Gary Varga (11/18/2014)
budbeth (11/17/2014)
United States visited: 47Foreign Countries visited: 3
Almost the opposite for me; acouple more states a few less countries. Perhaps that is a perspective on the whole "Americans don't travel" that needs to be taken into account as the culture across the US is quite varied.
For me the numbers are
States: 8
Foreign countries: 24 (counting none of the UK as foreign)
I never bothered to keep track of those numbers, so I had to write lists and count them to . But I always liked seeing new and different places, and hope to add a few more foreign countries some time soon.
Robert Sterbal-482516 (11/18/2014)
In general foreign travel is quite expensive for Americans who are used to cheaper hotels and gasoline stateside, without the high cost of actually getting to the destination.
In my experience the States were more expensive (hotels, meals) for a reasonable level of comfort than anywhere else I've been except the UK. Maybe I just saw expensive parts of the states, or maybe it's got cheaper since I was last there, or maybe gasoline is so important that it outweighs everything else. Sure, it can be expensive in cities like Brussels or Paris or Venice or Vienna but only if you choose to stay in fashionable hotels in expensive areas and eat in over-priced restaurants.
The price of getting to the destination is often significantly higher for Americans, simply because the USA is so far from almost anywhere. 😉
Tom