Distinguished Travel Hacker

Ingenious Trip Hacks From a Guinness World Record Holder for Travel

Lexie Alford is the youngest person to visit every country in the world. She knows how to make the journey easy, because she has to.

Lexie Alford.

Courtesy Lexie Alford

At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we’re doing it right. So we’re talking to globe-trotters in all of our luxury fields—food, wine, fashion, cars, real estate—to learn about their high-end hacks, tips, and off-the-wall experiences. These are the Distinguished Travel Hackers.

At the age of 21, Lexie Alford has already visited all 196 countries in the world. That makes her the new Guinness World Record holder for youngest person to travel to every country, by three years. (There are 195 states widely recognized as countries, plus Taiwan.)