Passports

A passport is an essential document that you will need to legally enter and exit any country on your RTW trip. You should check that your passport is valid and that the expiry date is at least 6 months after the date you intend to return home. There should also be plenty of empty pages in your passport for the countries you plan to visit (entry and exit stamps for some countries may fill two pages each).

As we've mentioned before on our blogs, there's been a lot of debate, some rather vehement on various forums, over the last few years, about whether it's cheaper to book a round the world (RTW) before you go or just buy Low Cost Carriers (LCC) as you go. Well we sell both types of tickets and we do advise travellers to be cautious. Or they could have a fairly misreable and super-expensive RTW year....

Here are 10 top tips that – whether you are a budding Frans Lanting or just a casual holiday snapper – round-the-world photographers of all levels might want to bear in mind.

Getting a visa can be the trickiest and most tedious part of any trip. Just ask me.  After a month of stuffing about, I had to visit the Indian Visa office five times in two different cities, make a dozen phone calls and eventually sat in the office for 8 hours the day before my flight left to get my visa. It wasn’t fun. However, it was just one of those hoops I had to jump through to get my visa. And once I got to India, I largely forgot about the hassle.