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Round The World Tickets

Tips for Your First Trip Around

the World


round the world ticket

round the world ticket

So you are all ready for your first trip around the world, or perhaps you are still in the process of thinking it over. Well speaking from personal experience I would say just do it! Because you will have the trip of a lifetime.

Now there are some problems that people seem to have when it comes to planning a round the world trip. Firstly the cost involved, after all if you are not planning on working then doing all that travelling is going to hit the bank balance. Then the last main issue seems to be the enormity of the task at hand, I mean navigating through all those places and staying in hostels, isn’t that dangerous and daunting? I will answer all these questions in turn.

Then for accommodation if you stay in hostels you are looking at around £10 per night. As for meals, most hostels have self catering kitchens so if you cook your own meals you could eat for as little as £5 a night (or less).

Some places you need more (USA) and some place you need less (Thailand) but it averages out. You may also want to look into getting 3 day attractions passes for major cities. Basically for a 2 month trip to Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America it cost £4,400 for everything. That even included some internal flights and extra expenses such as the harbour bridge climb in Sydney (a must do if you go there). A great tip is to remember to look up relatives or friends of friends that live abroad because the best kind of accommodation is free accommodation.

Now the next issue is finding a travelling companion, well this can be a tough one for some people as not everyone they know has a passion fortravel. What you find is that at hostels there are so many like minded people there who are very easy to get along with.

Finally the issue of staying in hostels and navigating around foreign cities can be daunting and perhaps a little scary. First of if you have never stayed in a hostel before don’t worry most of them are clean and rather fun places. Everyone is just mostly looking to meet new people and share their experiences of their journey so far. Never mind the guide books, just keep your ears open around the hostel and you will get all the tips and information you need.

All you need is a city map (which most hostels provide free) and then to feel your way around. Once you have mastered a couple of city’s you can pretty much do them all by using the same principles. The only exception is when you visit Africa or South America which tend to have a more alien feel. But even with those places the same principals applies, after your first couple of places you kind of adapt to your new surrounding and it becomes easier as time passes it just may take a bit longer than in westernised environments.

I hope all this information has been helpful and that you go on that once in a lifetime trip round the world. I met many fantastic people on my travels and got to do some great things such as drink some tequila in Tijuana and go shark diving in Hawaii!


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