Russian tourist Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt

Before coming home for Christmas, I tallied my travel expenses from my year-long trip around the world.

A lot of readers expressed pleasant surprise at the total cost – for 3 continents, 26 countries, 84,000 km and 13 months, I spent a total of $25,200 CAD.

My total expenditure wasn’t surprising to me, as I was roughly keeping track of I was spending on a daily/monthly basis on accommodations and food expenses. However, this was the first time I added up the cost of my flights.

From the 19 flights I took during the year, the total spent was $4,520 Canadian.

I expected this amount to be more, as I was buying individual flights as I traveled and $4,500 is actually in the same price range as round-the-world flight packages I was considering before I started in my trip.

I’ve summarized the flights below by distance, but for details on all the flights I took, please see my round-the-world expenses spreadsheet on Google Docs. It shows the destinations, prices airlines and how I booked it.
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