Trying to hash out a big around the world trip is serious business. One Google search reveals pages upon pages with which to research, plan and pull your hair out. If you’re looking to simply nail down a travel budget, to just get a get price for your around the world ticket, right now, there [...]
An airport taxi ride in a new city could be one of the most exciting parts of your arrival – you’re almost guaranteed a hair-whitening, eye-opening, heart-stopping gallop – but taxis can be as expensive and potentially dangerous as they are thrilling, depending on where you are. They can also be an unexpected budget-killer if [...]
It’s easy to equate traveling around the world with following a series of connect-the-dots points on a map, and not necessarily with overland travel. This assumption is obvious since it’s the cities that, after all, have the airports. But the problem is that by flying from city to city you miss out on some of [...]
People love movies. People love to travel around the world. I thought, why not combine the two? Today’s post takes you on a round-the-world trip to movie locations! Not unlike but way better than a regular RTW trip or a simple list of movie titles, this trip is specific to movies and uses their filming [...]
This is a guest post by Janice Waugh. From India to Chile to Spain… I have met many RTW travelers on the road and, interestingly, almost half were solo traveling. Here are a few reasons why someone would choose to travel solo: friends hadn’t the same desire for such travel partners hadn’t been able to [...]
In life, many people’s main ambitions are to travel and experience new cultures. To really ensure you maximize your experience when you visit a country it’s important to communicate with the locals, the best way to do this is by learning their language, or at least learning the basics of that language. Learning a language [...]
The process of purchasing a complex international or round-the-world plane ticket can be confusing. That’s why you have questions. But by knowing the right questions you’ll put yourself in a position to get a better ticket, and by extension a better trip overall. In order to help our customers, we’ve prepared a list of some [...]
There’s little doubt the around-the-world ticket industry is small. I’ve been involved in it for over 20 years and know just about all the players. Recently, I’ve heard a lot of buzz about BootsnAll and their new pricing and booking engine called “Indie” and with such a high a signal to noise ratio on the internet, [...]
This is a guest post by Faith Rikard Hawaii, Paris, Venice – they are all beautiful. But if settling for a typical honeymoon travel destination isn’t your style, you have other options. Start your married life off with an adventure that matches your unique personalities – with an around the world honeymoon trip! To help [...]
Sure Greece hasn’t had and easy time managing their finances of late, but that doesn’t make it any less beautiful of a place to go on a round the world ticket, nor does it mean the airline industry has written it off. On the contrary. Over the course of the last month two brand spanking [...]
