The best way to travel!
When you book your flight ticket, you do not have to fly in and out from the same city in every country you visit. In fact it can sometimes even work out cheaper if you do not. Travelling overland comes extremely recommended if you have the time. You get to see far more of the country and really get a sense of travelling. A list of classic overland routes are detailed below as well as some unusual or demanding journeys.
Here are the two terms explained:
Surface sector is when you travel independently between two flight points en-route to your final destination, e.g., London - Bangkok surface to Singapore - Sydney - Los Angeles - London
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
TOP TIP: Expedia and Lastminute.com are the only places to book open-jaw tickets online. Look for 'Multiple destinations'.
These two can be combined in most RTW tickets to create some very interesting routings and also do not add to the cost of the ticket as they count as one stop - not two.
View
some surface sector trips
(You
can even book your place online)
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Bangkok surface to Singapore
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Sydney surface to Cairns
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Auckland surface to Christchurch
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New York surface to Los Angeles
More adventurous surface sectors
- Moscow surface to Beijing (Trans-Siberian)
- Rio de Janeiro - Lima
- Saigon surface to Hanoi, Vietnam
- Nairobi surface to Jo'burg
- Islamabad surface to Beijing (Silk Road)
- Cairo surface to Istanbul
- New York surface to Santiago
- Bangkok surface to Hanoi
The Ultimate surface sector!
- London surface to Sydney:
London (EuroStar) Paris (EuroRail) Moscow (Trans Siberian) Beijing surface to Hanoi (Re-Unification Express) Saigon surface via Bangkok to Bali (Boat) Darwin surface to Sydney
...but whatever part of your trip you choose to overland it will be an incredibly valuable experience!
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