Travel budget RTW trip

I am planning a 7 month RTW around 20 countries begining probably May 2010. I want to keep the budget within $20,000 if I could. The RTW ticket I plan to purchase is StarAlliance Y 29000 starting in London and estimate that as being around $4500 with taxes and fees (it\'s considerably higher if I start in LAX). I live in Los Angeles so I will buy a one-way from LAX-LHR for $400-450 here so the total air is $5000. I will not use the last leg of the RTW from LAX-LHR.

Including all expenses (food, lodging, local transport and basic sightseeing) and living in a decent clean hotel/hostel I hope to budget $50/day for the following countries (total 160ish days) - Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Turkey, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, China and $100/day fo the following (total 50ish days) - Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Brunei.

Note: Spain to Morrocco I plan to do it via the Mediterranean coast going by bus/train to Andorra first and then to Barcelona, to Ibiza, Alicante and further down crossing via Gibraltar.
Thailand-Vietnam-Cambodia-Laos-Thailand-Singapore-Malaysia-Indonesia-Brunei is going to be by land with a return to Thailand (my RTW hub) by a cheap airline like Tiger Airways.

is this realistic? If not, how much should I increase my budget? Reply to this

thanks! The pound is on the way up against the dollar now but I believe it is $3500 with taxes also from UK, I was incorrect about the price earlier. My itinerary is not finalized of course, I am scheduling it such that I visit Europe/North Africa/Mid East first and then arrive in SE Asia sometime in Nov-Dec when the monsoons have subsided there.

Hopefully the dollar is not going to fall much more between now and then 😞 Reply to this