round the world flights for backpackers and budget travellers
travelling round the world.
The Travellers Lounge is the ONLY
round the world
travel guide you will need to plan your
round the world flights and backpacking trip. Round the world flight tickets are slowly getting
cheaper but follow these steps and will be able to save even more money!
cheap round the world flights
Round the World travel guide for backpackers and budget travellers. The Travellers Lounge has tips
for getting the most from your round-the-world ticket, as well as travel health
and safety advice, money matters (including currency converter), weather charts
and visa information.
Round the World flight tickets
Round the World Flights: RTW flights are getting cheap and cheaper. Here
are some of the best airlines supplying round the world tickets. The
main rtw tickets are: The World
Discovery round the world ticket - British Airways /
Qantas / Cathay Pacific / Air Pacific
(Good for trips to
Oz/NZ with one or two stops en-route or internal flights in Oz). The Global
Explorer ticket:
BA / Qantas / Air Pacific / Cathay Pacific / American Airlines / Gulf Air
/ Lan Chile + more (Good for round the world trips
which include South America and those that link Africa and Asia). The
OneWorld Explorer:
BA / Qantas /
Cathay Pacific / American Airlines / Lan Chile / Finnair + more (Good for round the world
trips
with lots of stops and those that do not take the 'conventional route' as
this ticket is not based on mileage - but zones). The
Great Escapade round the world ticket:
Singapore Airlines
/ South African Airways / Air New Zealand / Ansett...(Good for round the
world tickets with lots of stops in Asia or the Pacific or those linking
Africa and Asia).The Star
Alliance Singapore Airlines / Air New
Zealand / Ansett / United Airlines / Thai Airways / Lufthansa / Air Canada
/ Varig / All Nippon / Mexicana / Austrian Airlines / Scandinavian
Airlines + more
(Good for most round the world routes and for those not going through Australia. Can fit almost any round
the world route in this ticket). The World
Navigator KLM / Emirates / Air New
Zealand / South Africa Airways / NorthWest / Ansett / Air UK / Kenyan
Airlines + more (Good for round the world trips
that link Africa and the Indian Sub Continent and those that have lots of
stops in the Pacific).Top Tips on
planning your round the world tickets:
The best way to
start is to make a list of your preferred destinations - your dream round the
world ticket! -
and then, with an atlas in front of you, try and put them in some kind of
sensible order.
round the world open jaw:
Open Jaw
is a surface sector at your final point of turnaround - or furthest point from
where you started, e.g., London - Singapore - Perth surface
to Sydney - Los Angeles - London
Recommended UK round the world travel agents for round the world flights:
Travel insurance is essential for round the world flights.
Not going round the world? Read how to get cheap flights.