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Global Family Travel Advocates

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As global family travel advocates, Kellie McIntyre and 4 Worn Passports have been featured in print and online news media, speaking engagements, podcasts, school visits and travel blogs. Our no-nonsense approach to independent family travel and experiential learning is a useful resource for other wanderlusting families. We provide the inspiration and information for families seeking extraordinary global adventures.

In the News

Press Release: Inspiring New Travel Memoir Reveals Why Parents Must Give Their Kids the World

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Village Living, May 26, 2022
Yellowhammer News, April 8, 2022.
280 Living, May 27, 2022.
Vestavia Hills Living Magazine, 2022. Pages 42-44.
Over the Mountain Journal
Vestavia Hills Magazine
Vestavia Voice

The Passport Project Editorial Reviews

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Podcasts, Live Events & School Visits

Local author event at Homewood’s favorite independent bookstore
Luncheon speaker for
PEO Chapter F, Alabama
Book signing at
Little Professor Bookshop
Middle school book signing event
Discussing The Passport Project
with 6th-8th social studies classes

The Ken Coleman Show

Ken Coleman Show features The Passport Project
Ken Coleman gives Kellie and The Passport Project a shout-out on his show.
Watch the two-minute segment on The Ken Coleman Show, March 1, 2022.

The Vacation Mavens

Kellie reveals the secrets to planning a family trip to the magical Galapagos Islands that won’t break the bank! If you want to skip the intro, Kellie joins the show at 13:20.

Blue Footed Boobies Galapagos

Stories Featured on Travel Sites

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The 200-year-old Galapagos tradition that led Alabama family to unusual (and scary) connection-making across state

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5 Reasons to Visit Holbox Island, Mexico Now

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The Traditions of the Galapagos-Post Office Bay

World is Wide: Family Travel Goal Story: Kellie from 4 Worn Passports

Trip Chiefs: How Families Can Afford to Travel

Foreword Reviews March 2022

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In celebration of #worldtourismday, I thought it would be fun to share The Passport Project book’s journey along the Camino de Santiago 🥾. Just as travel erases the lines that divide us, The Passport Project is inspiring readers across generations, genders, and races. 🌎 ✈️ ❤️ #caminodesantiago #yalit #mglit #booktour #bookstagram #travelmemoir #camino #spain #familytravel #middlegradebooks #thepassportprojectbook #4wornpassports #experientialtravel #hikingwithdogs
Camino de Santiago 🥾: The Final Challenge 💪🏼 What better way to end the Camino adventure than with an Aussie 🇦🇺 vs. American 🇺🇸headstand competition. You know your feet are killing you when standing on your head in a piazza seems like a good idea. 🧘‍♀️ Notice our different techniques in the approach and pose. The competition was fierce, but the Aussie @matt_landy11 won when I toppled into him. 🇦🇺💪🏼 #caminodesantiago #headstand #headstandchallenge #stupidhumantricks #santiagodecompostela #buencamino #yoga #cathedraldesantiago
Camino de Santiago 🥾 Day 5: O Pedrouza ➡️ Santiago de Compostela ⛪️ 🥾 We made it! Our final day was rewarded with a magnificent sunrise. ⛪️ There are no words to describe the Camino experience. The people you meet along the way never seem random. From the 17-year-old Irish student to the 73-year-old Indian dentist, you are either giving or receiving wisdom with each encounter. Although not all who walk the Camino are Believers, there is no doubt that God is with each person along this journey. ⛪️ Our “Last Supper” consisted of Mary, Jesus, Peter, and Matt(hew). Not kidding! Buen Camino! 🥾 ⛪️ #caminodesantiago #caminofrances #satiagodecompostela #hikingadventures #faithjourney #spain #travel #4wornpassports #sunrise
Santiago de Compostela 🥾 Day 4: Arzua ➡️ O Pedrouza. 🥾 I remember when I thought 13 miles was a long hike. Oh right, that was just last week. After yesterday’s 20-mile walk, 13 miles feels like a stroll around the block. 🥾 We had a great night with our Camino friends in the fantastic Albergue Porta de Santiago, where we chose bunks next to our Aussie friends like the adult version of summer camp. 🥾 One more day to go!! 🥾 🥾 🥾 #caminodesantiago #caminofrances #hikingadventures #spain #galicia #opedrouzo #cow #pilgrimage #thepassportprojectbook #writingcommunity #travelmemoir @albergueportadesantiago
Camino de Santiago 🥾Day 3: Palas de Rei ➡️ Arzua. 🥾 The bad news…today was 20 miles and brutal! The good news…The Passport Project has become the reading choice of pilgrims along the Camino! 😉 . . . #caminodesantiago #caminofrances #hiking #pilgrimage #spain #thepassportprojectbook #hikingadventures
Camino de Santiago 🥾 Day 2: Portomarin ➡️ Palas de Rei. Today’s Camino bonus was meeting fellow memoir writer, Liza Grantham, who lives in Galicia, Spain. We met in a FB group a few months ago, and met in real life when she and her hubby joined us one evening for a few drinks and many laughs. 🥾 ⛪️ 🥾 #caminodesantiago #caminofrances #pilgrimage #spain #hiking #palasderei #labyrinth
So today the adventure really began. We started our pilgrimage walk from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela. If you aren’t familiar with the history or significance of this walk that has been around since the Middle Ages, watch the movie The Way or the documentary I’ll Push You. 🥾⛪️ Also known as The Way of St. James, thousand of pilgrims make this walk every year for religious or cultural reasons. We are doing the shortest section of the Camino that qualifies for the Compostela. We are walking the last 72 miles carrying everything we need on our backs. It is exhausting, painful, and exhilarating. We’ve only completed our first section, and I’m so humbled by the pilgrims who finish the entire Camino each year. Leigh Ann Fuller, I’m looking at you! Here are a few pics from day one. It looks like we started in the middle of the night, but it was 7:30 am and the moon was still high in the sky. 🥾 🥾 🥾 🥾 #santiagodecompostela #pilgrimage #thewayofsaintjames #spain
Salamanca: Home of epic bachelor parties and the third oldest university in the world. The bachelors and students have stellar taste in literature! 😉 🌎 ❤️ 🌍 ❤️ #salamanca #kidlit #yalit mglit #experientialtravel #experientiallearning #teentravel #familytravel #worldschool #thepassportprojectbook #booktour
The ancient city of Toledo is just 30 minutes and a 1000 years from Madrid 🇪🇸 🌎 🇪🇸 🌎 🇪🇸 #spain #toledo #architecture #walledcity #