For the past year in this space we’ve been following the around-the-world journey of a Chattanooga family who won 10 months of travel accommodations in the “Live Anywhere on Airbnb” contest.
It sounded like a dream come true last year when Stephanie Hays, her husband, Peter Woolcock, and their then 2-year-old son, Hays, set out on their adventure. Well, 12 months and more than 15 countries later they are winding down their journey and thinking wistfully about Chattanooga.
They are among 12 travel parties worldwide chosen from 314,000 applicants to participate in the Airbnb promotion. Hays is a former brand manager for Chattanooga Tourism Co., and Woolcock formerly ran an after-school soccer program here.
Their Airbnb itinerary looked like this: Greece (October, 2021), Morocco and the U.K. (November), Thailand (December), Sri Lanka (January), South Africa (February), France and Spain (March), Mexico (April), South Korea (May), Vietnam (June).
What follows is an e-mail Q&A interview conducted with Stephanie Hays earlier this month.