How to travel around the world
Ask a travel agent how much a round-the- world air ticket will cost and the answer is likely to be a variation of that unanswerable conundrum: how long is a piece of string?
Generally, round-the-world tickets usually require travellers to travel in one direction (clockwise or anti-clockwise) between continents to complete a loop of the world, crossing both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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Backtracking between continents is usually not allowed, although one can backtrack within a continent, depending on restrictions.
As the variety of these air tickets has increased, so too has the complexity. So while you might be able to pick up a cheap ticket for around $2400, you'll only be buying a very basic ticket, with as few as three stops and not much flexibility.
At the other end of the spectrum, you could spend $20,000 on a six-continent round-the-world air ticket and travel in first-class style all the way (and rack up quite a few air miles, too).
In-between the extremes? That's where it gets complicated - so complicated there's a case for arguing that not only do you need a travel agent to guide you through the ins and outs of round-the-world travel, you need an experienced travel agent.
WHAT THE TRAVEL AGENTS SAY
While more and more travellers head online to book themselves airfares, accommodation and tours, Mark Trim, director of Roundabout Travel , reckons round-the-world tickets are the travel agent's last bastion against the almighty internet - and he's a specialist online travel agent.
He explains the apparent contradiction: "We don't do face-to-face booking because we don't have a traditional shopfront - we do it all online or by phone. But whether you prefer bricks and mortar or an online agent, using a travel agent is definitely advised. I wouldn't recommend buying direct from an airline website.
"Say you put in a request for six stopovers which might bring a ticket up to a certain price.
"That website is not going to tell you that by dropping off your list, say, London to Paris by air, you could save $600.
"But I could sell you an $80 Eurostar train ticket and you're immediately $520 better off because your request goes down to a five-stop from a six-stop ticket."
At Travel Focus in Myaree, Melissa Vitanza recommends prospective travellers look carefully at the total cost of the round-the-world ticket - not just the headline price.
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