With summer half over in the northern hemisphere, and winter half over in the southern hemisphere, it’s a good time to start looking ahead to what the next season will bring in terms of travel plans. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t take a year’s worth of planning to take a round the world trip, so why not do more than dream about getting away for awhile?

Here are the new special deals on multi-stop airline tickets available through BootsnAll – these deals are good through August 31, 2007:

• Los Angeles – Beijing or Shanghai – (surface transportation) – Xi’an – Bangkok – Angkor Wat (Siem Reap) – Hong Kong – Tokyo or Osaka – Los Angeles, US $1599 plus taxes
• Chicago – Dublin – Bangkok – Hong Kong – San Francisco – Chicago, US $1999 plus taxes
• New York – Tahiti – Auckland – Sydney – Kula Lumpur – Mauritius – Madagascar – Nairobi – London – New York, US $3299 plus taxes

If none of the itineraries listed here looks like your dream trip, don’t worry – you can always create a customized RTW itinerary of your very own. Happy planning!