just want to tell you about where we plan on traveling, and would love to hear others that did something similar. we are a family of 4 in Los Angeles, me and my wife are 40, kids are 8 and 9. we love to travel and we love to pack it in and do a million things. thats just the way we are. we are traveling for 75 days from pretty much kids last day of school to day before school. we start from LAX and end in LAX. i have a ton of miles, but i booked all flights through airtreks.com. my experience with them was great, and hopefully all is ok this summer. here is our itinery
LAX-PPT (bora bora), Auckland, Cairns (Great barrier reef), Singapore, Maldives, Dubai, Cairo, Athens, Santorini, Istanbul, Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Berlin, Dublin, Amsterdam, Reykjavik, NYC, Houston (family), back to LAX
each location is about 4-6 days depending on location. airtrek booked all flights on the phone with me. i booked all hotels myself, alot of VRBO/Airbnb due to more room and needing to do laundry.
we pack very light, 2 medium carryon, with 4 backpacks. checking in is not an option for me due to all the locations going to as well as potential for lost luggage.
for those interested, Flights were $6000 for adults and $5300 for each child. i am budgetting about 40K total for the trip, which includes airfare, hotel, activites, and car rentals. Car will be rented in New Zealand, Croatia, and Iceland.
i have planning this trip myself for over 9 months. by the way, my family took a 40 day Asia Trip summer of 2016, that covered 11 countries, so we are somewhat used to this style of traveling. we love it.
we love exploring the world and learning new cultures. we are most excited about Dubai and Iceland.
if anyone did anything similar to this, id love to hear stories.
im curious if anyone bought some sort of world wide hot spot for internet access everywhere they went.
thanks!