With any other company or travel agent who sells multi-stop flights, you will pay to change dates, a

10 Things You Should Know About Round The World Tickets short term apartment rentals in prague | BootsnAll Destinations Africa Asia Central America Europe North America Oceania South America RTW Travel Career Breaks Coming Home Slow Travel Trip Planning Accommodation Budget Travel Bus Travel Flights Holidays Insurance Money Packing Safety Solo Travel Tours Train Travel Art Culture Architecture Art Festivals History Literature Music Photography Food Drink Drink Food Lifestyle Family Travel Healthy Living Relationships Sex + Love Technology Travelers Learning Classes ESL Study Abroad Travel Blogging Volunteering Work Abroad Outdoors Beaches Camping short term apartment rentals in prague Eco Travel Hiking Islands Mountains Travel Gear Wildlife Series Best Of How I Travel RTW Wednesday Top Indie Destinations Transformational Stories Home Articles 10 Things You Should Know About Round The World Tickets short term apartment rentals in prague 10 Things You Should Know About Round The World Tickets By Tom Shuttleworth | January 11th, 2013 | Comments (1) Do you Like BootsnAll? Share on Facebook Sign-up for the Monthly Round the World Ticket Newsletter: Like this article? Please share! Share on Facebook Be the first of your friends to like this.
Editor s note: We first published this article short term apartment rentals in prague nearly two years ago to the day.  When Tom originally wrote this, everything below was true.  But with the announcement of Indie, BootsnAll s new multi-country flight finder , some of these things you should know are out of date and a non-factor anymore.
We re going to keep the original content, as some of these are still true it s the big ones that have changed.  After each rule that is no longer valid, we ll tell how and why Indie has changed how you can go about shopping and buying multi-stop plane tickets.
There’s a lot to know about round the world air tickets (here on in referred to as RTW tickets), and even the experienced traveler can be left on the verge of tears after having yet again failed to complete a valid set of flights and dates to get to the point where a ticket can be bought short term apartment rentals in prague and thoughts of exotic locales short term apartment rentals in prague turn to reality. But forewarned is forearmed, so before you head out into an ocean of options and damning glimpses of an ultimate adventure, there are some key things to know that will help to get your dreams and the sobering realities working together short term apartment rentals in prague to make the trip of a lifetime. #1. They need time to plan The New Way: Get a price in minutes
The Old Way: They need time to plan Where planning a RTW trip differs from something more streamline is the research and thought that is required to actually put a ticket together. It would be a mistake to think of it as a spur of the moment thing. One day you imagine telling your boss you can’t take it anymore and few days later you’re sunning yourself in the tropics. It’s not going to happen like that.How much planning is needed and the time in which it can be done depends on how much control you want over your trip. Control begins with getting your desired short term apartment rentals in prague destinations and dates. Get on this early if you’re clear on what you want. Be sure to know about visas and vaccinations, too.It’s not that going RTW is introducing foreign elements of planning at pre-departure. Dates, short term apartment rentals in prague visas insurance; these are all familiar short term apartment rentals in prague to the traveler. However, with RTW tickets there’s a lot more of them and it can take time and patience to get them in sync. If it looks to be a little overwhelming then a good place to start would be right here at Bootsnall . Check out the link for some great ideas and tools to start putting your ticket together.
The New Way: Get a price in minutes Chris Guillebeau, author of  The Art of Noncomformity and travel lover, wrote a post on his site back in 2008 about how to by a round the world plane ticket.  In it he says, I have spent at least 40 hours, probably more by now, learning short term apartment rentals in prague the ins and outs of Round-the-World travel Be aware that planning and shopping for a Round-the-World (RTW) ticket is a labor-intensive process. If you don’t enjoy planning a short trip, you’ll find it much more difficult to plan a complicated RTW itinerary.
One day you imagine telling your boss you can’t take it anymore, and few days later you’re short term apartment rentals in prague sunning yourself in the tropics. It’s not going to happen like that. With Indie, it is possible should short term apartment rentals in prague you want to do this.  Let s say you win the lottery. You could walk into work the next day, go out in a blaze of glory, open up your laptop, log in to Indie, plug in your destinations and dates, click search fares, then buy your tickets.  There are no tricks.  It really is that simple.
Indie is the only tool of its kind on the interwebs where you can search, price, and buy tickets for a 6-leg or longer multi-stop trip.  While you will still have to worry about issues like visas and insurance, as long as your first destination issues visas on arrival, then you can worry about that stuff on the road.  If you know where you want to go and when, the booking process can be done in minutes, literally. #2. They like to follow rules The New Way: There are no rules
It’s easy to get carried away with the misconception that a RTW ticket will give you free reign to charge around the globe, picking and mixing destinations with gay abandon. As in all things, short term apartment rentals in prague there are rules!For those wanting to put together that full RTW extravaganza, pay heed to the following . Your ticket must cross both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. short term apartment rentals in prague You must travel in a continuous easterly or westerly direction.  There is no backtracking allowed except within regions.
Ticket prices and trip structure are based on either distance traveled or regions covered. Those travelers who are looking to cover some regions in greater depth may find the latter option to be more economical. It’s also important to be aware that your initial departure short term apartment rentals in prague date will have an effect on the overall price of your ticket, so some flexibility with this could save you much needed money.
To prevent frustration when trying to put tickets together bear in mind that there are limits to the number of stopovers and connections that you can make. Try to keep flights as direct as possible and save those connections for any ‘offbeat’ destinations that you really want to get to.
It should also be noted that not all tickets falling under the RTW moniker actually mean circumnavigating the globe. Some are more region specific. A popular example is those that take travelers to Australia with one or two stops in Asia thrown in for good measure. Such tickets are some of the best deals around. Check out some of the offers short term apartment rentals in prague with popular travel agents short term apartment rentals in prague that specialize in independent travel.
Want to start your trip in New York? Sydney? London? How about Minsk? Or La Paz? Or Phnom Penh? You can do that. It doesn t matter where you start or where you end. You don t have to worry about traveling in a certain direction. Or backtracking. Or keeping it under a certain short term apartment rentals in prague mileage allotment or stops. There are no rules anymore.
The Old Way: They re flexible If handing over the cash needed for a RTW ticket purchase is likely to make your eyes water and induce a feeling of having lost control over what happens next, then breathe easy, these tickets offer plenty of flexibility.Your dates can be changed, free of charge. Your ticket is also valid for a year, giving plenty of time and scope to fit everything in. In fact, during pre-departure, only the dates that cover the first sector short term apartment rentals in prague of your trip need to be penned in (and even they can be changed after take-off).It’s also possible to tinker with your original route should you feel the need. #4. However They need you to be flexible, too Like any healthy relationship, flexibility and willingness to compromise are key. So, if you want to avoid frosty relations with your RTW ticket experience short term apartment rentals in prague you have to accept short term apartment rentals in prague that you can’t always have things your own way.In the planning, your pick and mix of dream destinations may not fit in with the rules and regulations that govern how RTW tickets work. Be prepared to sacrifice one or two stopovers for the greater good and show willing if unexpected destinations are required to make your ticket work.Your RTW ticket offers you flexible dates but it can’t wait around forever for you to make up your mind. As such the RTW traveler needs to be able to plan on the go and sacrifice the occasional afternoon at the beach in order to make some calls and pay visit to airline offices.Be warned that changes short term apartment rentals in prague to the destinations short term apartment rentals in prague of your ticket may not just be a straight forward re-routing of a couple of flights. A single change could end up reverberating through the remainder of your trip and require compromise at a later stage.Your first port of call for these issues should be with the airline that issued your tickets. That’s usually the airline that carried you on your initial flight.
The New Way: Defining flexibility short term apartment rentals in prague First off, to say that dates can be changed, free of charge is a broad statement that isn t fully true. I am going to assume that the original author was talking about the alliances, because short term apartment rentals in prague they are the only ones who offer free date changes.
With any other company or travel agent who sells multi-stop flights, you will pay to change dates, and that includes Indie (who charges $100 for a change fee on top of any airline fee or difference in fare).
The only other difference in this thing you should know is that with Indie, it shouldn t take too much of your time to make a change. We are available via email, phone, or chat, so there is no need to go to the airport, try to navigate some automated short term apartment rentals in prague recording, or sit on hold forever. Get in touch, and we ll take care of you. #5. They don t care about the seasons The New Way: Book the best trip for you
RTW tickets may offer great coverage, variety of experience and flexibility short term apartment rentals in prague to change dates but they are still at the mercy of Mother Nature and as such may not be able to cater to all those ’50 Things To Do Before You Die’ lists in one sitting.When it’s winter on the European ski slopes it’s also the time to visit South East Asia and a