Meghan Thomson's Trip at a Glance
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| Departure Year | 2003 |
| Duration | 1-6 Months |
| Route | Multiple destinations |
| Budget | £12000 (~$30,600 in 2026 dollars) |
| Age at Departure | 24 |
| Occupation | Press Officer |
Route
Round-the-world journey.
2026 note: Route information from early 2000s travel planning; current conditions may differ significantly.
In Their Words
When do you leave?
November 2003How long do you plan to be away?
1-6 MonthsHow much have you saved?
£12000How old are you?
24Nationality
ZimbabweWhere do you live now?
London, EnglandOccupation
Press OfficerIs this job one that you actually like, or
are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
I’ll come back if they’ll have me.Have you traveled around the world
before?
NoWhat is the route you plan to take/places
you plan to visit?
London – Thailand – Australia – New Zealand – Florida – Fort Lauderdale – Mexico – LondonWhy did you decide to take this trip? What
got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
I’ve never traveled RTW before and my friends and I decided to seize the
opportunity while we’re still young.What is your biggest fear about this
trip?
Being able to save enough money before we leave and obtaining visas for
all the different places.Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc.,
supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the
world?
The friends I’m travelling with are supportive, the others – not so much
as they tend to make me feel bad if I don’t go out with them all the
time. As for my family, they still believe I won’t go because I’ve been
saying ‘I’m going travelling this year’ for the last 3 years and still
haven’t!How much planning and preparing have you
done?
Just EnoughWhat are you packing? What do you consider
your most indispensable item(s)?
Bikini, flip-flops, sarong, music and a few other bits and bobs. Most
indispensable item – camera (and of course, my passport)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?
It will give me more of an appreciation of different cultures and ways of
life. As I have had to leave my country due to political unrest, I would
hope that my travelling would give me some indication of the
place/country I may want to live in one day.If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings
about your round-the-world trip
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This profile was originally published on BootsnAll. Budget figures have been adjusted for 2026 context.