Survey reveals mileage of jet-set generation

ONE-in-four Irish children have been to America by their 16th birthday as overseas travel for this generation soars, new research has found.

According to a survey from Hotels.com and parenting website Rollercoaster.ie, we have become a nation of childhood jet-setters, with overseas travel doubling in just one generation.

Under-16s have travelled twice as far as their parents — a 100% increase in travel in one generation, and less than 1% of under-16s today have never left Ireland, the survey found.