Originally Posted by
mnmag
I appreciate that there are some folks whose time is plentiful (ie. are retired or have lots of 'flexibility' -- cool for them -- but I'm pretty sure that a good 80% of us have jobs & families to worry about!
And it's not even just being away from work for 2 weeks: It's being away from work and not having any time (or inclination

) to work remotely.
I was lucky I didn't get fired when I got back for being out of touch for 4 days, and not responding to e-mails.
I do agree that a RTW would really be incredible -- but I would only be able to go for a portion of it, if the organizers break it up into segments which can be booked separately.