Travel: Katelyn Jarvis joined the Travellers Century Club and travelled to 150 countries before 30 – here’s how she did it
Staff, 2023-01-06 14:07:23,
An “extreme traveller” who at the age of 30 has visited well over 100 countries said her wild journey started in Australia.
Katelyn Jarvis was bitten by the travel bug when she studied abroad in Victoria as a university student.
The US citizen has now visited 150 United Nations countries, firmly placing her in the exclusive ‘Travellers Century Club’, a group for people who have ventured to more than 100 countries or territories.
“I look back at my time in Melbourne and I think about how differently the trajectory of my life would be had I not chosen to study abroad there,” Jarvis told 9news.com.au.
Jarvis travelled to about 80 per cent of these countries solo – enjoying different cultures and doing non-profit service work.
“The Travellers Century Club is an incredible community of trailblazers,” she said.
“I am inspired by the people I have met through this club, mostly because they were travelling before much of the technology we have today.
“Every time I meet with these intrepid travellers, I leave feeling inspired.”
Jarvis has achieved her travel goals through hard work and some sacrifice.
To finance her trips, she worked three jobs and used credit card points to jet set to different countries.
She has slept on airport floors, skipped the luggage check in and opted for the cheapest form of transport in order to…
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