Round the World Trip

Kyoto was incredible! We enjoyed the great company of fellow tourists and explored some of Japan's most stunning historic sites. However, the best highlight of all might have been the find of an amazing little...

While planning the first few months of our world trip, we knew we wanted to go to China and Russia. Instead of flying country to country, we curiously looked up the Trans-Siberian Railway as an alternate...

We carefully planned our route before leaving home in the United States in May 2014. Things we considered included the travel costs of going from one country to another and the kind of weather expected in...

What do you pack when you're going to be gone for a year? We're not 100% sure, but we're working on it. Check out our final packing lists complete with pictures here: Mark's Packing List and Britnee's...

"In the United States, the practice of taking a "year off" remains the exception. Taking a year out has recently become slightly more common for Americans, with prevailing reasons as a feeling of being burned...

Wondering where to start when planning a round-the-world (RTW) trip? We used many online resources to help us find cheap flights, good hostels, itinerary ideas and visa information. We also read some...

The idea of long-term travel has been in our minds for several years, but we didn't start laying out a plan to fund it until two years ago. After researching other travel bloggers' budgets and crunching...

If someone told me ten years ago that I'd travel the world for a year, I wouldn't have believed it. I grew up as one of those people who had little desire to leave the comforts of home. Growing up, I can...

As I've said before and might say again, I wasn't totally on board with this trip when Britnee first mentioned the idea a few years ago. Traveling around the world in a year—it seemed unrealistic, at least...