The Century Club

[Cossie]

Anyone on here a member? I'm close, but I've been stymied by countries disappearing and new countries appearing.

Meeting the world's most-travelled people

World Travel: The Passport to Peace Through Understanding | The Travelers' Century Club

 

[Freq Flier 2013]

Interesting read. I didn't know such a club existed. Looking forward to joining some day.

 

[LadyC]

Not a member, not sure whether I want to travel everywhere either. There are few people on Flyertalk who would definitely be members, or aspiring to be, and have very interesting trip reports.

 

[RooFlyer]

Interesting list of 'qualifying countries or territories' - 325 in all! For instance, they count Easter Island separate from Chile; Alaska and Hawaii each separate from 'USA', Bali separate from 'Indonesia', Galapagos separate from Ecuador, and so on. Tasmania separate from Australia

I'll have to do a re-count according to their rules - I might be there already!

 

[Deleted member]

I am way off seeing 100 countries, im probably no chance for this club

 

[kpc]

Interesting list of 'qualifying countries or territories' - 325 in all! For instance, they count Easter Island separate from Chile; Alaska and Hawaii each separate from 'USA', Bali separate from 'Indonesia', Galapagos separate from Ecuador, and so on. Tasmania separate from Australia

I'll have to do a re-count according to their rules - I might be there already!

Agree...they have a funny way of counting. By their method, I have been to about 70

 

[RooFlyer]

I'll have to do a re-count according to their rules - I might be there already!

94 for me on their count and on next year's plans, I'll get to 102

I'm a bit miffed that they don't count Flinders and King Islands separately

 

[Cossie]

Some strange classifications, that's for sure. Anyway on their list I'm 105 which is a different to my list on 'most traveled people'.

 

[JohnK]

Interesting list. I'm only just over a quarter of the way to the century of real countries. Highly unlikely to reach the half century let alone the century of countries.

Now golf courses are a different story. I'd like to reach 500 and well over half way thete.

 

[ButFli]

I can get 4 just from Australia alone - Australia, Tasmania, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.

Also, 3 from Antarctica just from standing in one spot - Argentina, Chile and the UK have overlapping territorial claims, all of which are counted separately.

 

[Virgin Bart]

52 for me and I'm pretty happy with that aged 29

 

[tgh]

That was fun..
I'm just a neophyte @73.. but a quick couple of weeks in the Caribbean would fix that….

 

[Scarlett]

It does seem a little bit silly. Almost like one of the creators of the list had been to some of the smaller islands or such and then wrote the criteria to maximise their number.

Tasmania is separated from the rest of Australia but is not really geographically distinct, yet that’s the reasoning used. Similar to the UK being listed individually and with the Channel Islands separate again.

Whatever floats your boat I guess.

 

[drron]

Goodness I am at 99.Will make the century next year.

 

[VPS]

I do find it bizarre that Alaska and Hawaii are considered separate countries - I'd prefer a proper list of countries