Pros & Cons + How To Plan • Indie Traveller

Want to travel the world far and wide? Then a great way to do so is on a round-the-world trip!

Such a trip has you flying around the globe and hopping between continents, either going west or east all the way until you arrive back home.

For many travelers, a round-the-world trip is the ultimate ‘dream trip’.

I myself did a round-the-world trip once, which took me through Japan, Australia, the USA and Europe. Though I’ve also done overland trips focusing on a single continent.

Here, I want to share with you some tips.

How do round-the-world tickets work?

Round-the-world (RTW) tickets are multi-stop airline tickets which take you around the world, often cheaper than when purchasing the flights individually.

Your journey typically has to start and end in the same country, and has to go either east-to-west or west-to-east around the globe. 

Buying an RTW ticket is not as simple as buying just normal flight tickets. And there are several ways of planning RTW travel, which…