Frequently Asked Questions

The stories are approximately 30 minutes long.

After signing up, you will get access to an exclusive membership area of our website where you can view, stream, and download stories and activities. You can login to this area anytime using any device that has access to the internet.

If you’d like to add them to your music library, simply download the audio files from the membership area and drag them into your favorite media player, such as iTunes or Google Music.

Please note: An internet or cellular network connection is required to stream the stories from our website on your mobile device. To be able to listen without an internet connection, download the audio files from the website, add them to your music library, and sync your music library with your mobile device.

The European countries we have included are Germany, the Netherlands, France, Denmark/Sweden, Austria, the Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, England and Greece.

We have so far released stories about China, India, Korea, Turkey, Indonesia, Russia, Nepal, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. Throughout 2019 we will complete the Asia set with stories about Pakistan, Israel and Australia.

Our 6-story Artists Around the World set includes stories about Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, Michelangelo, O’Keeffe and Kandinsky.

We have four stories that go along with each country. So after one year, 13 countries will be covered. 

If you purchase the Full Story Pack you will have immediate access to all the stories in the set. Currently, the Asia set has 40 of the 52 stories published, so you would receive access to those stories, and a new story will be added to your library each week. If you chose the Story-a-Week membership, you will immediately have access to your first story and your second will come one week later and at one-week intervals thereafter.

We accept all major credit cards including Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. PayPal is an option as well.

Your credit card will be charged or Paypal transaction processed immediately after you subscribe. For the Story a Week subscription, subsequent monthly charges will come in exactly one-month intervals. For the Full Story Pack, you will only be billed only once.

Yes, our payment processing is secure and easy! We use Stripe and PayPal, recognized leaders in the market, to handle all our credit card processing and they do a great job. Our checkout process and web pages are also PCI compliant.

If you sign up for the Story a Week plan, you can cancel anytime with no advanced notice. Just log into your account and choose “Subscriptions” then click Cancel. Of course, we’d be sad to see you go! Purchases of the Full Story Pack are non-refundable, as the stories in the library are yours to download and keep forever.

Downloading the mp3 files that contain the audio stories is easy. You need to first download them onto your computer and then they can easily be transferred onto any device. Here are the instructions:

Yes! We love to share our passion for other cultures and hope you do, too!

Yes! The Around the World Stories makes a wonderful gift! In the sign-up section there is a button for gift giving. Just fill out the form and you will receive a gift certificate that you can give as a gift. The certificate contains a gift code that the receiver can use to sign up for their Story Pack or subscription.

Please write to AWS at hello@aroundtheworldstories.com.