MyTravel Round The World Tour

[Story]

Have just heard about a round the world tour going on sale next week for MyTravel. Does anyone have any details? I am not sure whether this has been done before by them but sounds very interesting...

[Thomas_Cook_757-300]

The round the world tour will be the second (the first being this year) and following on the success of this years, will be operated by MyTravel Airways A/S with and A330-300 stopping at:

April 18-18 - Stockholm
April 18-19 - Niagara Falls
April 19-22 - San Francisco
April 22-24 - Hawaii
April 25-28 - Fiji
April 28-30 - Sydney
April 30-01 - Great Barrier Reef
May 03-05 - Ho Chi Minh City
May 05-06 - Chiang Mai
May 06-08 - Oman
May 08-08 - Stockholm

The tour will be hosted by award winning MyTravel Northern Europe tour operators Ving and Spies

Hope this helps!

Thomas_Cook_757-300

[Story]

Thanks Thomas Cook!

There is also one to be operated by MYT UK. Have found out it leaves UK end of February next year.

[Felix Saddler]

how much is it?

[danielgraham600]

Departing on the 27th Feb 2007, My Travel UK flies the following route.

Manchester-New York
New York-Las Vegas
Las Vegas-Honolulu
Honolulu- Fiji
Fiji-Sydney
Sydney-Malaysia
Malaysia-Beijing
Beijing-Delhi
Delhi-Dubai
Dubai-Cape Town
Cape Town-Cairo
Cairo-Manchester

Returning on the 21st March.

[Thomas_Cook_757-300]

I didn’t know MyTravel UK are doing a tour. Is it on sale yet? It looks like a superb itinerary. Any idea of aircraft type?

[Slow Progress]

Does anybody know who the Charterer is?

Slow Progress

[slim_slag]

Originally Posted by Felix Saddler

how much is it?

Don't know, but it's around 25000 miles and covers four continents. So, just off the top of my head, you can get those sort of RTW tickets on Star/One World for somewhere in the range of £1000-£1500 + taxes. VS/SQ will beat that but don't have the route network to match the MyTravel trip. Maybe MyTravel price includes the accomodation and arranged tours too. If you have some spare cash and time it's probably a great idea, though I am sure you could get cheaper if you arranged it yourself, but I guess that's not the point.

MyTravel are actually an OK airline. It seems to me the charter outfits are raising their game at the same time as the scheduled ones are deteriorating. At the rate they are going it won't be long before the charter lot will be settting the standards.

[danielgraham600]

It's looks like it's going to be on the A330-200.

[Thomas_Cook_757-300]

Full details have been released today regarding MyTravel’s Round the World Tour:

Aircraft:
A330-243

Crew:
3 Pilots, 12 Cabin Crew, 10 Representatives, 2 Engineers, 1 Doctor and 1 Ground Service Personnel

Route:
Manchester - New York Newark
New York Newark - Las Vegas
Las Vegas - Hawaii
Hawaii - Sydney
Sydney - Kato Kinabalu (for Borneo)
Kato Kinabalu (for Borneo) - Beijing
Beijing - Delhi (for Agra)
Delhi (for Agra) - Dubai
Dubai - Cape Town
Cape Town - Cairo
Cairo - Manchester

Duration:
23 Days

Departs UK:
27 February 2007

Chartered By:
MyTravel Tour Operations

More Information:
MyTravel.com
Airtours.co.uk
Going Places.co.uk
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This sounds like a great once in a lifetime tour!
Thomas_Cook_757-300

[Thomas_Cook_757-300]

I’ve just read that MyTravel will be tailoring menus for the 4620 in-flight meals served to dishes reflecting the countries visited.

[Big Tudor]

If that's the case TC 757_300 then I guess the MAN-EWR leg will be pie & peas then!
Looks like a fantastic trip, especially for the crew. Wish I had the money.
BTW, didn't First Choice do something similar a few years ago?

[Story]

It costs £4499.

[chippy63]

Don't know what the seat pitch is, but I think you could get better value on a *Alliance or One World rtw, and have more choice on destinations, especially if booked ex-EU origin. And get miles and tier points. Just a thought.

[The SSK]

Last Saturday *should have been* the start of John Otway's round-the-world concert tour (remember him?). An A340, christened as 'Ot-Air' and containing the man and his fans, was due to leave Liverpool after a gig at the Cavern, to a series of stopovers with concert dates in New York, Las Vegas, Sydney (the Opera House), Shanghai and Dubai, plus an R&R break in Tahiti. Price tag was just under £4000.

Unfortunately it never happened but it must have been good fun while it lasted.

[AlphaWhiskyRomeo]

It was off to a bad start when they said they'd use an A340 from Liverpool as it can't accept 4 engined widebodies.

[silverelise]

Originally Posted by danielgraham600

It's looks like it's going to be on the A330-200.

Is that the one with the downstairs toilets ?

[Wodrick]

I believe, although prepared to be corrected, that the MYT A330-200s are the only A330s to be fitted with the LDL

[Story]

Yes, it has got the downstairs toilets, and as the price above includes all accommodation and some excursions, I think you would find it difficult to find better value!

[stevehudd]

Just read the Round the World trip in Airliners magazine but few pics so was wandering if you know any links?

Ok just found a travellers blog of this trip:

http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/rinbob/