My First Around the World Trip Itinerary

Once my best friend and I learned about the magical around the world ticket and we found STA, the company we wanted to go through for the tickets, we had to figure where we wanted to go and the dates we wanted to fly in and out of each location for our very first Round the World Trip!!! Some round the world tickets offer great flexibility with being able to book flights as you go. Since we only had 3 months to travel we figured that the preset dates were better for us. This way we could pace ourselves and not have to worry about running out of time at the end of the summer.

Where to go? For us this was in some ways easy. We had served as mission companions in Slovenia and had often dreamed about going back there, we also joked about one day visiting Thailand together when we were older. Well now is as good a time as ever right? So we had 2 of our desired 6 places. Jaims mentioned that she had friends in Singapore and would like to visit them. Knowing nothing of Singapore I agreed. We then agreed on India, Hawaii (I know I know not foreign, but hey what a great way to break up a flight across the ocean!), and Italy.

Our rough plan looked like this: (I would recommend using a spread sheet to include all of the details like dates, places you want to go, helpful websites, possible activities ect…)

Hawaii (6-7 days; BYUH, beach time) Singapore (4 days; time with friends) Thailand/Cambodia (three weeks; Bangkok, Koh Phangan, Siem Reap, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai) India/Chennai/Southern States (13 days?; Chennai, Bangalore, Mangalore, Kochi, Mysore)  Northern India (14 days; Amritsarm Delhi, Agra, Varanasi, Dharamsala) London (4 days- extended layover; Cambridge?) Zagreb (1 days) Slovenia (6 days; Celje, Maribor, Ljubljana, Bled) Italy (11 days; Florence, Rome, Siena, Pisa)

When deciding where to go a few things to keep in mind are distance/transportation, culture, safety, weather, cost, flexibility, travel party and personal connections. For the sake of interest I am going to write about each of these in separate posts. If you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment and I would love to help you in planning your adventure!