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Special May 2012 Fares for RTW Tickets

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

There are a lot of myths about long-term, RTW travel floating around out there. These false assumptions keep a large portion of our society from even contemplating the idea of taking off to see the world.

One of the biggest misconceptions about long-term travel is that it’s either for the young or the old – the straight-out-college 20-something-year-old or the retiree. While career breaks have been gaining steam in the US, especially since the financial crisis hit, sending those in their late-twenties and early-thirties on epic trips, traveling families are still quite taboo.

BootsnAll recently published a few articles that hope to help people buck that trend. In Why Raise an Indie Traveler, the author discusses why she is traveling with her child from the get-go. Though admittedly not easy at times, the pros far outweigh the cons.

In 5 Steps to Simplify Family Travel, the author gives a bounty of helpful tips and advice to travel with kids, and she should know as she travels with her husband and FIVE children full-time. One of her biggest arguments for family travel is, “Instead of seeking to make the world ‘family friendly,’ why don’t we instead make our children ‘world friendly?’”

Have you ever traveled long-term with your children? Did your parents travel with you when you were young? If you don’t have kids yet, do you plan on traveling with them? Comment below to share your stories.

If you’re planning an extended trip, then you want to start keeping an eye on airfare specials. BootsnAll has monthly deals that can take you all over the world, so be sure to check out the following deals, which are good through May 31, 2012:

Round the Globe -New York – Sydney – OVERLAND – Perth – Bali (Denpasar) – Singapore – Paris – OVERLAND – Frankfurt – New York from $2899 plus taxes.
Toronto Take Off – Toronto – Vancouver – Shanghai – Hong Kong – Singapore – OVERLAND – Bangkok – Bombay / Mumbai – Cairo – Istanbul – OVERLAND – London – Toronto from $2849 plus taxes.
The Long Way to Europe – New York – Bali (Denpasar) – OVERLAND – Yogyakarta – Singapore – OVERLAND – Chiang Mai – Kunming – Beijing – OVERLAND – Shanghai – Rome – OVERLAND – London – New York from $2649 plus taxes.

If you are looking for something a little different in your round the world trip, then start planning your trip of a lifetime with our RTW trip planner And don’t forget to sign up for BootsnAll’s RTW newsletter, delivering special deals, RTW trip planning advice, and resources via email every single month. We also have a Facebook fan page and Twitter page, so be sure to like and follow those to keep up to date on all your RTW travel needs.

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Special April 2012 Fares for RTW Tickets

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

We’re all about trying to break down barriers, dispel myths, and help travelers get out on the road and make their travel dreams come true, whatever those dreams may be. One thing that keeps many people from traveling is fear. In today’s round-the-clock news cycle, fear and shock is what sells, so focusing on the negative aspects of an entire country, or ignoring a country all together, is what we see on a day-to-day basis.

A few recent articles on BootsnAll challenged our assumptions about particular places and asked us not to be scared. One article asked readers to forget about all the negativity surrounding travel to Mexico, and not only travel there, but take your kids there, too. Another article promoted travel in Belarus, a country all but ignored by most international travelers.

Part of indie travel is thinking outside the box and not believing everything you hear, particularly on television. Doesn’t it make more sense to listen to travelers who have actually been to some of these places rather than news outlets that really only care about their profits?

Have you ever traveled to a so-called dangerous place and come out unscathed? Have you traveled to a country or city that is not often visited and fell in love? If so, comment below and share your story.

RTW FTW -Chicago – Sydney – Bali (Denpasar) – OVERLAND – Jakarta – Singapore – OVERLAND – Kuala Lumpur – Rangoon / Yangon – Bangkok – Delhi – OVERLAND – Bombay / Mumbai – Johannesburg – Buenos Aires – Montevideo – Rio de Janeiro – Lima – Bogota – New York – Chicago from $5249 plus taxes.
Circle the Pacific – Seattle – Sydney – Singapore – Shanghai – Beijing – Seattle from $2599 plus taxes.
India, Egypt, Africa, Europe – New York – Delhi – OVERLAND – Bombay / Mumbai – Cairo – Nairobi – London – New York from $2549 plus taxes.

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Special February 2012 Fares for RTW Tickets

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Our sister site over at BootsnAll is known as the One-Stop Indie Travel Guide. In the past few months, we’ve launched a few different community projects meant to dig back into our roots and really embrace the idea of indie travel. First there was November’s 30 Days of Indie Travel Project. At the beginning of 2012, we launched the 2012 Indie Travel Challenge. Now the BootsnAll Travel Network has teamed with esteemed travel writer and author of the popular travel book Vagabonding, Rolf Potts, to create the Indie Travel Manifesto.

The goal here isn’t to argue about what type of travel is best. We all know that everyone travels differently, and we respect and embrace that idea. The Manifesto is purely meant to define what this type of travel means to us and to create a community of people who consider themselves indie travelers. We want you, our readers, to have as much a say in the Indie Travel Manifesto as we do. So that’s why we’re asking for you to vote up or vote down the ideas we came up with for what makes an indie traveler. What ideals do you agree with? Which ones do you disagree with? Much like the RTW Plane Ticket Reviews, this is meant to be a collaborative effort between all travel lovers. We’d love to get your input on the Manifesto!

Equator-Hopper Circle Pacific Pro – Los Angeles – Rarotonga (Cook Islands) – Auckland – Sydney – OVERLAND – Cairns – Darwin – Bali (Denpasar) – Singapore – OVERLAND – Bangkok – Hong Kong – Los Angeles from $2629 plus taxes.
The Nomad – Los Angeles – Tokyo – Singapore – Kathmandu – OVERLAND – Delhi – Istanbul – London – OVERLAND – Paris – Los Angeles from $2399 plus taxes.
Goin’ South – Miami – Guatemala City – San Jose (Costa Rica) – Lima – Bogota – Miami from $1245 plus taxes.

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Shopping for RTW Tickets – Route 3 Dates and Itineraries

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

During our RTW flight research project, we came up with three different round the world routes to shop among eight different companies. If you haven’t seen them already, here are the RTW Plane Ticket Reviews from our secret shopping project.

Below you will find the itinerary and dates for the third route we shopped to give you a better idea of our findings. Remember that we posed as customers for this project in order to get the most accurate experience of what it’s like to shop for RTW plane tickets. We also shopped all three itineraries leaving from three different cities around the world – New York, London, and Sydney.

Route 3 – 12 flights, 5 overland segment RTW (17 total segments)

Dates: Since this trip was so large and the last few flights were nearly a year away, each company had to give us a quote based on 2010/2011 prices. We shopped each route in early/mid-November 2011 – only a month before the first flight.

Flight 1: 12/5/10
Flight 2: 01/05/11
Flight 3: 02/15/11
Flight 4: 03/01/11
Flight 5: 03/15/11
Flight 6: 04/28/11
Flight 7: 05/30/11
Flight 8: 06/28/11
Flight 9: 08/18/11
Flight 10: 09/18/11
Flight 11: 10/16/11
Flight 12: 10/30/11

Routes
- New York – Mexico City – overland – San Jose – Lima – overland – Buenos Aires – Cape Town – overland – Johannesburg – Nairobi – Mumbai – overland – Delhi – Bangkok – overland – Singapore – Perth – Melbourne – overland – Sydney – Auckland – Nadi, Fiji – Raratonga, Cook Islands – New York
- London – Delhi – overland – Mumbai – Nairobi – Johannesburg – overland – Cape Town – Buenos Aires – overland – Lima – San Jose – overland – Mexico City – Los Angeles – Cook Islands – Fiji – Auckland – Sydney – overland – Melbourne – Perth – Singapore – overland – Bangkok – London
- Sydney – Auckland – Fiji – Cook Islands – San Francisco – overland – Los Angeles – Mexico City – overland – San Jose – Lima – overland – Buenos Aires – Cape Town – overland – Johannesburg – Nairobi – Mumbai – overland – Delhi – Bangkok – overland – Singapore – Sydney
Shopping for RTW Tickets – Route 3 Dates and Itineraries

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Shopping for RTW Tickets – Route 2 Dates and Itineraries
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
During our RTW flight research project, we came up with three different round the world routes to shop among eight different companies. If you haven’t seen them already, here are the RTW Plane Ticket Reviews from our secret shopping project.

Below you will find the itinerary and dates for the second route we shopped to give you a better idea of our findings. Remember that we posed as customers for this project in order to get the most accurate experience of what it’s like to shop for RTW plane tickets. We also shopped all three itineraries leaving from three different cities around the world – New York, London, and Sydney.

Route 2 – 9 flights, 4 overland segment RTW (13 total segments)

Dates: Because we searched each route leaving from three different cities, the routes varied slightly. For the route leaving from New York, there was an additional flight (making it 9 total) compared to the ones leaving from Sydney and London. We shopped each route in from mid-November 2011 to mid-December – about 1.5 – 2.5 months before the first flight.
- Flight 1: 02/01/12
- Flight 2: 03/15/12
- Flight 3: 04/15/12
- Flight 4: 05/30/12
- Flight 5: 06/10/12
- Flight 6: 06/30/12
- Flight 7: 07/10/12
- Flight 8: 09/01/12
- Flight 9: 10/01/12
  
  Routes
  - New York – London – overland – Rome – Bombay – overland – Varanasi – Bangkok – overland – Saigon – Perth – Sydney – Easter Island – Santiago – overland – Lima – Bogota – New York
  - London – Bombay – overland – Varanasi – Bangkok – overland – Saigon – Perth – Sydney – Easter Island – Santiago – overland – Lima – Bogota – London
  - Sydney – Auckland – Easter Island – Santiago – overland – Lima – Bogota – Bombay – overland – Varanasi – Rome – overland – London – Bangkok – overland – Saigon – Sydney
    
    Shopping for RTW Tickets – Route 2 Dates and Itineraries
    
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    Special January 2012 Fares for RTW Tickets
    Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
    Part of our mission at BootsnAll is to inspire others to travel the world. We want everyone to share in the amazing and powerful experience of travel, whether it’s a weekend away or a year-long trip around the world. In November, we launched the 30 Days of Indie Travel Project, and because of the success of that, we decided to think bigger and better for 2012.
    
    If you liked following along and participating in the 30 Days of Indie Project, you’ll love our new project. The Indie Travel Challenge 2012 urges travel lovers to participate in a year-long challenge. Each week we’ll post a new prompt, question, or challenge to get you prioritizing travel for this year. Like the 30 Days of Indie Travel, we’ll ask you to respond to the prompt on your own blog, and link back to BootsnAll so we can find and highlight the best submissions. You can also share it on the BootsnAll or Round the World Ticket Facebook pages, or post it to twitter with the hashtag #indie2012. We’ll share some of the best submissions with our readers and followers each week.
    
    If you do decide to throw caution to the wind and travel the world, the first thing you’ll want to look at is airfare. Your options are many, but be sure to keep your eye on different deals around the web. BootsnAll has monthly deals that can take you all over the world, so be sure to check out the following deals, which are good through January 31, 2012:
    - Big City Travel New York – Shanghai – Bangkok – Dubai – Johannesburg – Paris – New York from $1699+ plus taxes
    - Big Gap Year San Francisco – Hong Kong – Hanoi – OVERLAND – Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City – Bangkok – OVERLAND – Phuket – Bali (Denpasar) – Singapore – OVERLAND – Kuala Lumpur – Delhi – OVERLAND – Bombay / Mumbai – Dubai – Addis Ababa – Nairobi – OVERLAND – Johannesburg – Cairo – Istanbul – OVERLAND – London – Reykjavik – New York – San Francisco from $2999 + plus taxes
    - Equator-Hopper Circle Pacific Los Angeles – Beijing – Bangkok – OVERLAND – Singapore – Bali (Denpasar) – Perth – OVERLAND – Sydney – Nadi (Fiji) – Los Angeles from $1899 + taxes
    If you are looking for something a little different in your round the world trip, then start planning your trip of a lifetime with our RTW trip planner And don’t forget to sign up for BootsnAll’s RTW newsletter, delivering special deals, RTW trip planning advice, and resources via email every single month. We also have a Facebook fan page and Twitter page, so be sure to like and follow those to keep up to date on all your RTW travel needs.
    
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    Special December 2011 Fares for RTW Tickets
    Monday, December 5th, 2011
    One of the biggest myths of RTW travel that we like to dismiss is that it costs too much. We have talked ad nauseam around here about how long term travel simply doesn’t cost as much as people think, and once you get over that hurdle, planning your trip can start to take shape.
    
    While it is true that long term travel isn’t just for the rich, we do know that it is certainly not free. There are tons of strategies and tips out there for those trying to save for a RTW trip. Making your trip your #1 priority should top most money saving tips lists, but there’s plenty of other things to keep in mind when thinking about a budget for your trip.
    
    Being realistic about your travel style is crucial to how you craft your RTW budget. If you are planning a big trip, then you should start thinking about all the possibilities now. Pondering the hostel vs. hotel debate, thinking about services like couchsurfing, and really contemplating how much street food you’re going to be willing to eat and how often you are going to want to cook your own meals are all things you need to consider long before you take off.
    
    All will have a factor on how much money you spend, and having the most accurate budget possible is important to how your trip goes. No one wants to run out of money 6 months into a year long trip.
    
    The biggest part of a RTW trip budget is going to be airfare, so think about this now. We offer special deals each month that could be perfect for your needs, so make sure to check them out. This months Round the World Ticket Watch provides great variety for the RTW traveler. Check out the deals below, good through December. If you’re not ready to book an exact itinerary yet, then start playing with the Round the World Trip Planner, and if you’re not already a subscriber, go sign up! We also have a new Facebook Fan page and Twitter page, so make sure you become a fan and follow us so you can stay up to date on all your RTW trip needs.
    
    Here are the December ticket deals – these prices are good through December 31, 2011.
    - Far and Wide: Los Angeles – Nadi (Fiji) – Auckland – Bangkok – Paris – London – Los Angeles from US$2249 plus taxes
    - Only in South America: Miami – Bogota – Lima – La Paz – Santiago – Buenos Aires – Sao Paulo – Miami from US$1539 plus taxes
    - Where in the World: New York – Windhoek – Madrid – Kuala Lumpur – Zurich – Bridgetown – New York from US$3190 plus taxes
    Need a quote? Call Dave, our RTW Expert at 1-866-549-7614 or create your own adventure with the round the world trip planner. Happy travels!
    
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    Traveling and the Holidays
    Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
    The holiday season is right around the corner, and with the holidays comes travel. Many people hit the road at this time of year – going to see family and friends scattered across the globe and/or taking advantage of vacation and holiday time. Or maybe you’re on the trip of a lifetime and are spending the holidays away from loved ones for the first time.
    
    If you’re a travel lover, the holidays become a time to think, hope, and dream about travel. Even if you aren’t one of the millions who is hitting the road this holiday season, you can certainly still think about travel and make it a part of your holiday season. Packing and gear is a big part of travel, no matter if you’re just leaving for the weekend or heading out on an epic RTW adventure. Planning and deciding which clothes to bring can save you loads of time, energy, and hassle when preparing for that next trip.
    
    If you’re looking for a holiday wish list, check out the men’s and women’s packing lists in this article. All this travel gear could come in handy for you or any friend or family member who also shares your passion of travel. In this day and age of technology, there is much more to think about other than clothes when it comes to packing. What type of tech gear to bring with you while traveling is also important. Do you like to bring a laptop? Or possibly a tablet like an iPad works fine for you? Many are perfectly content with their smart phones. Some like to be totally disconnected and bring absolutely nothing at all. The great thing is that it’s all up to you.
    
    It’s time to start thinking about gifts and wish-lists, and what better things to ask for this holiday season than something to help make traveling better and easier. Thanksgiving is only a week away, and Hanukkah and Christmas will be here before we know it. So book that plane ticket, sketch out that holiday wish list, and start shopping for loved ones – keeping your travel wishes in mind during the whole process!
    
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    Special November 2011 Fares for RTW Tickets
    Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
    
    We have focused the last few months on inspiration, or the why’s of going on a RTW trip. Meet, Plan, Go! was wildly successful as over 1200 people attended events in 17 cities across the United States and Canada. We have personally talked with many people these past few months who are interested in RTW trips. Hopefully by now you have dismissed the myths of RTW travel and are ready to start planning a trip of your own.
    
    Luckily we at BootsnAll have anticipated this. We have been working tirelessly on updating, revamping, and adding new content to the RTW section of our site, creating the best resource you need to plan your RTW trip. At the forefront of the section is the massive planning page. If you are ready to start the planning process and don’t know where to begin, this page is where you want to be. We take you through the entire process, from where to begin all the way to coming home. We also added a live, real-time chat window in the bottom corner of every page, so if you have any questions, fire away!
    
    This months Round the World Ticket Watch provides great variety for the RTW traveler. Check out the deals below, good through November. If you’re not ready to book an exact itinerary yet, then start playing with the Round the World Trip Planner, and if you’re not already a subscriber, go sign up!
    
    Here are the November ticket deals – these prices are good through November 30, 2011.
    - Circle the Atlantic: New York – Bogota – Rio de Janeiro – Paris – Madrid – New York from US$1189 plus taxes
    - 6 Continent Zig Zag: Los Angeles – San Jose (Costa Rica) – Quito – Lima – Santiago -OVERLAND – Buenos Aires – Amsterdam – London – Johannesburg – Bombay / Mumbai – Delhi – Bangkok – OVERLAND – Singapore – Bali (Denpasar) – Perth – OVERLAND – Brisbane – Nadi (Fiji) – Los Angeles from US$3894 plus taxes
    - The Wayfarer: New York – Hong Kong – Delhi – Chennai / Madras – OVERLAND – Bombay / Mumbai – Cairo – Istanbul – OVERLAND – Athens – Munich – Rome – New York from US$1575 plus taxes
    Need a quote? Call Dave, our RTW Expert at 1-866-549-7614 or create your own adventure with the round the world trip planner. Happy travels!
    
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    Special October 2011 fares for RTW tickets
    Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
    With Meet, Plan, Go! coming on October 18, career breaks are on the minds of many travel lovers. If you are still on the fence about a career break, it’s time to realize why a travel break can be the best career move you’ll ever make. There are many reasons to take a gap year, and there are plenty of places to get tips on career break travel.
    
    If you are contemplating a career break, check out the travel deals we have for you this month. This months Round the World Ticket Watch provides great variety for the RTW traveler. You can choose the first option which will take you to six of the seven continents, or you can go smaller with one of our other two deals. So start playing with the Round the World Trip Planner, and if you’re not already a subscriber, go sign up!
    
    Here are the October ticket deals – these prices are good through October 31, 2011.
    - Around The World By Air and Foot: Los Angeles – Guatemala City – San Jose (Costa Rica) – Quito – OVERLAND – Sao Paulo – Johannesburg – OVERLAND – Nairobi – Cairo – Athens – OVERLAND – Istanbul – Dubai – Kathmandu – OVERLAND – Colombo – Kuala Lumpur – OVERLAND – Bali (Denpasar) – Perth – OVERLAND – Sydney – Christchurch – OVERLAND – Auckland – Rarotonga (Cook Islands) – Los Angeles from US$4295 plus taxes
    - Asia From All Sides San Francisco – Singapore – Kathmandu – OVERLAND – Delhi – Bangkok – Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City – OVERLAND – Hanoi – Seoul – San Francisco from US$1699 plus taxes
    - Circle The Pacific San Francisco – Sydney – OVERLAND – Perth – Bali (Denpasar) – Singapore – OVERLAND – Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo – San Francisco from US$1985 plus taxes
    Need a quote? Call Dave, our RTW Expert at 1-866-549-7614 or create your own adventure with the round the world trip planner. Happy travels!
    
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