Comments on: How to Travel the World, Part 1: Pre-Trip

By: George

George — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:49:34 +0000

I really, really disagree about the need or perseved non-need for travel insurance/medical insurance. I strongly recommend buy a $200-500 annual medical/travel policy. Also, there are travel policies that cover medical and other things in a combined annual poilicy that are a good deal. There is nothing like being stuck in London because of an ash cloud (it nearly happend to me) or robed of $2500+ in my hotel room in Guatemala City (which did happen to me) and have the travel insurance people help me throughout.

By: Hethir

Hethir — Fri, 07 May 2010 06:23:14 +0000

Thanks for the tips. I did not think about having two accounts/cards.

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By: DannyZee

DannyZee — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:53:02 +0000

Just a word of advice for those that don’t know that Ayers Rock, or Uluru is a sacred Aboriginal site. For this reason, many people tend to only walking around the base as opposed to climbing it.

By: Greta Polo

Greta Polo — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:51:44 +0000

I’m so glad I found this site! I’m starting to plan my RTW trip for August 09. You make it feel manageable!

By: m.ann

m.ann — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:41:09 +0000

Re. make two copies of everything… scan your IDs, passport, insurance info, etc., etc., and email it to yourself. If you can get to the internet, you’ll always have the info on hand.

By: NewWrldYankee

NewWrldYankee — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:14:59 +0000

Matt, this is a great article. Thanks for the cc tip and bank tip – very useful for readers of my blog! Def linking back to this one. I will research more into it, and quote you as my financial inspiration.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:57:24 +0000

I wrote a long comment and the internet ate it.

In short:
*I hate HSBC. Never banking with them again.
*I only use travel insurance for high-risk parts of my travels
*Found you on twitter – I’m @ITPodcast

By: Boris

Boris — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:30:10 +0000

Nicely explained, Matt. Good article! As for the banking, get rid of your old dusty ‘normal’ bank account and go for a pure internet bank. If you look around you’ll find that some of them won’t charge you anything worldwide for taking money out of atms. In fact I don’t pay any fees whatsoever. Plus I get 3% interest on my credit card account.

“They try to see it all. It is easy to see why people want to do this (they might not get another chance) but in travel less is more.”
So true!

Personally, I think RTW tickets and travel insurance are overrated. One way tickets are the way to go for maximum flexibility. And in many countries it’s cheaper walking into a pharmacy, pointing at the body part that hurts and buying some medicines for it than to contact your insurance provider…

By: nicoleantoinette

nicoleantoinette — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:40:32 +0000

Ah yes, the decision making. I haven’t gotten past that hurdle yet, for so many reasons…