After lots (and lots!) of research we settled on an American Airlines OneWorld Global Explorer ticket that allows 16 stops in 4 continents with up to 34,000 miles of flying. This ticket reduces some flexibility in total miles flown, but adds code shares to make the very difficult to schedule New Zealand-Tahiti-Easter Island-Chile trip possible (why fly from NZ to Chile when you can break up the trip and see these amazing places!?)
To hit everything we want to see, we supplemented this ticket with additional flights inside Australia, New Zealand, and Tahiti. Other than these extra flights, all other air travel is included in one fixed-price ticket! Now you want to buy one of these, right? 🙂
KEY STATS
- 20 countries
- 37,000 miles flown
- 126 page itinerary 🙂
- ~7000 miles of driving
Here is the full path:
- London
- Paris
- Normandy
- Bordeaux
- San Sebastian
- Madrid
- Toledo
- Seville
- Granada
- Barcelona
- Marseille
- Nice
- Monaco
Cinque Terre😦- Pisa
- Rome
- Tuscany
- Venice
- Salzburg
- Vienna
- Prague
- Berlin
- Alps
- Geneva
- Paris (again :))
- Tokyo
- Kyoto
- Hiroshima
- Beijing
- Hong Kong
- Cairns/Great Barrier Reef
- Outback/Uluru
- Sydney
- Perth
- Sydney (Again :))
- New Zealand (North & South Islands)
- Tahiti/Bora Bora
- Easter Island
- Santiago
- Bolivia (Mission Trip with Samaritan’s Purse)
- Peru
- HOME
Ryan & Emily - The Globetrotters 
Wow – amazing itinerary. Very happy for you guys. Wish you both a very happy, safe and pleasant around-the-world-trip. Will be looking forward to your updates.
I did a similar trip post McKinsey… I started in Peru and basically did the reverse order of your adventure. I ended in Hong Kong though… did not cover Europe. If you have questions along the way, let me know – it will be a great adventure. Have fun
Very cool! I hope you guys have a great time. I’ll look forward to your updates.
Awesome itinerary. I can see you are going to have so much fun and so many wonderful experiences. Look forward to reading about it. Have a safe and fun trip!
I am envious!
This is amazing and will be the trip of a lifetime! Enjoy.
Please make sure to take lots of pictures and keep a journal. These “scrapbooks” will be memories that you can share forever! I can’t wait to see all the details. Enjoy!
Wow! You two really know how to see the world! I know it will be fantastic. Have fun!
Have fun & be safe! Sounds like an incredible trip!
Glad I get to experience part of it with you. See you in Bolivia! Will be praying for you guys.
God go with you! This will be an experience you will never forget. Looking forwarded to being kept posted about your journey. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.
Emily and Ryan–You guys enjoy your trip. Sounds amazing and to get the experience to do it is wonderful. Safe travels and I can’t wait to read and see pictures about the experience. Hope to talk to you soon Em!!
This trip is sure going to be stupendous! We’ll plan on visiting you in the Nati for a week because that’s how long it’s going to take to look through your trip pictures! 😉
I think we packed in a lot, but we didn’t fit in such places you have seen like Bahrain. 🙂
Fantastic itinerary, and some of my favorite places on the list. LOVE San Sebastian in Spain and loved my trip to Peru! Can’t wait to check out some of the other places on your list. Can’t wait to read all about your adventuresl
Enjoy your trip. Looking forward to read your blogs.
Can’t wait to start reading your blog posts. Post plenty of pics!
Well it is 11:30 in Cincy so I am sure you have your seat belts fastened….Go with God and store your memories.
Ralph
Your itinerary looks great! Have an awesome (and safe) trip! I’ll look forward to following the progress of your journey… at least from week to week on Sundays, ha ha. Viel Glueck (good luck)!
Thanks, Josh! We had a great first day in London and even managed to go to a Church service at Westminster Abbey. You will have to check in each week to track our progress 🙂
Have a great time you guys and stay safe!!
What a wonderful way to document and share your trip! Lovely photographs, you have an eye for great photos! We missed you at the Sycamore Community Band summer picnic!
Thanks! It is great you found the blog and have enjoyed reading it!
Hi Ryan and Emily,
It was great meeting you at the very memorable Last of the Proms concert at the Sydney Opera House last night. We wish you a enjoyable and safe onward journey home and that you get to attend many more enjoyable concerts along the way! God Bless, Edwin and HungYee Ho
It was great to meet you as well! Keep in touch if you are ever in the US! We will let you know if we come back to Australia as well!