Route notes
Why this routing works
This routing is built as a 9-week loop from Basel with four stopovers: 24 nights in Kailua Kona, 17 nights in Medellin, 11 nights in Los Angeles, and 14 nights in San Jose before returning to Basel. The sequence spreads time across each stop rather than relying on brief layovers, which makes the itinerary work well as a single multi-stop ticket instead of separate point-to-point bookings.
The order moves from Europe to the USA, then into Colombia, back to the USA, onward to Costa Rica, and finally home to Switzerland. That structure can be useful when the goal is to link longer stays across multiple regions while keeping the overall routing continuous and avoiding unnecessary backtracking beyond the planned North America re-entry.
In ticketing terms, this is an economy-class multi-stop itinerary priced from $1,673. With all stops locked into one route string, the trip is designed around confirmed city pairs and planned stay lengths, which helps frame the journey as one coordinated booking over February travel in the January-to-March season.
Timing is a key part of this itinerary: the four stays total 66 nights across the trip, matching the 9-week duration closely and leaving the travel days to connect each segment. For travelers comparing complex but budget-conscious long trips, this kind of structure shows how extended stays in each city can be combined without turning the itinerary into a full round-the-world routing.