Originally Posted by
Box5
Unfortunately, I don't think I have time for a RTW trip. I figure that you really need 2 months (60 days and 15 segments means 4 days per segment). Maybe you can rush it in a month. I cannot take off one entire month. Maybe I have to wait until retirement?
Maybe 3 weeks off is the absolute maximum but that is hard.
What many of us do with RTWs is to start someplace away from home, tour around, then break the trip at home while we return to work. The tickets are good for a year, so you can finish the trip, say 10 months later. Example - say you start (like discussed in this thread) in Japan and your home is in the USA. Visit one or two places in Asia right after you start - say Bangkok and Hong Kong, then fly home and back to work for 9 or 10 months. Depending on the specifics of your ticket, you might be able to squeeze in a couple of short trips during that time - a long weekend in New York or San Francisco, or on the beach in Florida or Jamaica, or skiing in Vail? Then when it's time, fly off to Europe - London? Paris? Or maybe Spain and Morocco, or Italy and Jordan? And then back to Tokyo, game over. With one ticket you've had two or maybe three or four separate trips.