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Around The World Travel In 5 Easy Steps (PHOTOS)

Posted: 02/25/2012 9:00 am
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For travel lovers, it's the ultimate dream. A round the world trip. Taking off, leaving your job, your house, your car, and your family and friends behind and hitting the open road. No worries about seeing everything you want to see when you only have a week to do it. This is the ultimate trip for those who love to travel.

Can you do it? How do you do it? What kind of planning does it take to make a round the world trip a reality?

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There are tons of myths about long-term, RTW travel out there, and most of them are just false. It's not as expensive as you might think, the vast majority of places in the world aren't as dangerous as they are portrayed on TV, that gap in your resume won't kill your career, and despite what you may think, there are people of all ages doing it (including families with children traveling the world).

If you have dismissed RTW travel as a possibility because of any number of the myths out there, it's time to start listening to the people who have actually done it. Sure, it's not the easiest thing in the world to do. If it was, everyone would be doing it. But if you polled 100 people who have taken a RTW trip in the past and asked them if they regretted their decision to travel around the world, I would be willing to bet a large sum of money that all 100 would say no. It's time to stop listening to the naysayers and start talking to experienced people who have already done this sort of thing.

Read The Real Costs of 11 Real RTW Trips to get an idea of what a trip like this costs. Check out these RTW traveler profiles to meet those who have done it before or are planning their own RTW adventures right now. Read 11 Reasons to Stop Dreaming and Start Planning Your Round the World Trip
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For travel lovers, it's the ultimate dream. A round the world trip. Taking off, leaving your job, your house, your car, and your family and friends behind and hitting the open road. No worries abou...
For travel lovers, it's the ultimate dream. A round the world trip. Taking off, leaving your job, your house, your car, and your family and friends behind and hitting the open road. No worries abou...

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Jaynelbob
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12:11 AM on 02/27/2012
Don't buy a proper RTW fare. You get limited on options for changes, end up running out of time in a place that you want to stay in longer and it can turn into a nightmare. We came back to Australia from London and tried to do as much as possible overland. One way ticket to Gdansk in Poland and travelled down to Istanbul, flew to Bankgok, overland to Singapore (via a very circuitous route), flight to Aus.

We did everything last minute, got some great deals on flights, same with trains and buses. That way, if you get somewhere that you think is just a transit stop and find out the place is amazing, you can stay as long as you want. Or vice versa, find it's crap, get out fast!
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12:05 PM on 02/26/2012
I also think that 100% of the people will say they don't regret it. I'm sure it takes quite some good planning but at the enmesh has to be totally worth it.
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KIVPossum
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11:31 AM on 02/25/2012
With you on all except item #2

When I decided to 'see the world' I got a ticket to Frankfurt, left the airport and went to the train station. Ended up in Frankfurt again, some 18 months and 47 countries later.
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lensamy
Im 23! Are my thoughts my own or must I abide?
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02:06 PM on 02/25/2012
wow, pretty sure that was quite an adventure!
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head-out-of-sand
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02:51 AM on 02/26/2012
You could have left your hometown and 18 months later ended up in your hometown. Why Frankfurt?
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