- When do you leave?
- How long do you plan to be away?
6-12 Months - How much have you saved?
AUD10,000 - How old are you?
24 - Nationality
Australia - Where do you live now?
Australia - Occupation
Youth worker - Is this job one that you actually like, or
are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
It’s my career - Have you traveled around the world
before?
No - What is the route you plan to take/places
you plan to visit?
US (LA – Chicago)
Canda
Scotland
Singapore
Australia - Why did you decide to take this trip? What
got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
Always wanted to – parents took me travelling when younger. - What is your biggest fear about this
trip?
Losing money – not having enough money. - Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc.,
supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the
world?
Yes, generally. - How much planning and preparing have you
done?
Just Enough - What are you packing? What do you consider
your most indispensable item(s)?
Rainbird Goretex jacket. - 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?
See more – have done different stuff.
Am married, so will effect that heaps (developing new social supports etc). - If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings
about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it
be?
Very happy to be finally going…looking forward to seeing what is going to happen. - 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?
Need to live a life somewhere else to understand stuff about yourself and
the world. - What is the biggest myth that people have
about round-the-world traveling?
That it is dangerous. - Why do you like to travel?
Exciting – people. - What is your advice for people planning
their own RTW trip?
Talk to as many people who have been as possible.
July 2003