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A family of five swaps a $1,000-a-month RV pad in Las Vegas for a private-pool villa in Bali — and gets an earthquake as a welcome mat.
The channel “tryNsomethingnew” has spent the last couple of years documenting Sandi Falin and her husband raising three young kids on the road, first in a 300-square-foot RV and now on the other side of the world. Their video “TRAVEL TO BALI 2020 | Family Travel Vlog” picks up the story at its biggest turn yet: the long flight to Indonesia, a mid-arrival earthquake, and the villa in Canggu that becomes home base for the next four months.
- The Falins sold their belongings and lived full-time in a 300-square-foot RV before leaving the U.S., paying around $1,000 a month just to park it in Las Vegas.
- Getting three kids through a full day of international travel meant packing secret surprise activities in their bags for the plane and burning off energy before boarding so they’d actually sleep on the flight.
- Landing in Indonesia came with an earthquake, and the family settled into a Canggu villa with a private pool for roughly $1,000 a month — the same number they’d been paying just to park their rig.
From a 300-Square-Foot RV to Southeast Asia
Before Bali ever entered the picture, the Falins had already blown up the conventional version of family life, selling off their possessions and moving five people into a 300-square-foot RV. Living that small in the U.S. wasn’t cheap in the way people assume — the family put roughly $1,000 a month just into an RV space in Las Vegas, no house, no yard, no pool, just a slab to park on. That number becomes the running math of the whole video, the baseline every dollar in Bali gets measured against.
Getting Three Kids Across the World
The vlog doesn’t skip the part every traveling parent actually wants answers to: how do you get three young kids through a marathon travel day without it falling apart? The Falins’ playbook is simple and specific — surprise activities tucked into each kid’s bag that stay hidden until they’re in the air, plus a deliberate push to get the kids moving and tired before boarding so exhaustion does the work sleep aids can’t. The goal isn’t just getting through the flight, it’s landing with enough energy left to actually enjoy day one in a new country instead of writing it off to jet lag.
An Earthquake Welcome and a Villa in Canggu
Indonesia didn’t ease them in. The family’s arrival came with an earthquake, an unplanned first impression of the island before they’d even unpacked. What follows is the video’s real centerpiece: the reveal of their rented villa in Canggu, the coastal resort village on Bali’s southwest coast that’s become a magnet for long-term travelers and remote workers. The villa comes with its own private pool, and the family can’t get over the price.
A $1,000-a-month RV pad in Las Vegas. A $1,000-a-month villa with a private pool in Canggu.
That side-by-side is the whole point of the video — the same monthly figure that bought them a parking spot in Nevada now buys a full villa with its own pool in Southeast Asia. It’s the kind of cost gap that’s fueled a wave of family travel content out of places like Bali, and it sits alongside other Indonesia coverage on this site, including a look at Bali’s bamboo treehouse rentals and a broader vlog exploring Indonesia more widely.
Four Months, One Worldschooling Community
This video isn’t a one-off — it’s the opening chapter of a run of Bali vlogs covering the family’s four-month stay on the island. Part of that stretch includes a month spent inside a “Worldschooling” pop-up community, joining roughly 30 other traveling families who are homeschooling their kids on the road while based in the same area. For families weighing the math on long-term travel, the Falins’ breakdown pairs well with the general budgeting advice in this site’s tips on saving money on family travel.
The earthquake turned out to be a footnote, not an omen — the villa held, the pool stayed full, and the Falins settled in for a four-month run that the channel kept documenting one Bali vlog at a time.
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