{"id":201948,"date":"2026-04-28T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=201948"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:33:20","slug":"how-the-bucket-list-family-travels-the-world-with-garrett-gee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/how-the-bucket-list-family-travels-the-world-with-garrett-gee","title":{"rendered":"How The Bucket List Family Travels the World with Garrett Gee"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/97ca4dca-6a93-4c7c-8262-e72cb93f59e1?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/how-the-bucket-list-family-travels-the-world-with-garrett-gee\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adventurer Garrett Gee turned a four month family trip in 2015 into The Bucket List Family, documenting world travel with his wife, Jessica, and their kids. 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What began as videos shared on YouTube and Instagram became a global family travel brand with millions of followers, built on experiences from shark diving in South Africa 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