What makes people want to go RTW?
There has been a lot written about this topic and if you are reading this you probably have your own answer to this question so we’ll keep this short. Everyone has their own reason – a feeling of “when else will I be able to do this?” or a desire to get “off the grid” for a while, explore the world in a slower way, or live like a local in a few places for extended periods of time. For some people, RTW trips are so appealing because they permanently make you a traveling badass, no matter where else you might have gone or not gone. It’s like running a full marathon or climbing Everest. Once you’ve done a proper RTW trip you are a permanent member of an elite club and no one can top you. There is a romantic notion that by circling the globe once you’ve “seen the world” but you really haven’t. Someone who incrementally scoots around for years can see hundreds of places, but no one has seen “the world.” Still, after crossing the International Dateline an odd number of times you can always t
