/* eslint-disable */ // Round the World — itinerary-length hub. Mirrors the three-day template's editorial vocabulary // (cream/teal/tan, Playfair + DM Sans/Mono, numbered sections, hero masthead). const { useState: useRTWState } = React; /* ---------- HERO ---------- */ const RTWHero = () => (
); /* ---------- I · TWELVE REGIONS ---------- */ const RTWPlaces = () => { const [region, setRegion] = useRTWState("All"); const regions = ["All", "Europe", "Asia", "Americas", "Africa", "Middle East", "Tickets"]; const filtered = RTW_PLACES.filter(p => region === "All" || p.region === region); return (
I

Twelve regions,one trip.

Eight long-stay regions and four ticket-build guides — the actual moving parts of a round-the-world trip. A year on the road IS a round-the-world trip; the regional plans are the substance, the ticket articles are the mechanics.

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Showing {filtered.length} of {RTW_PLACES.length} All itineraries by length
); }; /* ---------- II · FIELD NOTES (essay quote, dark band) ---------- */ const RTWField = () => (
II

Field notes.Why a year is the form.

Drawn from the desk's house essay on the round-the-world ticket — what it actually buys you, what it doesn't, and why most readers who book one regret only one thing.

Read the seed article
"An RTW ticket is not a long vacation — it's a year of practice in two skills: choosing what to skip, and arriving slowly. Sixteen segments, twelve months, one direction; that's the math the alliance gives you. The traveler's math is harder. Two long stays, four real continents, the visas mapped before the flights, and the honest budget of $50 to $200 a day depending on the region. The ticket is the easy part of the trip. The trip itself is everything you do between segments."

Round-the-world tickets cost $3,000 to $6,000 and let you visit three to six continents on one fare. Star Alliance and OneWorld are the two main alliances; specialist agents like AirTreks mix airlines and often beat both for complex routes. You travel one direction — east or west — and you can't backtrack on the same continent. The cap is sixteen segments and twelve months. Most readers book the alliance ticket, walk between four and six continents, and come home with a different set of priorities than they left with.

What you protect, in those twelve months, is the same thing every good itinerary protects: enough margin that the trip can surprise you. The plan isn't the trip. The plan is what makes room for the trip — and on a year-long trip, the plan also has to make room for the traveler.

— Iris Mendoza, Itineraries Desk · House essay Nº 12

); /* ---------- III · ITINERARIES BY CHARACTER ---------- */ const RTWItins = () => (
III

Eight itineraries,by character.

Same form, eight different trips. Long-term Europe, India, Southeast Asia, East Africa, the no-car Europe build, the public-transport Middle East, South America without Spanish, and India by sleeper train. Each is a complete regional plan that can serve as the core of an RTW year.

All long-term plans
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); /* ---------- IV · BY SHAPE (table) ---------- */ const RTWByStyle = () => (
IV

The round-the-worldmatrix.

Six shapes the long trip actually takes. Pick the row that matches the trip you can actually take, not the year you'd ideally want to take.

Pace planner
Trip shape
Days
Guides
Best examples
Starting
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); /* ---------- V · READING LIST ---------- */ const RTWReading = () => (
V

Eight reads,by depth.

The pieces sitting one click below this page. The first is the seed article — how the RTW ticket actually works. The rest are the long-stay pack lists, visa briefs, and honest budgets that turn a ticket into a trip.

All long-term essays
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 ))}
); /* ---------- VI · DESK / VOICES ---------- */ const RTWVoices = () => (
VI

The Itineraries desk.Three editors on the year.

The round-the-world trip is the form the desk argues about most. These are the people writing it — what they go for, and what they keep coming back to.

Desk masthead
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); /* ---------- VII · THE BRIEF ---------- */ const RTWPractical = () => (
VII

The brief.Six tips, in order of importance.

The non-obvious things. Ordered by how much they matter to a year on the road.

Full long-trip guide
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); /* ---------- VIII · FAQ ---------- */ const RTWFAQ = () => { const [open, setOpen] = useRTWState(0); return (
VIII

The questionsreaders send in.

Lightly edited reader letters about the round-the-world ticket. If yours isn't here, the planning desk reads every email.

Ask the desk →
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); }; /* ---------- CTA ---------- */ const RTWCTA = () => (
ONE DIRECTION · TWO LONG STAYS · TWELVE MONTHS

Plan a round-the-world tripthat actually books.

Open the seed article, price an alliance, map the visas, pick the regional plans. Twelve months, sixteen segments, one direction, one good story — the year, not the vacation.

Book a round-the-world ticket → ↑ Back to Itineraries
RTW · FORM Nº 12 · UPDATED 06.05.2026
FIELD DESK Nº 201
); /* ---------- COMPOSE ---------- */ const RTWApp = () => (
); ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById("root")).render();