Meet Nowhere On Earth: Our Family and What We Do

Thirty-three countries with kids taught us the world is closer than it looks.

We are the Fredettes, the family behind Nowhere On Earth. We have traveled to 33 countries on 5 continents, most of them with our two daughters, and lived abroad for months at a time. Now we help New England families get out into the world with young kids, without overspending and without the stress.

Guest contribution by Kailah Fredette, co-founder of Nowhere On Earth

33 countries · 5 continents · 4 Boundless Life cohorts · home airport: Boston Logan

Who is behind Nowhere On Earth?

Nowhere On Earth is Kailah and Kyle Fredette and our two daughters, a family on the New Hampshire seacoast, right on the Maine border. We have spent years traveling as a family, sometimes for a week and sometimes for months, and every guide we publish comes from a trip we took ourselves, including the parts we would skip next time.

The name goes back to a fifteen-day trip to Italy in 2013, before the girls were born. Every new town drew the same line out of us: this place is like nowhere on earth. It stuck, and it still reminds us to slow down and notice where we are and who we are with.

What is it like to live abroad as a family with young kids?

It is more ordinary than people expect. We have been full-time and part-time digital nomads, and our longest stretches came through Boundless Life, which gathers families in one place for a few months with school for the kids and a workspace for parents. We have done four cohorts: one in Tuscany, two in Greece and one in Indonesia.

Living somewhere, rather than visiting it, changes what a trip is. There is time for school days and slow weekends, not only sightseeing. Tuscany gave us winter sunsets over the hills around Pistoia, and Greece gave us island days on Syros.

Sunset over the hills during our Boundless Life cohort in Tuscany.

A pool day above the Aegean on Syros, Greece.

What has all that travel taught us about going with kids?

Mostly that the hard part is the logistics, not the kids. We have explored Europe in real detail, from Iceland and Ireland to Portugal, Switzerland and Bulgaria, and spent time in Southeast Asia, including Bali and Kuala Lumpur. The same few habits made every one of those trips easier, and most of them started when our oldest was a baby.

• We always bought the baby a seat. We drove the stroller to the gate, gate-checked it, then carried the car seat onboard and buckled her in. On long-haul flights, and red-eyes especially, it made the difference.
• Red-eyes work, but everyone still naps. The girls fall asleep near their usual bedtime and we land in the morning. Then the whole family naps on arrival, so we plan for it.
• Book the room from the night before. Renting from the night before we land, or booking a day-use hotel, means we can check in straight off the plane instead of waiting until mid-afternoon.
• A carrier beats a stroller more often than you would think. We have used a carrier until around age four, because cobblestones, ferries and old-town stairs do not care about strollers.

A beach morning in Sanur, Bali.

Gullfoss, Iceland, with our nine-month-old.

Why did we put down roots in northern New England?

After years of moving around, we wanted a home base that still felt like an adventure, and the New Hampshire seacoast gave us that. Maine beaches, the White Mountains and Vermont are all weekend trips from our door, and Boston Logan, our home airport, puts most of Europe one overnight flight away.

So most of what we do now is local. Beach days at Long Sands in York, hikes in the White Mountains, ski days at Gunstock and fall fairs. We share those trips on social media and love connecting with other families exploring the same corner of the map. The big trips abroad still happen. They just start from a place we are always glad to come back to.

Fair day in New Hampshire. Most of our travel these days is this close to home.

How does Nowhere On Earth help with family travel?

We take the friction out of the planning. Our site covers the trips New England families can actually pull off with young kids, from easy weekends nearby to the places abroad that are simplest to reach from Boston. When a family wants more than a guide, we plan the trip with them.

Our goal is not the cheapest trip. It is the most financially sensible one, with the fewest surprises: the right neighborhood, a rental with a real second bedroom, flights that work around nap time. A family of four, five or six can do this, and it does not have to cost a fortune.

Planning with us. A $99 consultation is a one-hour call, a proposed itinerary and a month of email follow-up, and the fee is credited toward booking. Our booking service starts at $499 for a week and one or two locations, and everything is booked in your name. See how our trip planning works.

Is it worth traveling with kids this young?

We think so, and we would do every trip again. Kids who have stood on the Acropolis or played on a beach in Bali learn things that do not fit in a textbook, and they learn them alongside you. They will not remember every detail. They do keep the curiosity, and so do you.

That is the whole reason Nowhere On Earth exists. We want more New England families to see that world travel with little kids is a real option, and we are here to help make the first trip the easy one.

What people ask us

Who runs Nowhere On Earth?

Kailah and Kyle Fredette, a family on the New Hampshire seacoast, right on the Maine border. They have traveled to 33 countries on 5 continents, most of them with their two daughters, and they write every guide from trips they took themselves.

What is Boundless Life?

Boundless Life gathers families in one place abroad for a stretch of months, with school for the kids and a place for parents to work. The Fredettes have done four cohorts: one in Tuscany, two in Greece and one in Indonesia.

Does Nowhere On Earth plan trips for other families?

Yes. A $99 consultation covers a one-hour call, a proposed itinerary and a month of email follow-up, and the fee is credited toward booking. The booking service starts at $499 for one week and one or two locations, booked in your own name.

Where does Nowhere On Earth fly from?

Boston Logan is the family's home airport, so most of the international advice on the site starts there. The family lives on the New Hampshire seacoast, and the New England guides cover the beaches, mountains and small towns of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Kailah Fredette co-founded Nowhere On Earth with Kyle Fredette and wrote the children's book Rosie in Paris from the family's time in the city. Follow along on Instagram at @nowhereonearth, or start with our Northern New England guides.