How many countries has your teen been to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And if your teen attends a Big 3, please be sure to mention that as well.

😂 😂 😂

And after they score 1550 on their very first SAT try, please be sure to ask if they should do a prep and take it again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine:

New Zealand
Australia
Fiji
Japan
Singapore
Korea
Russia
Senegal
Uganda
South Africa
Botswana (day trip from South Africa so maybe doesn't count)
Namibia
England
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Mexico
Canada
Greenland
Iceland
Antarctica (not a country, but...)
Bahamas
Texas.

I just realized Greenland isn't a country, either. Oops.

[Anonymous]

My tween has been to Australia, Tanzania, Spain, France, Amsterdam, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

[Anonymous]

Zero.

[Anonymous]

UK, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Honduras, Belize, Southern Maryland

[Anonymous]

22 year old has been to Canada and Costa Rica.

19 year old has been to Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Netherlands.

Different kids, different needs and interests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My tween has been to Australia, Tanzania, Spain, France, Amsterdam, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

Amsterdam isn't a country, love.

[Anonymous]

14, been to
Canada
Costa Rica
Chile
Panama
Mexico
France
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Morocco
Madagascar
next up: Indonesia

Thank you for sparking these memories! <3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:France
England
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Denmark
Sweden
Thailand
Chile
Brazil
Qatar
Dominican Republic
Canada

Those were all individual trips. We used to travel at least yearly from ages 4 to 17 (minus the Covid years); travel is my husband's favorite thing to do. We flew a LOT of lost-cost international airlines (some that are no longer in existence) and took many flights from JFK because it's generally much cheaper than leaving from the DC airports.

Kids do attend a Big3 (lol) but we get some aid.

Thanks for clarifying that your kids do in fact attend a Big 3. Moving forward, if posters would also indicate whether they themselves attended an Ivy, what their household income / net worth is, and how well endowed the husband in the family is it would be extremely helpful.

Thank you.

Also, please respond with whether your child read the Harry Potter series in Kindergarten.

[Anonymous]

Canada
Aruba
France

[Anonymous]

Never been out of country…

[Anonymous]

1 USA

[Anonymous]

DS is 12. We have taken "standalone trips" to Denmark and Canada. We have also been on a bunch of cruises so he has been to a ton of countries in the Caribbean for a few hours each (also Norway and Germany on a cruise out of Copenhagen) but not sure those count for the purposes of this thread.

[Anonymous]

13 yo went to
Canada
Costa Rica
Bermuda
Bahamas

HHI is 120k, we went off season to theses places. I’m not even sure he knows we even left the US though.

[Anonymous]

There's this book, "Airplane Mode" y'all should read. It's about the elitism of travel for pleasure.

Often when we travel I note we are the only people of color.

My kids have traveled a little bit (I guess 8-10 countries?) but it's only because our large families are scattered and they are too poor to ever visit us.

And sitting in a resort doesn't mean you know anything about the place.