Post: #1

Hey, my brother's going on a trip for 5 months overseas. Super jealous, but I though I'd share his itinerary and post and tips I get from him.

# Day Date Location
1 Wed 25/05/2011 Papaeetee
2 Thu 26/05/2011 Papaeetee
3 Fri 27/05/2011 Moorea
4 Sat 28/05/2011 Moorea
5 Sun 29/05/2011 Moorea
6 Mon 30/05/2011 Los Angeles
7 Tue 31/05/2011 Los Angeles
8 Wed 1/06/2011 San Diego
9 Thu 2/06/2011 San Diego
10 Fri 3/06/2011 Los Angeles
11 Sat 4/06/2011 Los Angeles
12 Sun 5/06/2011 Los Angeles
13 Mon 6/06/2011 Los Angeles
14 Tue 7/06/2011 Los Angeles
15 Wed 8/06/2011 San Francisco
16 Thu 9/06/2011 San Francisco
17 Fri 10/06/2011 Carson City
18 Sat 11/06/2011 Mammoth Lakes
19 Sun 12/06/2011 Death Valley NP
20 Mon 13/06/2011 Las Vegas
21 Tue 14/06/2011 Las Vegas
22 Wed 15/06/2011 Lake Havasu
23 Thu 16/06/2011 Grand Canyon NP
24 Fri 17/06/2011 Cortez
25 Sat 18/06/2011 Santa Fe
26 Sun 19/06/2011 Amarillo
27 Mon 20/06/2011 Oklahoma City
28 Tue 21/06/2011 Dallas
29 Wed 22/06/2011 Houston
30 Thu 23/06/2011 Baton Rouge
31 Fri 24/06/2011 New Orleans
32 Sat 25/06/2011 New Orleans
33 Sun 26/06/2011 Panama Beach
34 Mon 27/06/2011 Jacksonville
35 Tue 28/06/2011 Savannah
36 Wed 29/06/2011 Charleston
37 Thu 30/06/2011 Wilmington
38 Fri 1/07/2011 Charlotte
39 Sat 2/07/2011 Raleigh
40 Sun 3/07/2011 Virginia Beach
41 Mon 4/07/2011 Washington DC
42 Tue 5/07/2011 Washington DC
43 Wed 6/07/2011 Baltimore
44 Thu 7/07/2011 Philadelphia
45 Fri 8/07/2011 New York City
46 Sat 9/07/2011 New York City
47 Sun 10/07/2011 New York City
48 Mon 11/07/2011 Boston
49 Tue 12/07/2011 Boston
50 Wed 13/07/2011 Vermont
51 Thu 14/07/2011 Vermont
52 Fri 15/07/2011 Montreal
53 Sat 16/07/2011 Montreal
54 Sun 17/07/2011 New York City
55 Mon 18/07/2011 New York City
56 Tue 19/07/2011 New York City
57 Wed 20/07/2011 Iceland
58 Thu 21/07/2011 Iceland
59 Fri 22/07/2011 Iceland
60 Sat 23/07/2011 London
61 Sun 24/07/2011 London
62 Mon 25/07/2011 London
63 Tue 26/07/2011 Prague
64 Wed 27/07/2011 Prague
65 Thu 28/07/2011 Prague
66 Fri 29/07/2011 Prague
67 Sat 30/07/2011 Krakow
68 Sun 31/07/2011 Krakow
69 Mon 1/08/2011 Zakopane
70 Tue 2/08/2011 Budapest
71 Wed 3/08/2011 Budapest
72 Thu 4/08/2011 Plitvice NP
73 Fri 5/08/2011 Split
74 Sat 6/08/2011 Split
75 Sun 7/08/2011 Makarska
76 Mon 8/08/2011 Bol
77 Tue 9/08/2011 Vis
78 Wed 10/08/2011 Hvar
79 Thu 11/08/2011 Korcula
80 Fri 12/08/2011 Dubrovnik
81 Sat 13/08/2011 Budva, Montenegro
82 Sun 14/08/2011 Tirana, Albania
83 Mon 15/08/2011 Vlore, Albania
84 Tue 16/08/2011 Corfu
85 Wed 17/08/2011 Corfu
86 Thu 18/08/2011 Corfu
87 Fri 19/08/2011 Rome
88 Sat 20/08/2011 Rome
89 Sun 21/08/2011 Florence
90 Mon 22/08/2011 Florence
91 Tue 23/08/2011 La Spezia
92 Wed 24/08/2011 Cinque Terre
93 Thu 25/08/2011 Nice
94 Fri 26/08/2011 Nice
95 Sat 27/08/2011 Barcelona
96 Sun 28/08/2011 Barcelona
97 Mon 29/08/2011 Valencia
98 Tue 30/08/2011 Valencia
99 Wed 31/08/2011 Bunol
100 Thu 1/09/2011 Valencia
101 Fri 2/09/2011 Madrid
102 Sat 3/09/2011 Madrid
103 Sun 4/09/2011 San Sebastian
104 Mon 5/09/2011 San Sebastian
105 Tue 6/09/2011 San Sebastian
106 Wed 7/09/2011 Bordeaux
107 Thu 8/09/2011 Bordeaux
108 Fri 9/09/2011 Paris
109 Sat 10/09/2011 Paris
110 Sun 11/09/2011 Paris
111 Mon 12/09/2011 Bern
112 Tue 13/09/2011 Bern
113 Wed 14/09/2011 Lauterbrunnen
114 Thu 15/09/2011 Lauterbrunnen
115 Fri 16/09/2011 Lauterbrunnen
116 Sat 17/09/2011 Munich
117 Sun 18/09/2011 Munich
118 Mon 19/09/2011 Munich
119 Tue 20/09/2011 Munich
120 Wed 21/09/2011 Munich
121 Thu 22/09/2011 Munich
122 Fri 23/09/2011 London
123 Sat 24/09/2011 London
124 Sun 25/09/2011 London
125 Mon 26/09/2011 Muscat, Oman
126 Tue 27/09/2011 Bangkok
127 Wed 28/09/2011 Bangkok
128 Thu 29/09/2011 Bangkok
129 Fri 30/09/2011 Bangkok
130 Sat 1/10/2011 Bangkok
131 Sun 2/10/2011 Bangkok
132 Mon 3/10/2011 Bangkok
133 Tue 4/10/2011 Bangkok
134 Wed 5/10/2011 Halong Bay
135 Thu 6/10/2011 Hanoi
136 Fri 7/10/2011 Hanoi
137 Sat 8/10/2011 Lac Sao
138 Sun 9/10/2011 Vientiane
139 Mon 10/10/2011 Vang Vieng
140 Tue 11/10/2011 Vang Vieng
141 Wed 12/10/2011 Luang Prabang
142 Thu 13/10/2011 Luang Prabang
143 Fri 14/10/2011 Mekong / Pakbeng
144 Sat 15/10/2011 Chiang Kong
145 Sun 16/10/2011 Chiang Mai
146 Mon 17/10/2011 Bangkok
147 Tue 18/10/2011 Bangkok
148 Wed 19/10/2011 Bangkok
149 Thu 20/10/2011 Bangkok
150 Fri 21/10/2011 Sydney
151 Sat 22/10/2011 Sydney
152 Sun 23/10/2011 Sydney
153 Mon 24/10/2011 Sydney
154 Tue 25/10/2011 Sydney
155 Wed 26/10/2011 Sydney / Auckland

Post: #2

Looks super interesting, but brutal.

That is a hell of a lot of flights. I would almost go as far as to say that is the craziest trip I have ever seen. If he sticks to the itinerary that is.

How would you even pack for that trip?

He is going to have to be a magician to swoop girls.

Not to be negative or anything, but my bet is he catches more colds than girls. But at least he will have tons of digital photos in front of buildings.

If that was my brother, I would tell him to mellow out.

Get him to join here and update the progress.

Post: #3

Must be costing him a stupid amount of money, he'll spend most of the time tired from flights.

Post: #4

He has a girlfriend of 3 years at home so I'm not sure about the swooping.

I remember him telling me he got a good deal on the flights. It was one of the STA round the world open tickets. 16 flights for around $8000 USD.

I agree about the intensity of the trip, but I think it's his big OE before he becomes too career focused so he wanted to see more cities.
Also, they are driving across the states from west coast to east coast in a big ass van, they have some friends that did it before them.

He just left today, so I'll keep you updated about how he sticks to his itinerary.

Post: #5

I have a hard time seeing how he'll be able to enjoy himself with that itinerary. He'll be spending 1/5 of his time just going from one place to another.

Oh and $8000 for that trip is not a good deal. It's lousy, downright atrocious, value. RTW fares are never worth it.

I enjoy travel hacking, if you know how airline fares, routings and fuel charges work you could get that kind of itinerary down to 1/3 of the price your brother is paying. Never get on a plane without consulting the gurus at http://www.flyertalk.com That place has saved me thousands of $ over the years and made sure I'm enjoying major status with several hotel chains and airlines. No I am not affiliated with that forum, though I frequently post there.

Post: #6

It's pretty impressive that he would pre-plan every city he's going for five months. I've been traveling RTW for over a year and I never plan anything except maybe a day or two before I go somewhere I'll look at the Lonely Planet guide. I have a general idea where I'm going next but I just figure things out on the way. if I like a place I stay their longer. I think that's one of hte good things about traveling long term. Flexibiliy can be good.

Post: #7

He's planning on spending far too much time in US

Also only 2 days for Barcelona and only 3 for London is silly

Post: #8

His newbie itinerary says, "I don't plan on getting laid much, but I will be taking a lot of photos."

He is spending a suspiciously long time in Bangkok though.

Post: #9

I just looked at this again.

7 days in LA and 2 days in Barcelona? 1 day in Chiang Mai?

I would love to hear the theory behind this.

He is going around the world and the "big gun" of the trip is LA?

Including San Diego, that is 9 days in Southern California.

Was Baywatch his favorite show as a kid or something?

The more I think about it, it is really hard for me to believe someone would do this as a trip.

Sounds more like torture.

This stretch:

71 Wed 3/08/2011 Budapest
72 Thu 4/08/2011 Plitvice NP
73 Fri 5/08/2011 Split
74 Sat 6/08/2011 Split
75 Sun 7/08/2011 Makarska
76 Mon 8/08/2011 Bol
77 Tue 9/08/2011 Vis
78 Wed 10/08/2011 Hvar
79 Thu 11/08/2011 Korcula
80 Fri 12/08/2011 Dubrovnik
81 Sat 13/08/2011 Budva, Montenegro
82 Sun 14/08/2011 Tirana, Albania

Is mindblowing.

That's a lot of packing and unpacking.

Post: #10

It's not enough time in BKK IMO. Could spend months there and not get bored.

Post: #11

2 weeks in BKK is waaaaaaay too much

Also is BKK worth 2 weeks and London only 2 days ?!

Post: #12

Our father lives in Bangkok, and he was planning on spending his birthday there with him. We've already seen a lot of Thailand.
He does have a girlfriend so I'm not sure about swooping.

Agreed about spending more time in Barcelona and London, less time in LA.
And he'll be backpacking, so I don't think a lot of unpacking is required.

I would rather travel in 2 month stints and spend a bit more time in dope spots. Thanks to this forum I can be a lot more informed about the places I visit.

Trip Update:
Apparently Tahiti is dirty and noisy and a bottle of coke costs 600 francs.

Post: #13

2 weeks in BKK isn't neccessarily too much, it's a fun city that has a lot of day and night options you can spend a long time there seeing and doing different stuff.

Post: #14

I mentioned how I enjoy travel hacking. Here's a good guide for you Americans out there on how to make a round-the-world trip like the one above for the meager expense of $418. http://gizmodo.com/5710654/how-to-fly-35...es-for-418