How many countries has your teen been to?

[Anonymous]

16 and 14 yo, all of the trips linked to work trips:

Usa
Costa Rica
Mexico
Panama
Colombia
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
Uk
Spain
Franc
Denmark
Italy

[Anonymous]

13 YO DD:

India (family)
Maldives
Hungary
Portugal
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Canada (family)
Mexico
UK
France
Italy

[Anonymous]

USA
Canada
Nicaragua
Panama
Belize
France
UK
Belgium
Netherlands
Tanzania
Kenya

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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 whether your children are gifted and what college will they be attending

J/K, OP here. this is helpful. obviously quantity is not everything, but it's helpful to have a sense of it.

Why?

[Anonymous]

10 year old has been to:

France
Italy
Germany
Switzerland
Portugal
Mexico
Costa Rica
El Salvador
British Virgin Islands
Bahamas

[Anonymous]

13 and 15 yo.

Costa Rica
Canada
Spain
France
Portugal
Colombia
Panama
Belize
Mexico

England and Ireland planned for this year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not always about quantity. Are they interested in something specific? History? Walking through jungles? Swim in different waters?
Mine are still little. But i grew up with limited $ as an immigrant. My parents could afford an international trip every other year and the rest of breaks were home or county based camp. We went where they wanted to go and did things like Yellowstone, Montreal and Quebec etc before Europe. I visited Italy (cinque terre and Milan), London and Paris/Normandy between middle school and HS.

Limited $? I don’t think it means what you think it means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Switzerland
France
London
Italy
Pakistan
Dubai
Abu dhabi
Ireland
Iceland
Spain

Dubai and Abu Dhabi are cities in one country - the UAE

The UAE is United Arab Emirates. It is made up of 7 Emirates and they Emir of each Emirates takes turn ruling it.

Is Abu Dhabi and Dubai the same country?
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is made up of seven emirates: Abu Dhabi (capital), Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, and Umm al-Quwain. NYU Abu Dhabi's campus is located in Abu Dhabi, on Saadiyat island.

[Anonymous]

Bermuda
Germany
Switzerland
Denmark
Canada
France
Italy
Turkey
Croatia (got stamps from Slovenia and Slovakia but didn't actually set foot there)
Morroco
Egypt

[Anonymous]

Cheaper places in Asia and nearby -
India,
Canada,
Iceland,
Peru,
Dubai,
Nepal,
Bhutan,
Sri Lanka,
Thailand,
Egypt,
England,
Scotland,
France.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:15 and 11 yo. Japan, s Korea, Taiwan, china, Thailand, Australia, uk, France, spain, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, turkey, Italy, Greece, Monaco, Canada, Vatican City, Indonesia. Mostly because we lived abroad when they were young. I don’t think the number of countries means anything. Going to Thailand and spending the whole time at a resort doesn’t really expand the mind as much as going to New Orleans or Boston and walking around the city and learning about their history. We have done a few trips to resort-y areas of se Asia, and when we stay at a resort only, it feels Disney-fied, even when you venture out on day trips. Kind of like going to Jamaica and just hanging out at the resort and going on a field trip to the waterfalls with other tourists.

I don’t get people who go to another country and stay in a US hotel resort on the water with all vacationers, mostly Americans.

Our last trip was Puerto Rico and we rented a house in a residential neighborhood. Shopped in the local grocery stores and small restaurants that was all local. We actually stayed in the neighborhood Bad Bunny grew up, a working class neighborhood.

Even going to Paradise Island I had to rent a car to drive around. We went to grocery stores in the area and women would ask for money. I always give money. It won’t affect me in any way and it might help the women get what they need. Our next trip is Spain.

Unfortunately the Ivy admissions skipped over our age group in the family. Maybe next generation either that or it ended with the generation above my husband and me. And I thought almost every child was in the 99th percentile. No?

[Anonymous]

14 and 18 yr old

Australia
Japan
Singapore
Korea
Peru
South Africa
England
Austria
France
Spain
Switzerland
Sweden
Germany
Czech Republic
Denmark
Monaco
Italy
Mexico
Canada
Iceland
China
Taiwan
Thailand
Indonesia
Peru

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:... and what are they? Trying to plan a few years ahead on a limited budget.

17 YO in chronological order

Canada (Montreal, Quebec)
Mexico (Tulum, Cancun, Chichen Itza)
Italy (Venice, Florence, Rome)

-Pandemic-

England, Scotland (London, Edinburgh)
France (Paris)
Netherlands, Belgium (Amsterdam, Brussels)

Mom at same age: All of the above plus many more.

Father at same age: None

[Anonymous]

On the younger side, but 10 year old has been to:

United States (it counts!) - but also 21 states so far with at least 5 more this year
Canada
Mexico
Various Caribbean islands - Antigua, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao
England
Denmark
Norway
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina

[Anonymous]

Japan
Vietnam
Thailand
Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Spain
Dominican
Morocco
Ecuador
Argentina
Uruguay
Canada
Mexico
Colombia

I’m probably missing some. DC Charter. All independent travel, not resorts. Most flights were 200-500 dollars round trip.