A couple have waved goodbye to their 'WFH rut' and flogged their £300,000 house to travel the world - shrugging off trolls who claim it's a waste of cash as their four-year-old daughter 'won't remember it'. Joe Riley really is now 'living the life of Riley' after concocting the globe-trotting plan while growing increasingly unhappy with working from home as a health and safety advisor during the covid lockdowns.
The 27-year-old's fiancée Rachael Lewis wasn't initially keen on travelling, but the 24-year-old former waitress soon changed her mind after a solo weekend trip to Paris in January this year. The couple then sold their four-bedroom home in Heysham, Lancashire, in May and jetted off to Bali with daughter Melody Riley, before spending the next few months exploring Europe.
Footage shared on TikTok shows the family making once-in-a-lifetime memories as they feed elephants in Thailand, visit breathtaking temples and relax on palm-fringed beaches. Since sharing their travels online, the couple have been inundated with comments from people praising their sense of adventure with a young child in tow.
