Route notes
Why this routing works
This round-the-world routing moves steadily east from Vienna into Asia, down through Australia, across to New Zealand, then onward to the Pacific and North America before closing back in Europe. The sequence avoids backtracking and uses a clear transpacific progression, with the only non-flight segment shown as an overland gap between Papeete and San Francisco.
The stop pattern is built around longer stays rather than frequent short connections. Tokyo opens the trip with 16 nights, followed by three separate 15-night stops in Australia, then a 43-night stay in Auckland. That pacing reduces the number of travel days across a 20-week itinerary and makes the long-haul sectors easier to space out.
Ticketing-wise, this is a true RTW structure in economy class, with the flight path ending Papeete and resuming from San Francisco. That split creates flexibility on the North America portion while still preserving the overall around-the-world direction. The final sector pair, San Francisco to Los Angeles to Vienna, keeps the return simple after the Pacific crossing.
With departure in November, the route distributes time across multiple regions without compressing connections. In total it covers Japan, Australia, New Zealand, French Polynesia, and the USA before returning to Austria, with pricing shown from USD 4,251 to USD 5,566 for the economy routing.