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 this is what we know from our experience....

Interesting report from Bootsnall released this week. Conclusion being the Kayak was cheaper when it came to RTWs. We were a little taken aback as this didn't seem to be our experience. Kayak are excellent for point to point fares (we like them) but not generally for multi-stops or RTWs. So we thought we'd do a little experiment. It's pretty unscientific but we took 5 of our biggest selling RTW routes and did a price comparison search leaving in May (low season). We also took a screen grab of the results. Some really rather surprising results...

I blame the French. More specifically, the Frenchman who lost his temper with a 12 year old boy in Montdidier. In 1988. My attempt to put a year's worth of French lessons into practice had caused the octogenarian to rant and rage at me and then the sky, all in a language I didn't understand. Clearly I'd cause offense, although how remains a mystery. I suspect it was the charge of 60 British schoolchildren up the high street asking where the swimming pool is in rudimentary Franglais that tipped him over the edge, the poor bastard.

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....