If you’ve been following us from the beginning of our journey into this freedom-filled lifestyle (since 2008!), you’ll know that we didn’t start off as coaches, bloggers, creators, or business owners.

We were just two, 24-year-old budget backpackers with 65L packs, a dream of travel and freedom, and no idea where it would all lead.

Us in 2009 with our huge backpacks in Indonesia

If you don’t know our story… here it is from 2008 to now:

Back in 2008, we quit our jobs in Canada, sold our condominium, our vehicle, and basically everything we owned. We swapped a 9-5 at a corporate office and graveyard shifts at a packaging plant, for one-way tickets to Southeast Asia and a life of total freedom on the road.

After that first taste of travel, we were hooked. We knew we wanted to build a life around travel…we just had to figure out how.

Taking a break on our hike to enjoy the view in Colombia (2016)

Now, here we are 17 years later…more than 80 countries visited, and residents of Bulgaria. Along the way, we’ve built 4 businesses, and created 4 online courses.

We’ve taught over 1,000 people how to launch their own personal brands…and 50 people have personally been coached by us.

This is the story of how we went from budget backpackers to personal brand coaches, and how Goats On The Road grew, shifted, and reinvented itself over more than a decade online.

The Backpacker Era (2008 – 2012)

Let’s rewind a bit here. All…

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