Claire Louise Salt - Around-the-World Traveler
- When do you leave?
- How long do you plan to be away?
- How much have you saved?
- How old are you?
- Nationality
- Where do you live now?
- Occupation
- Is this job one that you actually like, or are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
- Have you traveled around the world before?
- What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
- How do you think your round-the-world trip will change your life? How do you think it will affect and change you as a person?
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
- Why do you think people should go on round-the-world trips? Why not just take a regular old one- or two-week vacation instead?
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
- Why do you like to travel?
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
October 2003
6-12 Months
1000
23
England
Manchester, England
Sales Assisstant
One more paycheck and I'm gone
No
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Raratonga, North America
Have seen many of my friends go off travelling, and heard their stories when they got back, and was begining to feel very envious and realised it was something I would like to do.
Lack of money
Everyone seems to be very supportive particularly my close friends. My parents are a little worried about my safety but are otherwise supportive.
Just Enough
The one object I have spent the most time thinking about is which rucksack to buy. I have also been researching what I should put into my medical kit. I will be packing as little as I can get away with as my small frame will not carry a large, heavy rucksack.
I am looking forward to all the new sights and new experiences, and am expecting to learn new skills. However, I do not want to come home having turned in to one of those 'know-it-all' traveller types who considers themselves a better person than those who have not travelled.
Very excited,and impatient about waiting to leave, yet I still don't believe I am going despite having bought the ticket!
I think the experiences that you will get from a RTW trip will be completely different from that of a normal vacation. The length of the trip means you can never know everything that is going to happen or what you will end up doing. There will be much more of a chance to meet local people and experience local cultures.
Don't know, I guess i'll have a better idea once i've been.
I have a lust for knowledge about the rest of the world, I would hate to die only having spent my whole life in one country, completely ignorent about the rest of the world.
Don't bother signing up for any of the package deals the travel agents try and push at you, the ones where they sort out accommodation etc for when you arrive - you can do it a lot cheaper yourself over the internet.
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