There are literally an infinite number of possibilities when it comes to your RTW itinerary, and we like to highlight 5 trips per month to help narrow down where you might want to go. This month’s trip focus on overland travel, which is an important part of long-term travel. Utilizing overland travel on your trip will help save tons of of money plus it really helps you dig into the local culture in many areas of the world.

We like to highlight cool indie trips we create on our trip planner. Check out these five fares we’ve found this month on Indie, BootsnAll’s Multi-Stop Trip Planner. All use overland travel to help save a few bucks:

• RTW with a Road Trip Across Canada – $3397 - London > Saint John’s >overland> Quebec City >overland> Toronto >overland> Thunder Bay >overland> Dauphin >overland> Vancouver >Honolulu >Tokyo > Delhi >overland> Mumbai > Istanbul > London from $3397  taxes and fees included.  
• Classic RTW Trip – $2773 - London > Delhi > Bangkok >overland> Singapore > Sydney > Auckland > Los Angeles > New York > London  $2773 taxes and fees included.  
• Around Latin America – $3492 - San Francisco > Mexico City >overland> Guatemala City > Bogota > Quito >overland> Lima >overland> Santiago > Ushuaia > Buenos Aires >overland> Rio de Janeiro > San Franciso  from $3492 taxes and fees included.
• Epic Road Trips Round the World – $2526 - Chicago > Madrid >overland> Paris >overland> Amsterdam >Dubrovnik >overland> Athens >overland> Istanbul > Bangkok >overland> Kuala Lumpur > Los Angeles >overland> Vegas >overland> Alberquerque >overland> Chicago from $2526 taxes and fees included.  
• Trans-Siberian Trip from Australia – $2578 - Brisbane > Saigon >overland> Phnom Penh >overland> Bangkok > Beijing >overland> Vladivostok >overland> Moscow > Brisbane from $2578 taxes and fees included.  

Original article can be found here: May 2013 Fares for Multi-Stop Tickets

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We like to highlight cool indie trips we create on our trip planner. Check out these five fares we’ve found this month on Indie, BootsnAll’s Multi-Stop Trip Planner:

• Round the World – $3249: Denver > Milan >overland> Bucharest > Kathmandu > Hanoi > Vancouver > Denver from $3249 taxes and fees included.
• RTW from New York – $2353: New York > Lisbon >overland> Barcelona > Cairo > Mumbai >overland> Delhi > Hong Kong > New York $2353 taxes and fees included.
• Explore the US and Central America – $2809: London > Toronto > Vancouver >overland> San Diego > Mexico City >overland> Panama City > London from $2809 taxes and fees included.
• Extended Trip from South Africa – $2378: Johannesburg > Singapore >overland> Bangkok > Calcutta >overland> Mumbai > Amman > Athens > Johannesburg from $2378 taxes and fees included.
• RTW from Sydney – $2776: Sydney > Rome >overland> Amsterdam > Reykjavik > San Francisco > Honolulu > Sydney from $2776 taxes and fees included.

If you are looking for something a little different in your round the world trip, then go ahead and plan your own trip on Indie, our multi-stop trip planner. And don’t forget to sign up for BootsnAll’s RTW newsletter, delivering special deals, RTW trip planning advice, and resources via email every single month. We also have a Facebook fan page and Twitter page, so be sure to like and follow those to keep up to date on all your RTW travel needs.

Original article can be found here: April 2013 Fares for Multi-Stop Tickets

Do you have dreams of traveling the world? Do you want more than that 1 or 2 week vacation each year? Do you have anyone in your life who truly understands your love and passion for travel?

For some of us, it’s difficult to really connect with our family and friends about our obsession with travel. There are too many who just don’t get it. If you are one of these people, then you probably look to various online communities to talk about share your love of travel with.

If you haven’t quite found a community you fit in with consider filling out a traveler profile on BootsnAll to connect with other independent travelers who share a passion for long-term travel. You can search other profiles and sort by things like age, gender, budget, and travel type. Fill a traveler profile yourself and help others with their trip planning, or just meet some other cool, like-minded people!

We like to highlight cool indie trips we create on our trip planner. Check out these five fares we’ve found this month on Indie, BootsnAll’s Multi-Stop Trip Planner:

• RTW from LA – $2779: Los Angeles > Bangkok > Delhi > Paris > Toronto > Denver > Los Angeles $2779 taxes and fees included.
• Explore Europe – $2091: Charlotte > London >overland> Paris >overland> Amsterdam > Athens > Lisbon > Charlotte from $2091 taxes and fees included.
• Circumnavigate the Globe – $2983: San Francisco > Boston > Munich > Athens >overland> Istanbul > Dubai > Bangkok >overland> Saigon > Hong Kong > San Francisco  from $2983 taxes and fees included.
• RTW from Sydney – $3185: Sydney > Rome > Amsterdam > Reykjavik > San Francisco > Honolulu > Sydney from $3185 taxes and fees included.
• Explore Asia and the South Pacific – $3687: London > Hong Kong > Bali > Cairns > Sydney > Nadi > Los Angeles > London from $3687 taxes and fees included.

If you are looking for something a little different in your round the world trip, then go ahead and plan your own trip on Indie, our multi-stop trip planner. And don’t forget to sign up for BootsnAll’s RTW newsletter, delivering special deals, RTW trip planning advice, and resources via email every single month. We also have a Facebook fan page and Twitter page, so be sure to like and follow those to keep up to date on all your RTW travel needs.

Original article can be found here: March 2013 Fares for Multi-Stop Tickets

Over the past year, BootsnAll has released 3 versions of its free, downloadable Around the World Airfare Report, where they shopped and reviewed multi-stop itineraries amongst 8 different companies.

Indie, the newest of the multi-stop flight options out there, released in January 2013, was not a part of the previous three reports (the next report, scheduled for release in May 2013, will include Indie).

This page gives customers the opportunity to review Indie until the release of the next report.

If you have used Indie for your round the world trip, we want to hear from you. Comment below to share your experience, and click on the stars below the comment box to rate.

Here are some reviews and customer testimonials from the first few months of service on Indie:

• “I had seen the RTW ticket option but didn’t browse tickets until we decided to purchase one for our trip home. I was hooked and probably tried 75 different trip / country combos over a month before purchasing.” –Jessica Thompson
• “As someone who books a lot of multistop tickets – I am thrilled to have this on the market now and part of my travel planning tools.” –Sherry Ott, OttsWorld & Meet Plan Go
• “If I hadn’t done it this way though, I would have likely used the newly (launched in 2013) launched Indie, a multi-stop search engine from BootsnAll. I love this site in general, and though I have not purchased a flight on the site, I love the interface and it’s flexibility…If you do buy a RTW ticket, I suggest starting your search with Indie; the BootsnAll crew is very responsive and helpful and the search tool is very intuitive.” -Shannon O-Donnell, A Little Adrift
• “Around the world travel planning has never been easy. For years this has been a manual task. Bootsnall is a great answer for RTW fares in just a few minutes. I don’t know any other site that can do so many legs so quickly.” –Terry Jones, Founder of Travelocity.com
• “BootsnAll’s Indie allows you to explore the possibilities of long-term travel in a way that actually reflects the flexibility of independent travel. It enables you to research international multi-stop and around-the-world flights with instant pricing, online booking, and none of the cumbersome rules and restrictions that come with airline-alliance bookings. If you’re only planning a trip from Point A to Point B you might not need Indie — but if your journey entails onward travel to Points C or D or Z, Indie is an essential research tool.” –Rolf Potts, author of Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
• “With all those weird and wonderful routes out there just waiting to be tried this has to be a good thing. Give it a try!” –Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet
• “Indie can provide instant pricing that can be manipulated in real-time to see how different routes affect price. Being able to play around with a proposed itinerary to see what mix of destinations, flights, and overlands will provide the best bang for the buck is most certainly going to be one of the most visceral appeals of this tool.” –Nick Vivion, Tnooz
• “…pretty slick — a very visual map-based display of the entire trip with a breakdown of all the carriers involved, simple editing tools to easily update the route and see revised pricing info, and one final price for the entire trip.” Pete Meyers, Eurocheapo
• “We travelled around the world last year and are looking to go again in 2013… We have had a number of quotes again using Star Alliance, etc. (that we used last time), but this system [Indie] seems a thousand times easier and lets us get to exactly where we want to go without the usual restrictions placed on you with other round the world ticket companies.” –Brian Kelly, an Australian traveler taking his family of four on a round the world trip (now departing in July 2013).
• “…Bootsnall is tackling a mammoth, complex battle for those leisure travelers who are set on exploring the world.” –Dennis Schaal, Skift

Original article can be found here: Indie RTW Ticket Review

Ready to start planning your round-the-world (RTW) trip? Or perhaps you’re still dreaming, but want to get an idea of what you need to do to get everything rolling? We have a multitude of resources to help you get on the road!

• Sign up for BootsnAll’s Round-the-World Ticket Watch newsletter. RTW travel is one of our specialties, and this newsletter brings you itinerary ideas, stories, and inspiration from people who have not only been there, but who prove you can do it, too.
• Use Indie, BootsnAll’s multi-country flight finder, to search, price, and book your multi-stop ticket, completely online.

• Talk to an expert. Indie can be completely automated, which is great for those who have a good idea of their itinerary. But we also have experts at the ready to help you fine-tune that trip and find the best itinerary and price for you!
• Make meaningful connections. Browse our traveler profiles to connect with other like-minded travelers, and fill one out yourself to help others plan their trips!
• Sign up for Plan Your RTW Trip in 30 Days. This free 30 day course will give you all the tools necessary to plan your trip! Learn how to figure out how much a trip like this costs, set a budget, get rid of all your crap, pack, and more!
• Your one-stop shop. We’ve been around for 15 years, so we can also help you with things like what to do once you’re at your destination, learning about and purchasing travel insurance, finding hostels, and basically anything that involves planning a long-term trip.
• Read through the RTW Planning Guide for a logical, step-by-step plan on how to plan a RTW trip, and check out our master checklist to stay organized throughout the whole process.
• Get info. BootsnAll’s vast content – including travel stories and travel guides – lets you learn as much about your destinations as you want.

Original article can be found here: How to plan your round the world trip

When planning a round the world trip, choosing where to go and when is a difficult decision. There are so many variables, and at the beginning of the planning process, your route is constantly changing.

With Indie, it’s easy to stay on top of flight costs in the planning process because of the ease of which you can search different routes and price them out.

Instead of just writing about it, we want to show you!

We started with a base trip – a round the world trip from New York City, with the following itinerary: New York > Marrakech > Rome > Moscow >overland> Beijing > Bangkok > Los Angeles > New York City, with a price of $2821USD, all taxes and fees included. I timed myself with a stop watch, and this initial search took 2 minutes, 46 seconds to create and price.

We wanted to take that base trip and tweak it – creating 4 similar trips, showing off how quick and easy it is to customize any trip to make it your own:

• RTW from Chicago: We changed the departure city from New York to Chicago and added an overland segment in Europe. The new route is: Chicago > Marrakech > Rome >overland>  Budapest > Moscow >overland> Beijing > Bangkok > Los Angeles > Chicago. The price was very similar, $2874USD taxes and fees included. Time to make changes and get a new price: 1 minute, 54 seconds.
• RTW from Sydney: It’s easy to tweak no matter where you live. For this trip, we changed the departure city to Sydney. The new route is: Sydney > New York > Marrakech > Rome > Moscow >overland> Beijing > Bangkok > Sydney, with a price of $3775USD, all taxes and fees included. Time: 2 minutes, 11 seconds.
• RTW from London: We didn’t want to leave our London friends out. For this trip, we changed the departure city to London and tweaked the itinerary and dates just a bit. The new route is: London > Moscow >overland> Beijing > Bangkok > Los Angeles > New York City > Marrakech > London, with a price of $2678USD, all taxes and fees included. Time: 1 minute, 38 seconds
• RTW from Singapore: Lots of our readers live in SE Asia, so we re-created the trip for them, too. The new route is: Singapore > Los Angeles > New York City > Marrakech > Rome > Moscow >overland> Beijing > Singapore, with a price of $2705USD, all taxes and fees included. Time: 1 minute, 40 seconds

It took me a total of 10 minutes, 9 seconds to search and price all 5 of these trips. The best of our competitors typically take at least 24 hours to get a price on a similar trip, and that’s just ONE trip. Any changes made take longer and involve a lot of back and forth between you and a customer service rep. With Indie, you can do it all yourself in minutes!

What’s the best trip that you can find for the cost? How long did it take you to search?

Original article can be found here: The Versatility of Indie

Have you contemplated taking a round the world trip but given up before you even got started?  Has the thought of planning for a trip like this – from figuring out how much it costs, to fear about what to do with your job, to deciding between RTW and buy as you go flights, to thinking about packing – deterred you from taking your trip of a lifetime?

With BootsnAll’s new, free, project, called Plan Your RTW Trip in 30 Days, you don’t have to be lost anymore.

Sign up and receive a new lesson plan each day via email, with an in depth article to that day’s topic and an action step to help get you on the road.

Over 1100 people have signed up so far, and we are closing registration this Friday, February 15, so sign up soon and start making your travel dreams a reality!

If you are already ready to take off on your own round the world adventure, then check out these five fares that we’ve found on Indie, BootsnAll’s Multi-Stop Trip Planner:

• Europe and South Africa – $2,557 - New York City > Lisbon >overland> Paris > Istanbul > Johannesburg >overland> Cape Town > New York City $2,557 taxes and fees included.
• RTW from Melbourne – $3,373 - Melbourne > Los Angeles > New York City > Dublin > Melbourne from $3,373 taxes and fees included.
• Explore Japan and India – $1,881 - Seattle > Tokyo > Delhi > Seattle from $1,881 taxes and fees included.
• Round Asia from Brisbane – $1,902 - Brisbane > Phuket > Delhi >Kathmandu >overland Beijing >overland> Shanghai > Brisbane  from $1,902 taxes and fees included.
• Europe from DC – $1,570 - Washington DC > Budapest > London > Reykjavik > Washington DC from $1,570 taxes and fees included.

If you are looking for something a little different in your round the world trip, then start planning your trip of a lifetime with Indie, our multi-stop trip planner. And don’t forget to sign up for BootsnAll’s RTW newsletter, delivering special deals, RTW trip planning advice, and resources via email every single month. We also have a Facebook fan page and Twitter page, so be sure to like and follow those to keep up to date on all your RTW travel needs.

Original article can be found here: February 2013 Fares for Multi-Stop Tickets

We are constantly on the lookout and building interesting multi-stop trips to help inspire you to get on the road.  From a short, three leg trip that leaves LA and circumnavigates the globe to an epic trip through Europe and Asia for our friends in New Zealand, check out what we’ve found this month.  Remember that it’s easy to customize each of these trips to fit your needs:

Rolf Pott’s No Baggage Challenge RTW from New York City:

New York > London >overland> Paris > Madrid >overland> Casablanca > Cairo > Johannesburg > Bangkok >overland> Singapore > Sydney > Auckland >Los Angeles >overland> Las Vegas > New York City

Short RTW from LA:

Los Angeles > Beijing > Paris > Los Angeles

James Bond RTW from London:

London >overland> Florence > Istanbul > Mumbai >overland> Udaipur >overland> Delhi > Bangkok > Nassaau > Kingston > Lisbon > London

Explore Europe and Asia from Auckland:

Auckland > London >overland> Berlin > Moscow > Beijing > Seoul > Tokyo > Bangkok >overland> Kuala Lumpur > Auckland

Quick RTW from Chicago:

Chicago > Beijing > Frankfurt > Chicago

Don’t forget to sign up for BootsnAll’s RTW newsletter, delivering special deals, RTW trip planning advice, and resources via email every single month. We also have a Facebook fan page and Twitter page, so be sure to like and follow those to keep up to date on all your RTW travel needs.

Original article can be found here: Multi-stop Flight Itineraries to Get You on the Road

Planning a round the world trip is a pretty huge undertaking that requires lots of time and research.  Much of this research usually has to do with airfare, as that is the most expensive part of your trip.

Every time someone decides to take a RTW trip, they have to make an important decision - buy a round the world ticket or one-ways.  We tried to simplify this process by publishing our free, downloadable Around the World Airfare Report in March 2012.

We followed that up by publishing a second version in June.  We knew, and admitted, all along that there was a flaw in our research when it came to searching prices on the DIY (Do It Yourself) method of purchasing one-ways.

In the first two reports, we searched all one-way flights over the course of a few days.  When a round the world traveler chooses this option, they usually do so to have the  ultimate flexibility. This means they won’t be purchasing all their flights up front like we searched.

So for our latest version of the report, which is actually an addendum to version 2, we simulated what a search would look like from the road.  We searched one of the same routes we searched in version 2 of the report, and in addition to that initial search back in April, we searched each leg 6 weeks, 1 month, 2 weeks, and every day for the final week before the flight to see how the prices fluctuated based on different search times.

Check out our findings by downloading the free DIY Around the World Airfare Report.

If you haven’t downloaded either of the other reports, you may want to check those out, too, as they each offer something different:

• Version 1: The Definitive Report on Round the World Tickets – this report analyzes 3 different routes after shopping with multiple companies who specialize in round the world tickets, including the airline alliances.  It also prices the DIY model.
• Version 2:  Around the World Airfare Research Report – this report analyzes 2 different routes after shopping with multiple companies who specialize in RTW tickets.  The alliances are not included in this report.  It also prices the DIY model with the current addendum at the end.

If you are ready to hit the road, then check out these five fares that we’ve found on Indie, BootsnAll’s Multi-Stop Trip Planner:

• RTW from San Francisco – $4582 - San Francisco > Sydney > Denpasar (Bali) > Kuala Lumpur >overland> Bangkok > Delhi > Istanbul > Athens > Rome > San Francisco - $4582 taxes and fees included
• Circle Pacific from Canada – $3551 – Vancouver > Anchorage > Tokyo > Hanoi >overland> Bangkok > Auckland > Vancouver from $3551 taxes and fees included
• Circumnavigate the Globe from London – $3549 – London > Amman > Bangkok > Tokyo > Seattle >overland> Los Angeles > London from $3549 taxes and fees included
• After Summer Escape from Sydney – $3394 – Sydney > Manila > Seoul > Cape Town > Sydney from $3394taxes and fees included
• Round Asia from Cairo – $2499 – Cairo > Goa >overland> Mumbai > Delhi > Kathmandu > Bangkok >overland> Phom Penh > Vientiane >overland> Hanoi > Guilin > Cairo from $2499 taxes and fees included

If you are looking for something a little different in your round the world trip, then start planning your trip of a lifetime with Indie, our multi-stop trip planner. And don’t forget to sign up for BootsnAll’s RTW newsletter, delivering special deals, RTW trip planning advice, and resources via email every single month. We also have a Facebook fan page and Twitter page, so be sure to like and follow those to keep up to date on all your RTW travel needs.

Original article can be found here: New RTW Ticket Report

Sometimes the hardest part of taking a career break is actually making the decision to do so.  Many of us who yearn to quit our jobs and hit the open road are met with resistance from those around us.  They just don’t get it.

It’s important to have a support network in place, and if your family and friends just don’t understand, then you may have to start looking elsewhere.  Despite what you may think, there are thousands upon thousands of people, right now, who have left their cozy existences behind to travel the world.  Even in the United States, people are in fact leaving their jobs to travel the world.

That’s where our friends from Meet, Plan, Go! come in.  On October 16, they are hosing their third annual nation-wide event in 10 cities across North America, where you can be inspired and taught how to prepare and plan for taking your own traveling Career Break.

If you are interested in the idea of taking a break from your job to travel the world, then check out the city closest to you and get your tickets for the third annual Meet, Plan, Go! event:

• Austin
• Boston
• Chicago
• Minneapolis
• New York
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• Seattle
• South Florida
• Toronto

If you are ready to take a career break and hit the road, then check out these five fares that we’ve found on Indie, BootsnAll’s Multi-Stop Trip Planner:

• Iconic City RTW – $2085 - New York City > Paris > Singapore > New York City - $2085 taxes and fees included
• Epic Wine Regions of the World RTW – $5785 – San Francisco > Auckland > Sydney >overland> Adelaide > Cape Town > Florence >overland> Bordeaux >overland> Lisbon > San Francisco from $5785 taxes and fees included
• Ridiculous RTW – $9125 – Denver > Mexico City >overland> Panama City > Quito > Buenos Aires > Ushuaia > Auckland > Sydney > Bali > Manila > Hanoi >overland> Bangkok > Kathmandu > Delhi > Moscow > Berlin > London > Reykjavik > New York > Toronto > Denver from $9125 taxes and fees included
• Circle Asia from London – $1635 – London > Moscow > Beijing > Delhi > London from $1635taxes and fees included
• Around the World from Sydney – $3423 – Sydney > Honolulu > San Francisco > New York > Barcelona >overland> Rome > Mumbai >overland> Delhi > Bali > Sydney from $3423 taxes and fees included

If you are looking for something a little different in your round the world trip, then start planning your trip of a lifetime with Indie, our multi-stop trip planner. And don’t forget to sign up for BootsnAll’s RTW newsletter, delivering special deals, RTW trip planning advice, and resources via email every single month. We also have a Facebook fan page and Twitter page, so be sure to like and follow those to keep up to date on all your RTW travel needs.

Original article can be found here: October 2012 Fares for RTW Tickets