roundtheworldflights.com

Who we are
Well we exist in a shop in Islington in London. (See the movie of how to get there from the Tube here) We're real: not some mammoth faceless corporation run from who knows where, and where the staff turn over is massive. We are real enthusiasts for RTW travel. We were the first RTW specialist on the web and we've grown through great prices, a great reputation and top service. That's why we are still Number 1 on Google. We've had many people copy us over the years but quite frankly they're just not as good. We don't hide our fares and we'll bend over backwards to make sure we're there to help when things are going wrong (something that does happen on an RTW). We believe in providing inspiration for your RTW and we're active in social media circles on Twitter and Facebook. We've sent over 60,000 people round the world now and we've had some great customer feedback.
 
Our RTW Concierge Service - Save up to £285*!

Your RTW concierge is here to help make your RTW adventure as enjoyable and hassle free as possible, as well as saving you time and money by offering you total support throughout your travels – the service is completely free, so the only costs incurred will be from airlines or other third parties (eg hotels or tour companies). This service is exclusive to ALL our customers! Here’s what your Our RTW Concierge Service can do for you:

  • Friendly help and advice on all your travel arrangements including hotels and RTW insurance
  • RTW date changes
  • Same day response when possible
  • Specialist RTW knowledge from the original RTW company
  • No administration fees – Our RTW Concierge service is free!
  • Check your itinerary online
  • 10% off our RTW insurance
  • Unlike others we are recommended in over 40 guidebooks including Lonely Planet here
 
How will our RTW Concierge Service help you? Well by saving you up to £285*
Not only are we committed to providing you with first class service during your world trip, we provide this with no administration fees! We have spent over 13 years learning all there is to know about round the world trips. And if there's one thing we've learnt, it is that no matter how organised you may be, something is bound to change. We have found on average, our customers require approximately five changes to their flight schedules during their journey at up to £50 per change. This could cost you around £250 with other travel companies, but with us, it's completely free! We also offer a 10% discount on our insurance for all our RTW passengers - that saves an additional £35. Thus saving £285 plus....
Ticket Changes on your RTW once you have left the UK
Changing dates can be easy. On your RTW you will be spending a lot of time in airports - this is the best time to plan and change your RTW. This is what most passengers do 99% of the time. Not on the phone (where service can be sporadic) but in person - Below are links to some of our more popular RTW carriers - they will give you the address of local airline offices.

Air New Zealand

Air Tahiti Nui
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
Bangkok Airlines

British Airways
Cathay Pacific
Emirates
Hawaiian Air
Iberia 		LAN
Qantas
Singapore Airlines
Virgin
 
Ticket Changes with roundtheworldflights.com once you have left the UK
So whilst most date changes are made by our passengers directly with the airline locally (and this is the cheapest option - especially when done with an airline at an airport), we do know that sometimes you might not always be able to make contact with an airline in person. If we can help you, and airline permitting, then we will do so gladly, but we will only charge whatever the airline fees are to change your dates. These can be found on your booking confirmation. Again this is on the proviso that your airline will allow us to do so.
 
Important Information
We will endeavour to get back to you ASAP (usually the same business day) and always within 72 hours. However please note that we cannot change any dates departing within 7 days – in that case you must contact the airline directly . Please also note that we are only able to change certain airlines, and that sometimes a booking drops off our system and becomes embedded within an airline system after you have left the UK. In that case you MUST contact the airline directly. There are some fares that do not allow changes - ( please see your Booking Confirmation for details) and there are also some cases where although changes are permitted with the airline, they cannot be made by roundtheworldflights.com after you have left the UK. In these cases you MUST contact the airline directly.
 
How to change
If you want us to change your dates, please email your consultant and cc in sales@gvillage.co.uk or experts@roundthewordflights.com with your ideal dates and advise how flexible you are eg plus 3 days, plus or minus 1 day etc. For security reasons we will not do this over the phone. Please include your roundtheworldflights.com Booking Number and the debit or credit card you wish to use for any airline fees that will be noted on your booking confirmation (with expiry date and 3 digit security number). If you do this when you are in a place where you are able to access your emails regularly then it will definitely make your life easier too.
 
Our Consultants
Jarvis

Jarvis, Senior Travel Consultant

Travelled to: Asia, Australia, Europe, Russia, US/Canada
Travel industry experience: 5 years at Dial A flight, 3 years at roundtheworldflights.com.
Top three places: Kalbarri Western Australia, Monument Valley Utah, Osaka Japan
Where are you from originally: UK
Age: 26
Favourite hotel: The One and Only Tousserouk, Mauritius
Best beach: Unawatuna, Sri Lanka
Email: jarvis@roundtheworldflights.com
Direct Line 02077045705
 
James

James, Senior Consultant

Travelled to: Southern Africa, South America, Thailand, USA, Australia, NZ, Trans Siberian.
Travel industry experience: 8 years Travelbag, Global Village & roundtheworldflights.com

Favourite Travel Experience: The Trans-Sib, closely followed by its richer cousin, the Orient Express.
Top three Cities: Cape Town, Rio , New York,
Best beach: Tofu Beach, Mozambique. Surf, seafood and lots of golden sand.
If you were off on an RTW next week, which routing and why?
UK-Jo'burg - Oz - NZ - Santiago surface Rio - London This is the route I took on my year off.
Email: james@roundtheworldflights.com

Direct Line 020 7704 5703
 
Kate

Kate, Senior Consultant

Travel industry experience: 1 year at Travel Indochina, 2 years FC

Where are you from originally? Sydney, Australia

Age 25yrs

Favourite Country: Australia

Best beach: Anywhere on the Central Coast of NSW

If you were off on an RTW next week , which one?

UK - India - South East Asia Stop - Australia (and get flights within Australia from £30 each) - Fiji - New Zealand - Santiago surface Lima - UK

Email: kate@roundtheworldflights.com

Direct Line 02077045711
 
Sanjay

Sanjay, Senior Consultant

Travelled to: Big Trans Sib, North + South America, Asia, Australasia and South Pacific, Africa

Travel industry experience:STA for 5 years & 8 years roundtheworldflights.com

Where are you from originally? Indian roots but London born.

Age 36

Favourite Travel Experience: Overlanding between Quito to Rio De Janeiro

Favourite Countries: India, Peru, Thailand, Argentina

Best beach: White beach,Borocay

If you were off on an RTW next week , which one?

London - Delhi - Bangkok - Perth - Sydney - Auckland - Fiji or Hawaii - Los Angeles surface San Francisco - UK from £1299

Email: sanjay@roundtheworldflights.com

Direct Line 02077045708
 
Malcolm

Malcolm, Senior Consultant

Travelled to: Australia (lived there for several years), NZ, Thailand South Africa, USA, Australia, New Zealand, SE Asia, South America, & China

Travel industry experience: , STA, Travelmood, 3 years roundtheworldflights.com.
Where are you from originally: Scotland
Age: 32
Favourite Travel Experience:  Seeing the Orangutans in Sabah

Favourite Countries: Thailand, Australia
If you were off on an RTW next week, which routing and why?

UK - India - South East Asia Stop - Australia - Fiji - New Zealand - Santiago surface Lima - UK

Email: malcolm@roundtheworldflights.com

Direct Line 02077045706
 
Geoff

Geoff, Senior Consultant (Just back from Australia and New Zealand!)
Places I’ve been to: Europe. Russia, Egypt, Morocco, Dubai, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, USA, Canada, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatamala, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru & Argentina.

Travel industry experience: 5 years Travel 2 before and 9 years Global Village

Where are you from originally? Kent

Age 31

Favourite Travel Experience: Trekking in the Indian Himalayas, chilling in Byron Bay Australia, watching the sunrise over the Mayan ruins at Tikal, Guatemala

Favourite Countries: Colombia, India, Australia

Best beach: Cabo San Juan, Parque Tayrona, Colombia

Your Perfect holiday break A Two pound beach hut on an isolated beach with excellent seafood!

If you were off on an RTW next week , which one?

London - Havana surface Vancouver - Auckland - Sydney - Penang surface Kuala Lumpur - Singapore - Kathmandu surface Delhi - UK from £1149

Email: geoff@gvillage.co.uk

Direct Line 020 7704 5712
Simon

Simon, Manager

Travelled to: Russia, Round the world, Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA

Travel industry experience: 13 years in long-haul specialist agencies.

Where are you from originally? London

Age 42

Favourite Travel Experience: Sunrise trek to Mt Bromo, Java, Indonesia

Favourite Countries: Australia

Best beach: Cable Beach, Broome

Your Perfect holiday break: 4 days walking in the Peak District!

If you were off on an RTW next week, which routing and why? London - Cape Town - overland - Victoria Falls - Perth - Sydney - Auckland - Beijing - London - To do an overland trip through Namibia and to visit friends around the world.

Email: simon@roundtheworldflights.com

Direct Line 02077045707
Stuart

Stuart, Director

Travel industry experience: STA, 5 years Bridge The World, Co-founder Global Village and roundtheworldflights.com with Chris and Simon back in 1997.

Countries Visited: Round the world several times, 80+ countries now - the real joy is going back though...

Where are you from originally? Glasgow

Age: 40

Favourite Countries Australia, Thailand, Peru, Vietnam

Best beach: Whitehaven in the Whitsundays. Bottle Beach in Koh Phangan

Favorite Journey: You really can't beat the Trans Siberian

Your perfect next holiday: South Island New Zealand and upper west coast Australia.

Perfect 4 day Weekend: Prague - and the train to Vienna - what a superb combo....Berlin and Washington DC are very cool too
If you were off on an RTW next week , which one?

London - Delhi surface Kathmandu - Bangkok surface Saigon - Singapore - Sydney surface Melbourne - Christchurch surface Auckland - Fiji - Los Angeles surface Miami - London from £1399

Email: stuart@roundtheworldflights.com

 Stuart Lodge outside Bandar Seri Begawan
Chris

Chris, Director

Travel industry experience: 8 years STA, Co-founder Global Village and roundtheworldflights.com with Stuart and Simon back in 1997.

Where are you from originally? London

Age 35

Favourite Countries Peru, Australia, Laos

Best beach: South Beach Miami

Your Perfect holiday break: Exploring Asias backwaters

Perfect 4 day Weekend: Where I'm off to next month - New York
If you were off on an RTW next week , which one?

London - Singapore - Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) surface Bangkok - Brisbane surface Sydney - Christchurch - Wellington - Auckland - Tonga -Western Samoa (Apia) - L.A surface Las Vegas - London from £1299

Telephone 020 7704 5700
IATA and ATOL bonded for your protection

 

The company has an Air Travels Organiser’s License (ATOL - 6283) granted by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). ATOL protects you from losing your money or being stranded abroad. It does this by carrying out checks on the tour operators and travel organisers it licenses, and requiring a financial guarantee called a bond, which is lodged with us.If a tour operator goes out of business, the CAA will make a refund to you, or if you're abroad, we'll arrange for you to finish your holiday and fly home. For further information please visit the ATOL website at www.atol.org.uk. The company is also a member and is bonded by the International Air Travel Association (IATA - 91257073), which allows us to issue tickets on our premises in Islington. All RTW airline tickets also include Schedule Airline Failure Insurance (SAFI) - which will be added to your invoice if scheduled airline flights are booked. RTW Travel insurance is strongly recommended at all times more