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The costs are just too high unless you only seek the romanticism of taking a boat with likely non-English speaking crew for weeks at a time across an ocean. A
by robk 17y ago
The costs are just too high unless you only seek the romanticism of taking a boat with likely non-English speaking crew for weeks at a time across an ocean. A round-the-world ticket (www.oneworld.com to start) is usually a far better value in terms of seeing many places on a (much more) flexible schedule.
- flipbrad 17y agoI regret my oneworld ticket approach to a 6.5 month backpack break - in retrospect I should have seen far fewer places and got a better feel for the ones I was in. It's also not nice having flights booked so far in advance that it's hard (not impossible) to stick around in the various paradises you come across.
- robk 17y agoActually though you have a ton of flexibility on those tickets. If you need to move a date, it's easy enough to switch to any flight with availability in that class, no charge. Also, you can split it up and take half the trip, fly home for a while, then return and continue the trip where you left off. As long as you fly within a year, you can do segments 11 months apart really.
- flipbrad 17y agoWe had to pay £30 for a change, if I recall correctly...