How many countries have your teen dc visited?

[madderthanahatter]

I just posted on another thread saying we've travelled a fair bit and my dc19 said she's very grateful for this. I've just counted though and they've been to 8 non UK countries over 3 continents, which doesn't sound a lot. We've been to some countries twice, but different areas. I didn't include transit countries.
This is not a stealth boast BTW as we've always done it on the cheap, they've been taken out of school and our accommodation would leave most of MN pearl clutching!

By 19 I had been to:

• France
• Spain
• Italy
• South Korea
• South Africa
• Botswana
• Zambia

I think 8 is pretty good! My parents have never been abroad so all of my trips were with school

Ds is 14. He’s never been out of europe but been to Italy, Greece, Spain, France, Switzerland, Gibraltar, Portugal. So 7.

My eldest two (13 & 15) Have been to France, Germany, Australia and as we are Scottish they'd like to include England (I don't think it counts but they want to bump up their numbers)

At their age I'd been to Majorca (three times unfortunately, It wasn't my type of holiday as a young teenager)

My family live in a two different countries abroad and DHs family the same.

So our 14 and 12 year olds have been to;

New Zealand
Australia
Greece
Turkey
France
Belgium

4 of those places were to visit family (or 'sitting on other peoples sofas' as DH calls it).

My DC are 18 and 15 and they’ve visited 13 countries, mostly in Europe but also USA and Canada. They’re very lucky and they know it.

My DCs have only been abroad twice with us, but have gone away with school and scouts on a few international trips.
Ireland
France
Belgium
Italy
Denmark
Netherlands
Morocco
USA

By the time I was 18 I'd been to:
Ireland
Spain
Greece
France
Netherlands
USA
Cyprus
Denmark
Austria

So I reckon we're pretty much even

DD is 18. She's been to 8 different countries.

One - New York. We have been planning to go to Australia for a few years but put it off twice due to Covid and then secondly family illness. Penciled in for next year now fingers crossed.

By the time I was 18, I had been to at least 4 European countries, plus Malaysia, USA, Canada and New Zealand. I felt (and still feel) very fortunate. I’ve now been to about 30 countries.

DS is 19, he has been to:
Spain
Italy
France
Portugal
Austria
Canada
USA
Japan
Hungary
Germany
Belgium
Morroco

So 13 I think.

He has probably skiied into Switzerland not sure that counts....

Ds is 13 and been to 16 countries plus country of birth and Uk. I’m including ski trips though and never sure if those really count because a mountain is a mountain is a mountain.

France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Andorra
Spain
Italy
Austria
Germany
Denmark
Cyprus (Republic and Turkish zone)
And adding Czechia and Poland this year. They are 11&12.

My 19 year old DD
America
Iceland
Austria
Germany
Spain
Rwanda
France
17 year old DD
Iceland
Germany
Austria
France
Rwanda

Dd is mid 20s. Never been abroad.

I forgot
Neverlands for both

Just one ski trip. Hopefully an Iceland trip later this year.
We've never had a family holiday though. (Too poor).

DS is 12. Single parent. 14 countries so far but some of these were on the same trip, for instance driving through Austria, Slovenia and Croatia on a road trip & camping.

Mine are mid teens - France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Denmark, Greece, Vietnam, China, India.

When I was their age I’d only been to France, Spain and Denmark - I didn’t do any real travelling til I left home as we couldn’t afford it, or perhaps it wasn’t so common in the 80s & 90s. I love it, and now they are old enough now to start doing trips by themselves in the next couple of years I’ll be encouraging it 100%.

DD is 16 and has been to
UAE
Lebanon
Italy
France
Spain
US
Portugal
Greece
Turkey

My 17 yo DD has been to 3 other countries...2 in Europe, one further flung.

My 11 yo DS has been to the same 3 countries as his sister.

At 18:

Wales
The Netherlands

Daughter has been to France too.

We've had at least one UK holiday every year and seen a good bit of England. We could probably have afforded to go abroad more, but there's so much here.

ds is 16 abs has been to 14 countries

some of this is down to family who live abroad

when I was 16 I had only been to France on a day trip

13 year old DD has been to France, Spain, Finland, Croatia, Holland, Cyprus and Montenegro. Would’ve been to a few more but curtailed by Covid.

DD (18) is in America at the moment on a school trip and has been to 17 countries (some more than once):

Ireland
Holland
Belgium
Spain
France
Hong Kong
Macau
Japan
Italy
Croatia
America

Northern Ireland
Austria
South Korea
UAE - Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Switzerland
Canada

I had been to 16 so she is just ahead!

My kids (14,15&17) have been to
France
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Austria
Greece

DS1 has also been to Iceland with school.