Jeffsetter Travel · Amanda and Jeff Sauer
Where we've been
Every territory on the Travelers' Century Club list that we have set foot in, the places we have lived, the cities behind the stories, and the hotels that earned a MICHELIN Key. Wine regions are our specialty, but we love variety too. The receipts are the journal: 400+ stories in our own byline, linked from every country.
78
of 330 Travelers' Century Club territories
64
UN member countries
6 of 7
continents. Only Antarctica left
110
cities on the map
12
MICHELIN Key hotels stayed
2003
Jeff's first passport stamp
78 of 100 toward Travelers' Century Club membership
22 to go
Counts by the club's rules: Hawaii, Alaska and Scotland each count separately, which is why 78 territories is 64 UN member countries.
How it started
Jeff's goal was to see every inhabited continent before he turned 30. He made it to six of seven. Antarctica was the one he skipped, and he didn't mind. His first passport came at 21, in 2003, to film a documentary in Kenya. The film was nominated for an Emmy. It didn't win, but he caught the travel bug.
The map
Tap a country for the receipts
Country guidesArgentina · Aruba · Australia · Austria · British Virgin Islands · Cambodia · Chile · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · French Polynesia · Germany · Greece · Hong Kong · Hungary · Italy · Mauritius · Netherlands · New Caledonia · New Zealand · Norway · Peru · South Africa · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · United Arab Emirates · United Kingdom · United States · Uruguay
Where we've lived
Places we've called home
Not every trip. These are the places where we rented a home, unpacked and stayed a while. In 2015 we sold most of what we owned and spent four and a half years as nomads. Chiang Mai is where we spent the most time.
Years are listed where our own records show them.
- St. Paul, MinnesotaWhere Jeff was born and raised
- San Francisco, California2014-15
- Maui, Hawaii2015
- New Zealand2015
- Italy2015
- Buenos Aires, Argentina2016
- Australia2016
- Chiang Mai, Thailand2016-17 and 2018-19
- Porto, Portugal2017
- Bali, Indonesia2017
- Sebastopol, California2019-20
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina2020
- Fort Myers, Florida2021
- Spain2021 and 2026 · Barcelona, the Basque coast and Salamanca
- VirginiaNow
Home today is Virginia.
The list we wrote when we got married (2012)
22 of 40 crossed off
Around the time we got married, each of us wrote down the places we most wanted to see. Here is where that list stands. Every place we crossed off is dated from our own records, with a photo from the trip wherever we published one.
"I revisited that list this week and 30 places remain." Jeff on the One Way Podcast, August 2015.
Jeff's list
10 of 20 done
- LisbonPortugalCrossed off Apr 2017
- MaldivesMaldivesCrossed off Jan 2019Crossed off in January 2019. We have been back since.
- BaliIndonesiaCrossed off Oct 2017
- Machu PicchuPeruCrossed off Jan 2016
- Easter IslandChileNot yet
- NorwayNorwayCrossed off Sep 2016
2016 - RussiaRussiaNot yet
- SwitzerlandSwitzerlandCrossed off Mar 2015
2015 - Myanmar (Bagan)MyanmarNot yetWe have walked across the Myanmar border from Thailand. Bagan is still to go.
- BotswanaBotswanaNot yet
- VietnamVietnamNot yet
- TanzaniaTanzaniaNot yet
- Greek islandsGreeceCrossed off Jul 2018
- MadagascarMadagascarNot yet
- Great Wall of ChinaChinaNot yetChina is done (2026). The Great Wall is still to go.
- IcelandIcelandCrossed off Jun 2019
- CroatiaCroatiaCrossed off Jul 2024
- AlbaniaAlbaniaNot yet
- New GuineaPapua New GuineaNot yet
- TaiwanTaiwanCrossed off Nov 2018
Amanda's list
12 of 20 done
- Belize (Blue Hole)BelizeNot yet
- MendozaArgentinaCrossed off 2016
- PalauPalauNot yet
- HealdsburgUnited StatesCrossed off Aug 2014
2015 - DenmarkDenmarkCrossed off Sep 2014
2016 - AmsterdamNetherlandsCrossed off Apr 2016Jeff was there first, in 2007.
- GreeceGreeceCrossed off Jul 2018Jeff went first in 2013. Amanda crossed it off in 2018.
- St. LuciaSt. LuciaCrossed off Mar 2024
- MadagascarMadagascarNot yet
- GrenadinesSt. Vincent and the GrenadinesNot yetGrenada is done (2024). The Grenadines are still to go.
- BoliviaBoliviaNot yet
- GrenadaGrenadaCrossed off Mar 2024
- Canary IslandsSpainNot yet
- IcelandIcelandCrossed off Jun 2019
- NorwayNorwayCrossed off Sep 20162016
- SlovakiaSlovakiaCrossed off Feb 2018
- St. PetersburgRussiaNot yet
- Swiss AlpsSwitzerlandCrossed off Mar 20152015
- SalzburgAustriaCrossed off Mar 2015
2015 - BermudaBermudaNot yet
18 still to go.
The next generation
Jack of all travels
Jack has been to 23 countries and territories so far. Finland and Estonia are coming up in 2026, then Hawaii in 2027.
North America (2)
- Mexico
- United States
Caribbean (7)
- Bahamas
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- St. Lucia
- U.S. Virgin Islands
Europe & Mediterranean (8)
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Italy
- Montenegro
- Portugal
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Switzerland
Middle East (1)
- Saudi Arabia
Asia (5)
- China
- Laos
- Singapore
- Taiwan
- Thailand
Every place, in plain text
78 territories, by region
Grouped the way the Travelers' Century Club groups them. The year listed is our first trip there, from our own records. These counts are the two of us only. Our contributing writers cover Hawaii and RV travel, and their trips are not counted here.
North America (4)
- 2006
- 2013
- 2009
- 2009
Central America (2)
- 2016
- 2015
Caribbean (9)
- 2016
- 2024
- 2011
- 2023
- 2023
- 2024
- 2016
- 2024
- 2011
South America (5)
- 2011
- 2025
- 2010
- 2016
- 2016
Atlantic Ocean (2)
- 2017
- 2019
Europe & Mediterranean (27)
- 2015
- 2007
- 2024
- 2011
- 2014
- 2014
- 2016
- 2016
- 2012
- 2015
- 2013
- 2014
- 2017
- 2013
- 2024
- 2007
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2006
- 2018
- 2018
- 2007
- 2016
- 2015
- 2013
- 2018
Africa (3)
- 2003
- 2017
- 2014
Middle East (5)
- 2015
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2024
Indian Ocean (2)
- 2019
- 2012
Asia (13)
- 2017
- 2017
- 2026
- 2014
- 2017
- 2018
- 2024
- 2016
- 2017
- 2017
- 2018
- 2018
- 2017
Pacific Ocean (6)
- 2011
- 2013
- 2013
- 2015
- 2015
- 2011
Missing a destination that interests you?
Let us know. We may not have been there yet, but that's how the list grows. Amanda plans trips for a living as a Virtuoso travel advisor with Pique Travel Design, and her partner network probably has.