Are STA Travel best for round the world tickets?
Browsing Lonely Planet forums today, I came across a brilliant thread: poor old MadJockMcPherson has been dumped by his girlfriend and made redundant, but rather than get drunk and broke in the casino, he’s ‘decided to do the RTW trip before it is to late!’ The forums are always buzzing with people asking for advice as they go for that trip of a lifetime, and they’re not shy about recommending STA.
pricklyleaf advises MadJock that ‘if you are Under 26, then I can’t recomend STA travel enough’. Last week on this Boards.IE thread on the best value RTW tickets, cashback was saying he’d
Just booked with STA travel and was at least 300e cheaper than any irish companies. Cost me 2076e. It’s worth giving them a ring.
Our global STA Explorers Neil and Megan have found their STA itinerary and tours to be fantastic so far. And on Money Saving Expert I saw Mum_of_3 recommend it for non-students too: My sister & her friends used STA to book an 18-month round the world trip a few years back.
[My sister] said they were fab, they gave them loads of help planning where to go, when and how to go about sorting visas for variuos countries. Her friends were students but she wasn’t.
Who do you reckon gives the best overall experience and deal when you’re booking round the world? Have you compared a number of different agencies and sites? What have your experiences been with STA? When people are shelling out time and money for their dream trips, they want frank first-hand opinions.
