Special July 2011 fares for multi-stop tickets on BootsnAll

As we’ve mentioned in the past, the RTW ticket deals we post each month here at Vagablogging are rarely literal round-the-world trips. We call them “multi-stop trips” around the office, but that’s not really a common enough term for people to know what we mean immediately, so we default back to “RTW tickets” just to give people the sense that it’s a longer trip we’re talking about.

Along those lines, there are differences to how the idea of long-term travel is expressed. In some parts of the world, the idea of a “gap year” is widely understood – but in others, it draws blank stares. More people may know what a “sabbatical” is, but those are usually granted by a workplace and not claimed by the traveler. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably heard about the newer effort to add “career break” to the national lexicon in the U.S., spearheaded by the Meet, Plan, Go! team.

However you describe your long-term trip, many of the logistical and planning challenges are the same. The life you leave behind may be one you’ve established and wish to return to, or it may be that your trip is the transition to a new life – either way, what unites long-term travelers is that they recognize the importance of the trip itself.

Not only that, every long-term traveler needs a plan for getting from Point A to Point B – which is where BootsnAll comes in. This month, the multi-stop tickets include two that cover highlights of Asia plus a couple of European stops, and one that concentrates almost exclusively on India.

Here are the new special deals on multi-stop airline tickets available through BootsnAll – these deals are good through July 31, 2011:

• Focus on India: San Francisco – Bangkok – Calcutta / Kolkata – Madras / Chennai – Cochin / Kochi – Bangalore – Goa – Bombay / Mumbai – Delhi – London – San Francisco, from US$1449 plus taxes
• Australia-Asia-Europe RTW: Vancouver – Sydney – OVERLAND – Perth – Bali (Denpasar) – Singapore – OVERLAND – Bangkok – Saigon / Ho Chi Minh – OVERLAND – Hanoi – Guangzhou / Canton – Beijing – OVERLAND – Shanghai – Paris – OVERLAND – London – Reykjavik – Vancouver, from US$2399 plus taxes
• Asia to Europe: New York – Bali (Denpasar) – OVERLAND – Yogyakarta – Singapore – OVERLAND – Chiang Mai – Kunming – Beijing – OVERLAND – Shanghai – Rome – OVERLAND – London – New York, from US$1899 plus taxes

If none of these sample itineraries is what you’re looking for in your round the world trip, then start planning the trip that suits you with our RTW trip planner And don’t forget to sign up for BootsnAll’s RTW newsletter, delivering RTW trip planning advice and resources via email every single month.