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When It’s Fun Not to Travel Deeper: Flying Around the World

By Eric Stoen on October 27, 2023 • Last Updated October 27, 2023

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Traveling Around the World I’ve traveled around the world, in one itinerary, four times now. The first was when my eldest daughter was 10. We flew LA-Orlando-Paris-Dubai-Oman-Borobudur-Bali-Sydney-LA in two weeks. Then when my son was 10, we took two and a half weeks to travel LA-Copenhagen-Greenland-Seychelles-Abu Dhabi-Mumbai-Singapore-LA. Both were amazing,… Read More

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How I Flew 220,000 Miles Last Year (without really trying)

By Eric Stoen on January 13, 2019 • Last Updated April 22, 2020

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A Year in the Life of a Travel Writer The world is small, but incredibly diverse. There’s always something amazing going on somewhere. So living less than two hours from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is a little dangerous for me. I’m always tempted to head off with at least… Read More

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How to Plan an Around the World Trip

By Eric Stoen on October 1, 2018 • Last Updated February 8, 2019

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A Trip Around the World with Kids Two years ago I took a trip around the world in two weeks with my 10-year-old daughter, and this year I did the same with my 10-year-old son – although he and I stretched the trip to 18 days. In both of these… Read More

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Around the World (Again) with a 10-Year-Old!

By Eric Stoen on August 19, 2018 • Last Updated January 18, 2023

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Around the World Two years ago I went around the world with my 10-year-old daughter in two weeks. It was supposed to be a crazy one-time adventure – seven cities, six countries, four continents to max out summer vacation and visit a bunch of her favorite places. Fast forward to… Read More

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A $135K Around-the-World Private Jet Trip vs. Booking It Yourself

By Eric Stoen on February 9, 2017 • Last Updated February 18, 2017

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Private Jet Trips The official tagline of my website is “Take Your Kids Everywhere!” The unofficial continuation of that is “…but never pay more than you have to.” I love finding the coolest experiences in the world and figuring out how to do the same things for less. With three kids, that’s… Read More

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Around the World in Two Weeks (Planned by a 10-Year-Old)

By Eric Stoen on September 5, 2016 • Last Updated August 1, 2024

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The Planning The earth is 24,874 miles around at the equator. Phileas Fogg traveled around it in 80 days in Jules Verne’s fictional novel, but that was before airplanes. Phineas and Ferb traveled around it in 24 hours, but they have the advantage of being cartoon characters. In reality you could… Read More

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Booking an Around the World (RTW) Ticket

By Eric Stoen on June 23, 2016 • Last Updated April 24, 2020

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RTW Tickets I’ve always wanted to go around the world. I’ve been to more than 80 countries, and have connected as many as 10 countries in one trip, but I’ve never circled the globe in one itinerary. Even when I’ve traveled halfway around the world, to India or Sri Lanka, it… Read More

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