I Am Going a Solo Trip on Round The World

Unacceptable on 07/06/2025 - 19:57
Last edited 08/06/2025 - 10:06

So when I saw this deal (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/903608) I immediately sent the link to my wife to see.
I wasn't serious but interested, later I booked it for myself.

My travel plan starts from Sydney-Tokyo-Seoul(short trip)-Tokyo-LA (transit only)-New York-Frankfurt-Paris (by train)-Barcelona-Singapore-Sydney. About 30 days all up (during September 2025) on the budget of $10,000.

RTW trip is on my bucket list, and my wife cannot join due to work but approved my travel.

Being a middle aged man and travelling solo (on a budget), recommend me what to do, what to eat and what to buy to bring back home.

NB: Have applied the HSBC Star Alliance credit card for a lounge access (Gold status).

Staying in Tokyo & Seoul (2-3 weeks), New York (5 days), Frankfurt (1 day), Paris (4 days), Barcelona (4 days), Singapore (transit 17 hours?)

Poll Options

  • 125
    Would your spouse allow you to travel solo? Yes
  • 129
    No
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Comments

      • Protractor on 09/06/2025 - 18:58
        -1

        These days, the other half is the locals gladly waving goodbye to the boring entitled traveller,his rude habits,obnoxious behaviour and stereotypical assumptions.

  • Thenarrator on 09/06/2025 - 11:55
    +2

    the AUD is very poor at the moment against europe and asia. possibly the worse time to travel. i suggest upping the budget to $20k to be fair. In tokyo, must try 'yakiniku like'

    • Nads2407 on 10/06/2025 - 15:03

      at least for japan the yen sucks, so thats good for him.

      • Thenarrator on 14/06/2025 - 20:29

        even to yen, aud has slipped compared to 1y ago

        • Nads2407 on 14/06/2025 - 20:44

          true, last time i went before covid, only got like 72 yen to 1 AUD.

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 09/06/2025 - 13:03
    -5

    Perfect post to out the boomers and misogynists. The types who probably require their wife to place their dinner plate in front of them every single night.

    Enjoy the trip. You married well.

    • Protractor on 09/06/2025 - 19:00

      Why does your comment seem duplicitous?

      • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 10/06/2025 - 20:16
        +1

        Think what you like. I think it's hilarious that some of the posters here cannot fathom what OP is doing, or bewildered that a person in a relationship can actually do something independently.

        • Protractor on 11/06/2025 - 13:44

          I think it's hilarious you stereotype a whole cohort based on your viewpoint around that cohort , and then you went on to" praise a bloke for choosing the right format wife'.

  • JKW on 09/06/2025 - 15:58
    -1

    Well, I cannot wait for the conclusion to this tale. So many questions to be answered before and after the trip.
    I'm not his missus but even I resent him for going without me.

  • Oztx on 09/06/2025 - 16:58

    I traveled to Europe solo for couple of weeks years back (it was a paid trip but I attached an extra week leave to it). Honestly, it got lonely and boring really quick, I tried to make some friends but everyone else already had a friend/partner so it was awkward to try and force yourself. YMMV obviously if you are fine sight seeing alone, you might enjoy, but its definitely not for everyone.

  • havabeer on 09/06/2025 - 18:05

    Should would but not now, she knows I want to do the Camino, I don't really care if it is by myself or not, but I doubt she is really into it.
    Kids 6 and 2, so that's not happening for a while.

  • Drakesy on 09/06/2025 - 20:20
    +2

    Honestly I love solo travelling

    Not arguments
    Get to do what you want when you want

    Lounge access is terrific with star alliance

  • Protractor on 09/06/2025 - 20:24

  • johnno07 on 09/06/2025 - 22:24
    +3

    I'm tuning in here to find out if OP and Mrs OP genuinely have a loving relationship that would support such a decision, or if OP chose to completely ignore intonation and body language when he was told "yeah that's fine I guess".

    • Hangryuman on 10/06/2025 - 12:22
      +1

      If your woman says "I'm fine" - that means she's definitely NOT fine! … [womanspeak]

  • Parentheses on 10/06/2025 - 10:37
    +3

    The deal is so not worth the cost… even if everything was perfectly fine in your relationship, you've just planted an incredible seed of jealousy. You're going to get back from your trip and want to talk about it, and every word out of your mouth is going to drive home the fact that work stopped her (if she did want to go), or that you are incompatible in what you want (if she didn't want to go). So either you talk about it and piss her off, or you don't and that eats at you. 30 days of probably guilty and lonely middling experience, a lifetime of regret. What a bargain.

    The correct move here was to save longer (not that much longer, the tickets aren't that much of a reduction), and go together when you both have leave. Every couple with a travel story loves to talk about it, even if they're talking about how they got shafted with a dodgy hotel or lost their luggage or got mugged or something. Point is they both did it.

  • Ciderfizz44 on 10/06/2025 - 12:45

    it's a trap

  • Brick Tamland on 10/06/2025 - 14:16

    Sounds good but I think you will need to budget very carefully with a $10k budget. For example you are looking at least $300 a night aud for an nyc hostel room.

  • AustriaBargain on 10/06/2025 - 18:46

    They could FaceTime each other daily, it's not like they'd be no contact for a month.

  • R4 on 10/06/2025 - 21:33
    +4

    Jeez, there's some judgemental and prudish f***ers on this site - probably the same queens who neg every little thing.

    Dude says he's going on a trip overseas on his own and half of QzB reckons that he's going to be banging his way around the world and his marriage is effectively over!

    Pathetic.

  • smigglejiggle on 11/06/2025 - 11:46
    +1

    Was there an option for your wife to also go on this trip?

    "So when I saw this deal (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/903608) I immediately sent the link to my wife to see." Was this a suggestion for a planned trip together or just an advisory that you are planning on going?

  • BobsYourAunty on 11/06/2025 - 11:59

    5 days in NYC will set you back minimum $2000 in accommodation alone. Don’t forgot exchange rate and minimum 20% tipping.

  • cybapete on 11/06/2025 - 12:24

    i would recommend the tripadvisor forums https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/ForumHome
    they have separate forums for different countries and cities around the world where you can ask other visitors and locals questions

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 11/06/2025 - 13:51
    +2

    Just over 50% are under the thumb and/or old fashioned. Oooof.

    • Protractor on 11/06/2025 - 13:55
      +1

      Should you be off doing the housework Mr Metrosexual?

      • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 13/06/2025 - 14:22

        Sorry, late responding. Busy spending time with Mrs Metrosexual.

  • umoddbro on 11/06/2025 - 15:00

    $10000 budget? Doubt. I spent more than half that going to Seoul/Tokyo alone

    • tenpercent on 12/06/2025 - 07:28

      I'm sorry you had that experience. It's not nice that people have filmed it and plastered it all over the interwebs.
      FWIW, paying extra for a coupe of kilos of carry on luggage is a scam. They don't charge more for morbidly obese people to bring carry on their giant fadoobadas. And they'd don't charge less for kids or small women or jockeys.

      • Muppet Detector on 12/06/2025 - 18:19

        If they make it clear that their terms and conditions of carriage limit your onboard luggage to a maximum weight of 7kg, what self absorbed person would even pack heavier far less expect to get away with it without penalty?

        If the terms of the contract say 7kg, and you agreed to form that contract, why are they a scam if you breach the contract you agreed to?

        • tenpercent on 12/06/2025 - 19:51

          Just put helium balloons in your luggage. Then you won't appear on news.com.au and tiktok.

      • Protractor on 12/06/2025 - 18:28

        @temperscent. At some point you'll probably say something funny. By then the mods will discover you are a ghost user.
        Oh well.Them's the breaks.

        • tenpercent on 12/06/2025 - 19:53

          Alas I have but one account and this is it. Quite an amusingly ironic comment from you.

  • NaRaSaRang on 11/06/2025 - 21:37
    +2

    I am a bit stupid and cannot work out the reason the wife would not allow? Would it because of safety reasons? A lack of trust? What could it be? After all, it is one of the dreams of OP.

    Maybe I don't understand cuz I am not married??

    Can someone enlighten me please??

    Thank you.

    • R4 on 11/06/2025 - 22:35
      -1

      You're not stupid - it's just that OzB is teeming with judgemental, prudish, opinionated pr1cks, all ready to finger point and lecture - as you've just discovered.

      • Protractor on 11/06/2025 - 23:23

        Well to that I can only reply, that posts like this are dropped here, by the opposite of judgemental, prudish, opinionated pr1cks.
        My broad knowledge of the English language delivers a plethora of descriptions of such needy, approval seeking menial individuals, in need of a universal poll driven validation.(in a space where most ppl would just do shit without asking approval or opinion) . What's your sympathetic definition of them?

  • tenpercent on 12/06/2025 - 07:23

    OP gets to use up his stash https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/908737

  • bugsbunny on 12/06/2025 - 11:51

    have you got your bank cards all sorted? i would recommend Up (free withdrawals from 7/11 ATMs in Japan).

  • Autonomic on 23/06/2025 - 13:08

    I'm curious as to how you're going to budget this. $2k on flights already and 4 days NYC will eat up $2k by itself. Then you have internal/short flights and other high cost cities in Europe. Travel insurance will also be at least $1k.

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