Travel costs for round-the-world 2014

Reaction to my most recent trip has been mixed; some have been inspired to travel more often, while others cite all sorts of reasons why they can't. 

Either way, a common concern is cost. After crunching the numbers, I've come up with a figure that should be encouraging to most aspiring globetrotters...

Round the World... for peanuts

Peanuts? I like peanuts.

They say that reading is fundamental...that includes travel blogs and forums, right?

I was all set to go to London and Paris this fall--a few months ago, I'd booked airfare using some frequent flier miles, identified which hotels were ideally located for short visits, and looked at what's involved to take the Chunnel between the two cities.

Then I ran across this*: Under $400: From Los Angeles – Visit Budapest / Prague then Tokyo, One way, including all taxes.