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RTW Tips

Divide and Conquer: Our Best Tip for Traveling as a Couple

May 3, 2011

Traveling as a couple has its many advantages. Private rooms, a companion to share everything with, and someone to help you through those difficult travel times that pop up, particularly when traveling long term. Megan and I have been together now for over 11 years, and we started traveling from the get-go. Not every part [...]

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How Much Money do I Really Need for a RTW?

March 22, 2011

Ahhh, the budget. The most important, frustrating, and confusing part of planning a long term, RTW trip. How do you find this information out? Where do you even begin? How can you possibly guess how much you’re going to spend galavanting around the globe for an extended period of time? That’s why I’m here, and [...]

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Tips for Buying Flights as you Go

March 15, 2011

Today’s Tuesday Travel Tip is expanding on the Buy as you Go option of flying for a RTW trip. While a lot of people really seem to like this idea, you do have to realize what you’re getting into. We obviously chose this way of traveling for our trip, and we were happy we did. [...]

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RTW Airline Tickets vs. Buy as you Go

March 8, 2011

Travelers looking to go on a RTW trip or an extended break have so many things to consider. Last week we discussed where to go on a long term trip and what to think about when choosing your destinations. I understand that so many people want to know about budgets and how much they’re going [...]

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How to Decide Where To Go on a RTW?

March 1, 2011

So much information is needed when taking the plunge and deciding to travel the world for an extended period of time. Costs and budget are usually one of the first things on everyone’s minds, and it’s probably the most important item (unless you’re just really rich, which in that case, I doubt you’re reading this [...]

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Making the Decision: Why We Went on a RTW Trip

February 22, 2011

Inaugural Tuesday Travel Tips Today’s post is the first in a series of Tuesday Travel Tip posts where I will discuss EVERYTHING that goes into taking an extended trip around the world with your partner. I can’t explain enough how much our lives have changed since we made the decision nearly four years ago to [...]

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