Round-the-World (RTW)

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Comment by E-said on March 22, 2012 at 20:59

HI! group, new member here. Looking forward to corresponding with like minded people. Love RTW travel. 

Thank you for creating this interesting group.

Comment by Leo on March 8, 2012 at 17:14

As in any profession there are better and worse travel agents.  Those who dealt with AirTreks.com -- can you recommend a specific agent?

Comment by Tony on March 8, 2012 at 2:27

YES... a wonderful way to travel and I have done it 3 times and discovered so many beautiful parts of the world and made some awesome friends.

Comment by Jim Twar on February 27, 2012 at 20:32

Hello!

I am happy to join this club- I went around the world around 5 or 6 times in my life, so far, but this makes me HUNGRY for more!  The problem now is that my funds weren't like they used to be, and I am embracing the idea of finding more exciting and creative ways to go around the world again and again!

Comment by Peter M. Hirsch on April 6, 2011 at 8:22

Hello All,

My Husband, Michael, and I did a RTW trip last year!   It took three years of planning!   The voyage was life changing and we recommend this type of voyage to everyone!!!!!!  

The place to begin, of course is figuring out your time frame, and a route.  Remember, YOU Can't do IT ALL !!!!  Then find a Ticket Broker, we used AirTreks.com, which is located in San Francisco. 

We live in Amstedam/Palm Springs and decided to depart from Amsterdam. 

We spent a month in the Hawaiian Islands, onto Japan for Three Weeks, Shanghai for two weeks, Hong Kong for two weeks, (we plan to make a return to China for Three months in the future) onto Thailand for three months, Side trips to Laos and Burma, then  Jordon for two weeks, Israel for 6 weeks, Egypt for 6 weeks, then back to Amsterdam. 

I can offer many recommendations for those countries and other places if you want suggestions.   Go start planning MEN!!!!   And enjoy!!!!!

peter

Comment by BUTRUILLE, Eric on April 1, 2011 at 1:53

Hello guys,

Having been out of work for a few years (being 48 doesn't help, especially in France...), I'm all set to sell my apt, and leave to HAVE A LIFE ! And meet all my friends scattered around the world, and make many new ones : planning a world tour for 18 to 24 months, hoping to leave in sept or oct 2011 at the latest.

 

The project is as follows (for now) : Paris-Dubai-Singapour-Indonesia-Malaysia-Southeast Asia-China-Beijing-Tokyo and Japan-Papua-Australia-NZ-Hawaii-Anchorage-Rockies-Vancouver-US West coast, Parks and trip through the US, Mexico, Central America-Grand tour of South America-Africa (maybe)- Back to Paris.

It doesn't include India and around as I know India very well and intend to spend more time there in later years (and countries around ; Sri Lanka, Bengladesh, Pak, Nepal, Bhoutan).

 

I hope to save as much as possible on accomodation and to learn as much as possible on the cultures, by meeting and staying with friends on CS, Gaytravellersnetwork and other sites. Will keep you posted when my plans get more precise.

Comment by AsianFaeries on July 2, 2010 at 0:31

While taking a RTW trip why not make a stop over in Thailand for a Asian Faeries' Annual Tropical Gathering on the lovely island of Koh Yao Yai at the beginning of 2011?! ;-) A lot of guys did that in the past and were very happy!

Comment by StevenB on June 1, 2010 at 3:04

what a wonderful idea. if you need any practical advice on parts of SE Asia (philippines, thailand, cambodia, and KL, malaysia), let me know.
i'm traveling the philippines now with my filipino bf.
peace, steven

Comment by Leo on May 31, 2010 at 22:36

I traveled RTW twice:
1). in 1990-1991 for 1 year and 5 months.
2). in 2003-2005 for 2 years and 4 months (in India alone I was traveling for 6 months).
With the long trip your expenditure comes to an average $30-$40 per day. Sure i always stayed in the cheapest places. My major source of information is Lonely Planet guides. I never book hotels in advance -- and practically never had any serious problem with cheap accommodation. And sure even less problems with the expensive ones -- if money are plentiful, the hotels are always waiting for you.
Two San Francisco travel companies are specializing in RTW air tickets -- one is perhaps www.airbrokers.com.
Leo

Comment by Greg Gordon on May 31, 2010 at 15:27

Haminyyz-we are working on which airline alliance we are going to use. Last year our frequent flier program was Continental airlines and they belonged to Skyteam. Now with the United/Continental merger we were forced to join Star Alliance. I am also a member of Flying Blue/Skyteam) so we have to look at the route structure and price comparisons of both alliances. It's going to be fun. I hope you can go RTW next year.

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