We focused on the topic of Holiday Travel this week at #rtwchat! We have the usual video along with the recap below. The usual, weekly recap of the chat is after the jump. Recap of #rtwchat on Twitter – November 14, 2012
We focused on the topic of Travel in Southeast Asia this week at #rtwchat! We have the usual video along with the recap below. For those of you who are planning a trip or thinking about a trip to Southeast Asia, we have lots of resources to help you out. Check out some of the following travel guides and articles about adding Southeast Asia to your indie-themed trip: Southeast Asia Indie Travel Guide How to Plan an Extended Trip in Southeast Asia Vietnam Indie Travel Guide Thailand Indie Travel Guide Indie Travel in Vietnam for $30 Per Day The usual, weekly recap of the chat is after the jump. Recap of #rtwchat on Twitter – November 7, 2012
We focused on the topic of Family Travel this week at #rtwchat! We had a guest on our live video chat this week, BootsnAll writer and family travel guru Jenn Miller of The Edventure Project, who has been traveling with her husband and four children for over four years now. Jenn has some fantastic insight on the idea of long-term, slow travel with a family, and shares her expertise and tips on family travel and most importantly, educating your children on the road. If you have a family (or plan to start one some day) and don’t want to give up your wanderlusting ways, then I urge you to watch this chat. To read more from Jenn, check out the following articles she has written for BootsnAll: Long Term Travel as Education Challenge Yourself and Do Hard Things What I’ve Learned From Life and Travel Giving Teens the Freedom to Travel Why and How to Embrace Long-term Slow Travel 5 Steps to Simplify Family Travel The usual, weekly recap of the chat is after the jump. Recap of #rtwchat on Twitter – October 31, 2012
We focused on the topic of Budget Travel this week at #rtwchat! Be sure to check out the video as well. Also, we’d love to hear from you regarding future topics for #rtwchat. What would you like to see discusses? Comment below to share your thoughts. The usual, weekly recap of the chat is after the jump. Recap of #rtwchat on Twitter – October 24, 2012
We focused on the topic of Bringing electronics on your round the world trip this week at #rtwchat! We had a few technical issues with video this week, but we did do a tape-delayed version, so check it out! The usual, weekly recap of the chat is after the jump. Recap of #rtwchat on Twitter – October 17, 2012
If you haven’t had a chance to check out our new traveler profiles, then this is the perfect time to do it. Part of what makes indie travel great is all the meaningful connections one makes with both locals and other travelers. So what we wanted to do was to give indie travelers a place to get together and share their adventures with other like-minded people. These traveler profiles are short and sweet and offer a variety of information about each person’s round the world trip (or for those who have not yet gone – their dream round the world trip). Each Tuesday, though, we are going to highlight one traveler from our profiles and offer up a little more information about them. Learn more about traveler of the week Grant below! 1. When do you leave for your trip and where is your first destination? I left September 5th and the first destination is New Zealand to do a South Island road trip with my sister. 2. What is your biggest concern at this point of the planning process? Only concern is being a little under planned for a month in China. I know the major stops I would like to hit such as Chengdu, Xian, Shanghai & Beijing but have not planned anything in-between. It is about time to hit the [...]
If you haven’t had a chance to check out our new traveler profiles, then this is the perfect time to do it. Part of what makes indie travel great is all the meaningful connections one makes with both locals and other travelers. So what we wanted to do was to give indie travelers a place to get together and share their adventures with other like-minded people. These traveler profiles are short and sweet and offer a variety of information about each person’s round the world trip (or for those who have not yet gone – their dream round the world trip). Each Tuesday, though, we are going to highlight one traveler from our profiles and offer up a little more information about them. Learn more about traveler’s of the week Rachel and Jeff below! 1. When do you leave for your trip and where is your first destination? We actually just left on August 29th. Our first destination was Mongolia – originally we meant to be there 3 weeks but we ended up staying just a week. We’ve just arrived in Beijing at the time of writing this. 2. What is your biggest concern at this point of your trip? In Mongolia, Jeff’s card was eaten by an ATM and Rachel’s was not accepted by most ATMs or even in many banks. We [...]
RTW chat #2 is in the books, and we had more people join and pitch in. The topic was Planning your RTW Route, so if a RTW trip is something you’ve dreamed of doing but the planning of it seems daunting, you can find a lot of great help and tips in the chat. To see some of our favorite answers, check out the recap: Planning your RTW Route We’d love for you to join us next Wednesday for our next chat. What: Round the World (#rtwchat) Twitter chat. There will be a new topic each week having to do with extended, round the world travel. When: Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 ET Where: On Twitter. Just search for hashtag #rtwchat Who: Hosted by BootsnAll (@BootsnAll) and welcoming anyone who is dreaming, planning, currently on, returned, or simply wants to know more about long-term, extended travel. Why: It’s a great way to learn about extended travel and be inspired by those who are doing it and have done it before. It also gives you the chance to connect with plenty of like-minded travelers. The details Join us every Wednesday for #rtwchat on Twitter. Every Wednesday at 3:30 ET BootsnAll will host a live chat on Twitter covering a topic having to do with extended, round the world travel. There will be 10 questions, [...]
Our first round the world chat on Twitter was a great success and a ton of fun. To see some of our favorite answers, check out the recap: Should I Go on a Round the World Trip? We’d love for you to join us next Wednesday for our second #rtwchat on Twitter. What: Round the World (#rtwchat) Twitter chat. There will be a new topic each week having to do with extended, round the world travel. When: Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 ET Where: On Twitter. Just search for hashtag #rtwchat Who: Hosted by BootsnAll (@BootsnAll) and welcoming anyone who is dreaming, planning, currently on, returned, or simply wants to know more about long-term, extended travel. Why: It’s a great way to learn about extended travel and be inspired by those who are doing it and have done it before. It also gives you the chance to connect with plenty of like-minded travelers. The details Join us every Wednesday for #rtwchat on Twitter. Every Wednesday at 3:30 ET BootsnAll will host a live chat on Twitter covering a topic having to do with extended, round the world travel. There will be 10 questions, a new one every six minutes, starting at 3:30 ET and lasting for one hour. Feel free to come and stay for the whole thing, or just pop in and [...]
Back in the spring we published a free downloadable report on the state of round the world (RTW) airfare around the world. The idea was to offer travelers a comprehensive report comparing the different options out there for RTW airfare – including the DIY model of buying one-way tickets to get yourself around the world. Download the summer version of the Around the World Airfare Report for free here! Almost as soon as we were finished with the first edition, we began thinking about version two. We thought about what we learned from our research and writing of the first report, listened to feedback from you, our readers, and started researching this version. There are some differences in this report, largely the introduction of specific search features and prices for round the world tickets from three different countries – the United States, the UK, and Australia. Instead of searching all the same companies for each departure point, like we did last time, we found companies in each country and worked with them, trying to simulate as best we could what a real search would look like. Again we posed as customers to get the most accurate look at what you as travelers would experience when shopping for a RTW ticket. We also came up with two separate routes to search [...]
If you haven’t had a chance to check out our new traveler profiles, then this is the perfect time to do it. Part of what makes indie travel great is all the meaningful connections one makes with both locals and other travelers. So what we wanted to do was to give indie travelers a place to get together and share their adventures with other like-minded people. These traveler profiles are short and sweet and offer a variety of information about each person’s round the world trip (or for those who have not yet gone – their dream round the world trip). Each Tuesday, though, we are going to highlight one traveler from our profiles and offer up a little more information about them. Learn more about traveler of the week Grant below! 1. When do you leave for your trip and where is your first destination? I left September 5th and the first destination is New Zealand to do a South Island road trip with my sister. 2. What is your biggest concern at this point of the planning process? Only concern is being a little under planned for a month in China. I know the major stops I would like to hit such as Chengdu, Xian, Shanghai & Beijing but have not planned anything in-between. It is about time to hit the [...] 
If you haven’t had a chance to check out our new traveler profiles, then this is the perfect time to do it. Part of what makes indie travel great is all the meaningful connections one makes with both locals and other travelers. So what we wanted to do was to give indie travelers a place to get together and share their adventures with other like-minded people. These traveler profiles are short and sweet and offer a variety of information about each person’s round the world trip (or for those who have not yet gone – their dream round the world trip). Each Tuesday, though, we are going to highlight one traveler from our profiles and offer up a little more information about them. Learn more about traveler’s of the week Rachel and Jeff below! 1. When do you leave for your trip and where is your first destination? We actually just left on August 29th. Our first destination was Mongolia – originally we meant to be there 3 weeks but we ended up staying just a week. We’ve just arrived in Beijing at the time of writing this. 2. What is your biggest concern at this point of your trip? In Mongolia, Jeff’s card was eaten by an ATM and Rachel’s was not accepted by most ATMs or even in many banks. We [...] 
RTW chat #2 is in the books, and we had more people join and pitch in. The topic was Planning your RTW Route, so if a RTW trip is something you’ve dreamed of doing but the planning of it seems daunting, you can find a lot of great help and tips in the chat. To see some of our favorite answers, check out the recap: Planning your RTW Route We’d love for you to join us next Wednesday for our next chat. What: Round the World (#rtwchat) Twitter chat. There will be a new topic each week having to do with extended, round the world travel. When: Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 ET Where: On Twitter. Just search for hashtag #rtwchat Who: Hosted by BootsnAll (@BootsnAll) and welcoming anyone who is dreaming, planning, currently on, returned, or simply wants to know more about long-term, extended travel. Why: It’s a great way to learn about extended travel and be inspired by those who are doing it and have done it before. It also gives you the chance to connect with plenty of like-minded travelers. The details Join us every Wednesday for #rtwchat on Twitter. Every Wednesday at 3:30 ET BootsnAll will host a live chat on Twitter covering a topic having to do with extended, round the world travel. There will be 10 questions, [...] 
Our first round the world chat on Twitter was a great success and a ton of fun. To see some of our favorite answers, check out the recap: Should I Go on a Round the World Trip? We’d love for you to join us next Wednesday for our second #rtwchat on Twitter. What: Round the World (#rtwchat) Twitter chat. There will be a new topic each week having to do with extended, round the world travel. When: Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 ET Where: On Twitter. Just search for hashtag #rtwchat Who: Hosted by BootsnAll (@BootsnAll) and welcoming anyone who is dreaming, planning, currently on, returned, or simply wants to know more about long-term, extended travel. Why: It’s a great way to learn about extended travel and be inspired by those who are doing it and have done it before. It also gives you the chance to connect with plenty of like-minded travelers. The details Join us every Wednesday for #rtwchat on Twitter. Every Wednesday at 3:30 ET BootsnAll will host a live chat on Twitter covering a topic having to do with extended, round the world travel. There will be 10 questions, a new one every six minutes, starting at 3:30 ET and lasting for one hour. Feel free to come and stay for the whole thing, or just pop in and [...] 
Back in the spring we published a free downloadable report on the state of round the world (RTW) airfare around the world. The idea was to offer travelers a comprehensive report comparing the different options out there for RTW airfare – including the DIY model of buying one-way tickets to get yourself around the world. Download the summer version of the Around the World Airfare Report for free here! Almost as soon as we were finished with the first edition, we began thinking about version two. We thought about what we learned from our research and writing of the first report, listened to feedback from you, our readers, and started researching this version. There are some differences in this report, largely the introduction of specific search features and prices for round the world tickets from three different countries – the United States, the UK, and Australia. Instead of searching all the same companies for each departure point, like we did last time, we found companies in each country and worked with them, trying to simulate as best we could what a real search would look like. Again we posed as customers to get the most accurate look at what you as travelers would experience when shopping for a RTW ticket. We also came up with two separate routes to search [...] 