Looking for worldschool hub reviews? Here’s a starter for ten!
There are so many worldschool hubs popping up around the world. It’s a lifestyle that more families are embracing – whether for a few months, a year or indefinitely.
We’ve just spent 16 months worldschooling our children, and aligning our trips to various hubs was intentional. This wasn’t about providing education, but rather finding opportunities for them to socialise, make friends and be part of a community. We made friends for life during the hubs we joined and we loved them all.
During our 16 months we visited 5 different worldschool hubs – but we couldn’t find many worldschool hub reviews before joining any. Here’s our lowdown on various worldschool hubs we joined and our worldschool hub reviews!
Worldschool hub reviews: Better Together Hubs, Phu Quoc, Vietnam
On a small island off the coast of Vietnam called Phu Quoc, Daniela and Fernando have established a wonderful worldschool hub. Set in Le Forest hotel and resort, the hub runs for 3 weeks at a time between October and April (with a break for Tet in Jan or Feb).
There is a programme of activities from visiting bee and pepper farms, to having a great day of fun at water parks or Vin Wonders theme park, or to water sports on the beach. On site there are also activities scheduled including arts and crafts (lantern and hat making), local dancing and cooking classes.
The vibe is very relaxed – there’s down time for enjoying the awesome pool or beach time. There’s days off to do your own thing, and all activities are optional. Daniela and Fernando are really wonderful hosts and make everyone feel very welcome.
The resort is contained and our children had so much independence with their friends whilst here. There’s always an extra set of eyes to help keep the kids on the straight and narrow. 😉 Kids ages when we were there were 3-13 years old from a whole host of countries across 11 families (when we were there).
There is a fee to join the hub, currently 500 euros per family, and then accommodation is paid on top and arranged with the hotel owner directly. The rooms are spacious, clean and breakfast is amazing. For 2025/2026 season they have even opened a drop off facility for child care if you need it.
There is a small communal kitchen on site and rooms have fridges and aircon (electric is paid at the end depending on usage) but food is so cheap we hardly ever cooked!
Best for: Finding Community and Tourist Fun!
Visit their webpage: Worldschoolers Hubs – Better Together | Facebook
Daniela and Fernando also have pop up hubs in Osaka, Japan and Granada, Spain.
Worldschool hub reviews: Shepherd’s Rest, Oria, Spain
Joining Shepherd’s Rest came at the end of our worldschool family gap year. Located in the mountains in rural Spain, this place is very much a community driven worldschool hub run by Cori and Joel. It’s got a beautiful low-key rural vibe.
There are 2 main sites – Shepherd’s Rest with 3 family apartments (2 bedrooms each) and Serendipia with 4 family apartments. Serendipia does require a car as it is more rural and out of the centre of the village. Both sites have gardens with treehouses, trampolines and playrooms for the kids. Rooms are spacious and super clean, but it can be hot in the summer months.
The format is you pay for your accommodation and then you are in the community with prices starting from 995 euros per month.
Organised activities include Spanish lessons, pot luck community meal on a Sunday, arts and crafts and hikes. There is plenty of opportunity to do your own thing, but generally visitors will put a message on the community whatsapp group saying they are off to the beach / bowling / water park and whether anyone else wants to go. This is a community driven worldschool hub.
There is a village pool open in July and August, and then areas to visit nearby include thermal springs, paddleboarding, kayaking, hiking, visits to Mojacar (and other) beaches all within 30-60 minutes away. A car is definitely handy here and flights go into Almeria / Granada (1 hour away), Alicante (2 hours) or Malaga (3 hours). There are a few bars, a park, a Sunday market and a small supermarket in the village, and larger supermarkets 25 minutes away in Albox.
There’s no start and end time, it’s just a continual community to join around you and your schedule.
There is also the chance to join the local town Spanish summer school during the month of July. This is around 60 euros per child per month! And our kids loved it.
Best for: Relaxed community-driven experience
Visit their webpage: Shepherd’s Rest Rural Worldschool Community | Connect & Thrive
Worldschool hub reviews: Culture Chalk, Lago de Atitlan, Guatemala
Culture Chalk was the most expensive hub we joined in our gap year at nearly $2000 for the 11 days. But pretty much everything was included – transport from the airport, activity coordination, accommodation, breakfast every day, 50% of other meals and most of the activities.
Set in a San Juan on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, the accommodation is basic but comfortable, with 2 double beds per room and a small private bathroom (unless you are a family of 5+ when 3 beds per room means the bathroom is outside). Everyone stays in the same hotel, and there is a communal kitchen and lounge area. All the food was delicious.
Christina and Owen have done wonders for the local community in these very small and local towns. They employ local staff to cook, clean, provide transport and support the running of the hubs. You also get to know the local families very well, with each family being allocated a ‘host family’ to spend time with. And their English is limited.
Activities are very much cultural immersion with Spanish lessons (for adults too), bracelet making, cotton and chocolate making, bee farm, sunrise hike, visiting the local school, kayaking, cliff jumping, boat rides across the amazing Lake Atitlan.
This was an incredible 11 days of cultural and language immersion and a real feeling of joining forces with the locals. The village has a sports pitch for children to burn off some energy and there are plenty of streets to explore in colourful San Juan.
This would be a great hub as part of your stay in Guatemala. They also offer teen hubs, single parent hubs and women only retreats.
Best for: Culture and Language Immersion
Visit their webpage: Home | Culture Chalk
Worldschool hub reviews
Bliss Hubs – Kuala Lumpur
We spent a month in Kuala Lumpur and joined the worldschool hub community during shoulder season for visiting the city. This is another community driven hub with members suggesting activities to join or asking if others want to come along.
The main hub activities are based around Petaling Jaya, around 30-45 minutes from the centre of the city. We opted to stay in the city and travelled out when we wanted to – mainly because there was so much in the city we wanted to enjoy. Everyone arranges their own accommodation, food and time and you just join the hub when you want to.
We joined a weekly science and maths lessons run by one family, a sports session run by another parent, hung out at parks with others, and there was a huge and great Halloween party during our time. There were also arts and crafts sessions and games days on a weekly basis.
There’s no start or end date, just join the hub when suits you and get involved via the whatsapp chat. Kuala Lumpur is a wonderful family-friendly city and one of our favourites in S.E.Asia.
Best for: It’s FREE and flexible!
Visit their webpage: Join our low cost Worldschooling Hubs – Bliss Investor
Bliss Hubs – Koh Lanta
During the months November – April there is a huge worldschooling community on Koh Lanta and this is an incredible place. We adored our time here. With great food, wonderful beaches, easy to get around and a relaxed vibe, Koh Lanta is awesome for travelling families.
As with Kuala Lumpur this is a whatsapp coordinated hub but there is so much going on – from arts, crafts, games, shark lessons, sports sessions, volunteering, ultimate frisbee and anything else anyone wanted to throw into the schedule. Even out of the hub, we made so many friends on the beaches of Koh Lanta as there is such a huge community there.
Best for: It’s FREE and flexible!
Visit their webpage: Join our low cost Worldschooling Hubs – Bliss Investor
There is also a Bliss Hub in Sanur in Bali, and Pai in northern Thailand which we heard great things about.
Other worldschool communities we know about via other travelling families we met who shared positive experiences include:
- Worldschool hubs, Antigua, Guatemala (there’s 2 hubs here, one being a spin off, of the other)
- Hoi An / Da Nang, Vietnam
- Recreation hub, France
- Penang, Malaysia
- Pop up Worldschool hubs (global week-long pop ups)
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