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!

Ds is 3 (so not a teen yet) and he's been to 4 so far (not including UK of course).
I'm hoping to add 2-3 more in the next 12-ish months but we save our money for travel and spend little on other things because travel is what I love.

My dc have been to Vietnam twice, travelled the 2nd time to various places but we stayed with family both times. They haven't been anywhere else.

DS is 18. Never been out of Europe but been to France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Greece, Turkey.

When I was 18 my only trip to another country was going to England once as a teenager (I am Scottish), I had holidayed all over Scotland though. I spent my first student loan on an interrailing trip aged 19 and went to France, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and The Netherlands. You can probably tell exactly how old I am thanks to that sentence!

DH was born abroad and has parents from different continents so has lived in countries in South America, Europe and Asia and travelled extensively as a child. His DM is in her 80s and is still jetting off all over the place, she's currently in Asia. I'm half in awe of her and half horrified at her carbon footprint.

When the DC were preschool age we only holidayed in Scotland but our eldest is 16 and they have been to Scotland, Wales and England in the UK and also France (by train), Italy, Spain and Denmark which is pretty good I think. They know they are lucky and that not everyone can go on holidays, we're on the mythical MN 6 figure household income and do a 1 week foreign holiday a year plus UK trips and it still feels like a lot of money.

I'd only been to Greece and a day trip to France by the time I was 18. I travelled extensively once I was able to.

DSS 16 has been to Spain multiple times (family). Also going to UAE soon as I work in the region. I don't think it's essential for kids to have overseas holidays tbh. It's a nightmare trying to coordinate everyone's interests and so bloody expensive.

We'll try and do something in the summer, not sure what though.

By the time my 3 were late teens, then had been to;
Australia x2
Bali
France x 13 (we like France!)
Lanzarote
Turkey x 3
Menorca x 2
Cyprus
Netherlands
Guernsey x 2
Ibiza

They are 32, 30 and 25 now….so they been many more far flung places now

Ds 15 has been to
England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Jersey
Guernsey
France
Spain
Majorca
Menorca
Cyprus
Lanzarote
Mexico
S Korea
Iceland
He is lucky enough to be an Explorer Scout & has been on many a trip with them, plus school.

Dd is 17 and has visited over 30 including Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.

Eldest is 15 and has been to

Cyprus
Menorca
Bulgaria
Italy
Lanzarote
Fuerteventura
Turkey
Jersey
Wales
England
Scotland
France
Netherlands
USA - Washington DC and New York

DS is 19 and has been to 15. I had him as a teenager and had never left the country before I had him, so I did all my travelling with him in tow.

I honestly find that hard to believe, at 15? When did the kid ever go to school??

Ds is 16. He's been to
Scotland
Wales
France
Spain
Denmark
Germany
Sweden
Belgium
The Netherlands
Italy
Switzerland

I don't fly.

USA
France

For one

The other has done the above plus

Switzerland
Turkey
Spain

The adult DD has been to
France
Belgium
Italy
Greece
US
Croatia every year for the last 8 years

The 8 year old has been to
France
Belgium
Croatia - he has Autism, which is why we go to Croatia all the time :)
he’s doing the US this May

we are all going to Thailand as well :)

Both my DCs had been to three different continents before their first birthdays: born in Asia, visit to UK to be introduced to family, holiday to Australia.

I think DS had been to about 30 countries by the time he hit 20, and it's probably nearer 40 now, but these days he (and I) are much more conscious of carbon footprints, so although he still loves travelling, nearly everything is by train. He has made a point of ticking off all the mini-countries in Europe (Andorra, Vatican City etc).

Turkey
France
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Croatia
Germany

DD is only five not a teenager and has been to 10 countries. It would have been double if not for Covid.

by the time I was 18, I’d been on four school trips to France (2), Belgium and Spain.

Since then I’ve been to 65 and I want to share this with her.

You must have missed the eight year old on page 2 who's been to 32 countries 😵

We are Australian. My 15 yo DS has been to 16 countries:
Vanuatu
Thailand
Fiji
Japan
Netherlands
Germany
France
Italy
Austria
Czechia
Slovakia
Hungary
Spain
Portugal
Hong Kong
Singapore

At his age I'd only travelled within Australia - my first trip overseas was at age 43!

He is now 22 but had been to 11 by age 19 I didn’t go over seas till I was 21. He has been to America and Spain about 6 times each as we have relatives in both countries.

My 3, aged 13, 15, 17 have been to wales, that's it. Although dc3 insists he has been to Scotland as I went there when I was 6 weeks pregnant with him!

My teen is 14 and has been to:

Germany
Portugal
France
USA
Italy
Slovenia
Bulgaria
Rhodes/Greece
Turkey
Scotland
Netherlands
Spain (mainland)
Majorca
Tenerife
(Do the last three count separately?)

We live abroad and dh and I are from different countries so both dcs have traveled a lot, often to visit family.

Dd1 is 18 and has been to 21 countries, she is also going to South Africa in March on a school trip and South Korea in June
Dd2 is 11 and has been to 18 countries.

Yes, they know they are very privileged, I didn't go overseas until I was 16.

DS has been to
Ireland
Italy (and Sicily)
Brussels
Poland
Iceland
Spain
Greece
America
Canada

Scotland and Wales and the Channel Islands as well as all over England.

And Germany and France (forgot those)