Kellie McIntyre is an author, speaker, and traveler. Her quest for culture and adventure has taken her to over 50 countries across seven continents. In 2013, Kellie and her family packed one suitcase each and embarked on a DIY journey around the world. Now, she challenges others to travel boldly.
Kellie’s YA travel memoir, THE PASSPORT PROJECT: TWO SISTERS DITCH MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR A LIFE-CHANGING JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD, is based on their five-month global “ed-venture.”
Uniquely written from her daughters’ perspectives, this AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS meets Middle School family adventure reveals the lessons learned when two parents and two sisters trade their suburban bubble for the world.
Sharing her family’s personal experiences, Kellie speaks to organizations and schools about the impact of experiential travel on cultural intelligence (CQ).
When their daughters were young, Kellie and her husband set a goal to explore six continents together before the girls finished high school. This mission—to give their daughters a global education using the world as their classroom—led to two family sabbaticals.
Her family’s “ed-ventures” include:
- Camping in Antarctica and with an indigenous tribe in Panama
- Dancing with the long-neck women of Myanmar and dining with acid-attack survivors in India
- Paragliding over the Swiss Alps and bungee jumping in New Zealand
- Hiking Peru’s Inca Trail and Namibia’s epic dunes
- Scuba diving with giant mantas in the Maldives and snorkeling with giant seahorses in the Galapagos
- Meditating with a monk in Vietnam and observing cremations on the holy Ganges in India
- Being kicked out of a souvenir shop in Italy and kicked out of China
Kellie holds a BA from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Public Health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, but her worn passport has provided her most valuable education. Kellie shares her tips for planning and surviving global family (mis)adventures at 4WornPassports.com.
Kellie splits her time between the hills of Alabama, the mountains of Colorado, and the nooks-and-crannies of the world.
To learn more about their travel philosophy and why they made family travel a priority, be sure to visit the About Us page.
Ready to explore the world? Then check out THE PASSPORT PROJECT and THE ULTIMATE TRAVEL TRACKER to inspire and manage your wanderlust.
Interested in more epic adventures? Check out the following:
- Camping in Antarctica: Everything You Need to Know to Survive
- How to Save Thousands on Your Family’s Galapagos Adventure
- Ten Day Namibia Road Trip: Sand, Seals, and Safari
- How to Plan a Budget Vacation to the Luxurious Maldives
- How to Book an Amazing and Affordable South Africa Safari
- No Regrets: Bungee Jumping in Queenstown, New Zealand
- The Passport Project: A DIY Journey Around the World
Interested in more cultural adventures? Check out following:
- Three Tips for Ethically Visting Myanmar‘s Long-Neck Women
- How to Volunteer at Delhi’s Gurudwara Bangla Sahib Sikh Community Kitchen
- Burial, Cremation, and Reincarnation in Bali
- Learn to Meditate at Truc Lam, Da Lat, Vietnam’s Buddhist Monastery
- Family Travel Idea: Spend the Night with the Embera Puru Indians in Panama
- Don’t be Flashy! Guidelines for Luang Prabang’s Alms Giving Ceremony
- Cambodia‘s Genocide: What I Never Learned in School
