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Who we are
Cinematic Storytelling for Brands & Destinations.
We travel as a family with three children, exploring the world slowly and intentionally while sharing the journey through visual storytelling and thoughtful travel guides.
Our goal is simple: to inspire families and curious travellers to experience the world more deeply.
Through film, photography, and long-form storytelling, we create content that helps people imagine themselves in the places we explore.
Destinations for 2026 :
- Indonesia
- Malaysia & Borneo
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- Philippines
We’re travelling slowly and keeping our plans flexible, so this list may evolve as the year unfolds.
Why TravelWithTheGates?
TravelWithTheGates offers a perspective that few travel platforms can provide.
We experience destinations not just as visitors, but as a family living and learning from the places we travel.
This allows us to tell stories that resonate with families, parents, and travellers seeking meaningful experiences.
Our content combines:
real family travel
worldschooling and cultural discovery
slow and intentional exploration
cinematic visual storytelling
Our Value
Why we chose a different path
We wanted more than the life we were “supposed” to want
To live a life where presence matters more than productivity - learning through real life and shared experiences how to show up fully for our children while they’re still growing, not looking back with regret once they’re grown.
To step out of autopilot and share our journey honestly - learning through real life and travel what it means to choose connection over constantly “keeping up,” and showing that it’s never too late to begin, even if you start exactly where you are.
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Brands we love & use
Where we are right now - living, travelling, and slowly adding new stories as our time in Asia continues.
A backpack that literally carries us through the world.
A part of the world we’re drawn to and hope to experience when the time is right.
A true lifesaver for family travel, especially when exploring with more than one child.
Australia is next on our list, with plans to explore and settle into a new rhythm later this year.
Where our story is captured - the cameras behind TravelWithTheGates.
OUR STORY
OUR STORY (THE SHORT VERSION)
This is our story,and as everyone else we had our own path to carve. It might resonate with you or it might teach you something. Be with open mind in life and always take away something that can make you more wise.
From the outside, everything looked fine. We were doing what made sense - building stability, keeping up with routines, working hard, and ticking the boxes of what a good, responsible life is supposed to look like.
It was comfortable. Predictable. And quietly exhausting.
Somewhere along the way, we realised we were always rushing — saving rest, presence, and joy for “later.”
We kept telling ourselves one day things would slow down.
One day we’d have more time.
One day we’d feel present.
But one day would've never came.
We didn’t want to look back when our kids were grown and realise we had spent their childhood saying “in a second,” because we were too busy keeping up with a version of normal life that never really fit. So instead of waiting for the perfect moment, we chose to start — now.
About us
Starting over isn't a new concept to us.
Both my husband and I left our home country (Hungary) in our early twenties and moved to the UK. Looking back, that one brave decision changed everything - fate, the universe, call it what you want.
I've always had a drive for something different. I tried to fit in and I did fine on the outside - but deep down I always felt like I belonged outside the box. That feeling ended up shaping every part of our life.
We met in Bristol, and the connection was instant - but we were friends first. Long conversations, big feelings, and that sense of 'I can be fully myself with you.' Eventually we reached a crossroads: we could either follow the outside noise and expectations, or we could choose each other and build something real. We chose each other.
When life became about “keeping up”
As life got fuller — work, responsibilities, routines — our days started to feel split into pieces.
We were always moving, always managing, always planning ahead.
When our children came along, that feeling deepened.
We noticed how often our attention was divided. How often we were saying “in a minute” or “just a second” and not because we didn’t care, but because we were exhausted from trying to do everything right.
We didn’t want presence to become something we remembered wishing we had given more of.
Trusting our instincts
Being a parent changes everything.
Somewhere along the way, we realised that trying to do everything “right” wasn’t the same as doing what felt right for us. That little voice, the one telling me to pause, to notice, to trust ourselves - We started listening.
It wasn’t about having all the answers. It was about making choices that felt true: slowing down, paying attention, and stepping off the autopilot of life that tells you to just keep up.
Following that instinct led us here - leaving a life that looked comfortable, travelling as a family, and embracing worldschooling while we explore the other side of the world together.
We’re still learning every day. But for the first time, it feels like we’re choosing the life we actually want.
“one day” stopped being enough
For a long time, we lived in “one day.”
One day we’d slow down. One day we’d travel. One day we’d be present. But one day never came , because life kept moving, bills needed paying, work piled up, and the world expected us to keep up.
Then it hit me. I heard a quote that stayed with me:
“You only get a limited number of summers with your children before you’re no longer the most important part of their world.”
Those words landed hard. I realised that if we didn’t start choosing differently now, the small moments with our children would quietly slip away. Saying “in a second” when they wanted my attention had become routine. And one day, when they were grown, I knew I could regret all the times I waited.
That was the moment everything shifted. One day wasn’t enough. We had to start. Right where we were.
Choosing a different path
We didn’t have it all figured out. We just knew we couldn’t keep living on pause and waiting for the perfect time to do what we already felt in our gut was right.
So we started letting go. Of stuff. Of expectations. Of the version of life that looked good on paper, but didn’t feel good in our bodies.
In 2025, we sold almost everything we owned, and left the UK to explore the world together as a family. Not to escape life - but to slow down, stay close, and let our children learn by being in the world, not just reading about it.
It wasn’t the easy choice. But it was 100% worth it for us.
Where This leads next
You’ve read a piece of our story. If you’re curious what this looks like in real life - the travel, the learning, the mindset shifts, the ordinary moments — this is where to start.