Where do I start planning a trip around the world?

A 9-step plan for taking a trip around the world
  • 1Set a trip budget.
  • 2Create a savings plan.
  • 3Make a bucket list.
  • 4Create your itinerary.
  • 5Determine how long you'll be abroad.
  • 6Start packing light.
  • 7Tell your job.
  • 8Make a final checklist.




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Budget your flight, accommodation, transportation around your destination, and general spending, then start your saving and funding plan. Don't allow costs or a lack of funds to discourage you! There will always be a way to make it work with what you have if you want it bad enough.

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Generally, $20,000 is the baseline cost for a trip around the world for one person for one year. This estimation falls in line with popular recommendations that budget travelers can spend an average of $50 a day on the road, and allows additional budget for flights and vaccines.

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In order to see 1,500 places and stay a week at each plus the added days for travel to and from each destination it would take 12,000 days, which is 1,714 weeks or 32.9 years. If a traveling lifetime starts at age 20 and goes through 80 you can see the whole world with quite a few years to spare.

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If managed carefully, a $5,000 budget is more than enough to eat and drink your way across the continent on a 10-day or two-week trip –or perhaps even longer.

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With that said, here are 8 top tips on how you can travel the world for cheap:
  • Pick the right destination to make the best with your budget.
  • Do your research to find the lowest airfare.
  • Curb your meals expenses by cooking in your trip.
  • Live it up with some free events.
  • Pack light with a minimalist packing list.


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While it's technically legal to travel domestically with this kind of money, it can arouse suspicion from law enforcement. And to reiterate, if law enforcement suspects your money is tied to illegal activity, they can seize it.

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The Cheapest Time to Fly Internationally is from February-March. Granted this one's a bit of a misnomer, because yearly price trends on international flights are typically dictated primarily by the high and low seasons of the destination abroad.

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Wednesdays and Thursdays are the cheapest day to fly internationally. Meanwhile, international flyers would be wise to leave on Wednesdays, which are the cheapest day to depart for an international trip. That said, there isn't a huge difference in price across the different days of the week.

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