has visited, and she’s trying to convince her husband to move there. “That way, even if your business fails, you’ve learned a lot and gained some valuable skills along the way.” “Learn to code, design, etc., yourself instead of paying someone else to build what you have dreamed up,” Garrett said. He said his advice to entrepreneurs would be to build the skills needed to develop their ideas as far as they can.Įarlier today we posted our new video from Germany!!? We hope you liked it!! Any favorite parts? We LOVE you, Germany!! ? /// #family #travel #berlin #germany #lighttheworld #lds #vlog /// post shared by The Bucket List Family on at 7:21pm PST Garrett said he has a few business ideas he wants to pursue when the travels slow down, but until then he’s focused on staying busy with the current venture. I do all of the travel planning, brand management and posting to social media.” “It started off as a family vacation, but now has turned into a family business of sorts,” Jessica said. “Garrett does all the photography, videography and editing. Jessica said the family blog and social media now pay for their adventurous travels. Garrett said some of his old investors have asked when he plans to stop traveling and go back to work, but Garrett and Jessica have built another successful business from their travels. “I’ve loved creating a brand around my family and the values that we hold,” Garrett said. Garrett said his experiences traveling and creating a blog, “The Bucket List Family,” to capture the adventures have been very rewarding. In 2016, Garrett and his family sold nearly everything they owned to begin their family adventure around the world. When Garrett was a freshman at BYU, he built his first app, Scan, and sold it four years later to Snapchat for $54 million. They frequently catalog their adventures on their Instagram account, where they have amassed over 545,000 followers. The Gee family has visited 38 countries in the past 21 months. Jessica said she and Garrett plan to continue traveling full-time as “ the Bucket List Family” as long as it feels right. “Now it’s been 21 months, and we’ve been to 38 countries.” “That’s when we decided we wanted to continue to travel,” Jessica said. The Gee family - Garrett, Jessica, Dorothy and Manilla - set off in August 2015 for French Polynesia, where they would spend five months in the South Pacific before returning home for Christmas. From left: Dorothy, Jessica, Garrett and Manilla Gee have traveled the world over the past few years and have created the successful blog “The Bucket List Family.” Their story has been featured by many large news outlets such as “The Today Show,” People Magazine, Business Insider and Cosmopolitan.
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