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10 Ways To A Cheaper Ticket
An around the world trip is quite possibly one of the most important thing you will do in your life. This may seem like an exaggeration, but even the mot cynical Washington insider can bet on a 
life-altering experience. It’s a proven way to change your attitude, your worldview and your karma forever.
What’s also true is that a big trip costs money — sometimes lots of it. But it doesn’t have to break you. So how do you cut yourself a piece of pie in the sky without having to settle for a life without an around-the-world experience? Make it cost less, that’s how. Here are the 10 best ways to make your trip more affordable without having to let go of the dream.
No one said planning a big trip was easy. It can be a nerve-racking endeavor, especially if you happen to be a
terminal procrastinator. A good way to manage the planning process is to set a timeline, thereby organizing your errands into time periods and setting up your launch in an practical and efficient manner. This post will give you that timeline, one that will hopefully engage you in the planning process and allow you to better organize your life all the way up until the day of your departure.
1 year – 6 months out:
- It’s still a bit too early to be purchasing tickets so use this time to decide upon your destinations, outline your itinerary and set a budget – in other words, dream.
Over the past few weeks I’ve been hell-bent on compiling lists of webpages and sites to help my readers sort out the dearth of travel info on the “Internets”. I do it because I’m aware of the heart palpitations that random online travel searches can cause. The goal was to reduce their 
frequency and to help you see the trees for the forest. Anyone who’s been planning their around the world adventure probably knows exactly what I’m talking about.
Anyone using the Web to plan a big trip is probably well-acquainted with the onslaught of information there. Sites can range anywhere from expert to asinine to downright sleazy and will quickly emerge in any random web search. For the most part it’s tricky to tell which are road-tested true and which simply unworthy of your time. 
Because the information deluge is rapid and inescapable, I’ve put together a list of good reads that can help. Below is a grab-bag of articles for desktop travelers suffering from clicker’s fatigue. As a follow-up to my Online Minefield post of a couple months ago, here’s another list of 10 helpful and/or interesting reads for people departing, planning, or simply daydreaming about travel over this holiday season.
Forage on, Internet faithful…
In my ongoing pursuit to find travel-related goodies on this here Internets, I came across a very interesting new site. Public Earth has dropped onto the scene recently, available to outside viewers (in beta) only less than a month ago. Though they’ve recently opened for visitors, they’ve been quietly assembling content so that they could have an extensive destination list ready for their unveiling.
You can’t be too safe with your online identity. Bots, hackers, spiders, phishers, spammers, generally unsavory characters more savvy than you—they’re all lurking just across the computer screen. And they want you, but not in a good way. Trust me, identity theft happens.
Hence, booking travel and dropping your credit card number on any random website is precarious decision to say the least. The general rule of thumb is if it’s too good to be true, it probably isn’t just untrue, it’s also dangerous to your online security and potentially sets you up for credit card fraud down the road.
While AirTreks may be in the business of expertly assembling your complicated multi-stop trip, we normally reserve the “where to go” decision-making for our clients, letting them choose where their fancy takes them. With so many amazing places in the world and the many different kinds of people out there, it’s tough for a travel consultant to decide your route. We might suggest overland routes or stopover opportunities but the meat of your decisions are typically left up to the you, the traveling public!
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