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How to Travel Around the World

<p>Traveling around the world at once is often a cheaper option than breaking it down into segments&period; The secret is to plan carefully and purchase the ticket well in advance&period; The cost is more than made up for by the amazing experience of seeing many places in a short period of time and the memories you&&num;8217&semi;ll have for a lifetime&period; Here are some tips for how to travel around the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wh&lowbar;ad&lowbar;inner ad&lowbar;label ad&lowbar;label&lowbar;dollar">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"intro&lowbar;ad&lowbar;1"><a class&equals;"stepanchor" name&equals;"step&lowbar;1&lowbar;1"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"step"><b class&equals;"whb">Price your trip as an &&num;8220&semi;Around-the-World&&num;8221&semi; ticket&period;<&sol;b> This will be much cheaper than booking a dozen one-way flights&period;<sup id&equals;"&lowbar;ref-1" class&equals;"reference"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wikihow&period;com&sol;Travel-Around-the-World&num;&lowbar;note-1">&lbrack;1&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;sup> The two largest airline alliances are Star Alliance and Oneworld&period; The Star Alliance is the bigger alliance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Star Alliance is based on how many miles you travel and they offer passes in 29&comma;000&comma; 34&comma;000 or 39&comma;000 miles increments&period;<sup id&equals;"&lowbar;ref-2" class&equals;"reference"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wikihow&period;com&sol;Travel-Around-the-World&num;&lowbar;note-2">&lbrack;2&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;sup> To put that in context&comma; 29&comma;000 miles &lpar;47&comma;000 km&rpar; you will roughly get 3 continents &lpar;outside of the United States&rpar;&comma; 34&comma;000 miles &lpar;55&comma;000 km&rpar; will get you 4 continents and 39&comma;000 will get you 5 or 6 continents&period; The more miles you do&comma; the more destinations you can see and vice versa&period; Each pass allows up to 15 stopovers &lpar;a stopover is considered 24 hours in one destination&rpar; and you can get the ticket in first&comma; business&comma; or economy class&period; Star Alliance also requires passengers to start and end in the same country&comma; though not necessarily in the same city&period; &lpar;There are also passes which are limited to geographic regions in the world&period;&rpar;<sup id&equals;"&lowbar;ref-matt&lowbar;3-0" class&equals;"reference"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wikihow&period;com&sol;Travel-Around-the-World&num;&lowbar;note-matt-3">&lbrack;3&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;sup><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Oneworld offers two different pass options&colon; one that is segment based and the other that is mileage based&period; Global Explorer is Oneworld’s more conventional&comma; mileage-based ticket&period; There are three levels – 26&comma;000&comma; 29&comma;000 and 39&comma;000 miles in economy class&comma; as well as a 34&comma;000 in business and first class&period; <sup id&equals;"&lowbar;ref-4" class&equals;"reference"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wikihow&period;com&sol;Travel-Around-the-World&num;&lowbar;note-4">&lbrack;4&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;sup> Just like the Star Alliance mileage-based RTWs&comma; all miles are counted&comma; including overland segments&period; <sup id&equals;"&lowbar;ref-matt&lowbar;3-1" class&equals;"reference"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wikihow&period;com&sol;Travel-Around-the-World&num;&lowbar;note-matt-3">&lbrack;3&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;sup>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Air travel is generally the most expensive way to travel&period; Use flight comparison websites like Travelsupermarket&comma; Skyscanner and Kayak or flight brokers such as Travelocity&comma; Expedia and Opodo&period; Pay close attention to restrictions&period; Many &&num;8220&semi;Around-the-World&&num;8221&semi; tickets mandate that you must always be travelling in the same direction&comma; eg&period; L&period;A&period; to London to Moscow&period; You could not go L&period;A&period; to Paris to London&period; This takes significantly more preparation&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b class&equals;"whb">Consider couch surfing or woofing&period;<&sol;b> Though it may seem too good to be true&comma; couch surfing has a huge following and is a completely legit form of travel&period; Couchsurfing can set you up with people just like you all over the world&period;&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>If you&&num;8217&semi;re willing to stay a bit longer&comma; consider woofing&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll work on an organic farm for as little as a couple of weeks in exchange for a roof over your head and a some meals&period; You can build up your skills and get much more into the culture than if you stayed in a hotel&comma; frequenting your mini bar&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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