Lexie Alford

Alexis Rose Alford (born April 10, 1998), also known as Lexie Limitless, is an American adventure traveller who is notable for traveling to 196 countries before reaching the age of twenty-one.

Alford was awarded two Guinness World Records; being the "Youngest person to travel to all sovereign countries" and being the "Youngest female to travel to all sovereign countries" at the age of 21 years, 177 days.

Alford was born and raised in Nevada City, California to a wealthy family.

She decided by the age of two that she wanted to explore the world.

Her parents were travel agents from whom she learned the skills of booking reservations and planning an itinerary.

At age 18, she graduated with an associate degree at a community college before that, she earned her GED.

Her love of travel was inspired by the mole people in the Disney movie Atlantis.

Alford largely self-funded her travels for the first year and half, later earning additional funding working as a travel consultant for her family’s travel agency, participating in occasional brand deals, and securing marketing campaigns related to her travels.

When traveling, she creates income by blogging, doing freelance photography, and selling prints.

According to Alford, she spends an "ungodly amount of time researching the best travel spots and thoroughly learning how to travel to exotic places".

While traveling, she describes herself as a minimalist, carrying only the supplies that she needs in a backpack along with her videography equipment.

"I simply wanted to push the limits of what I thought I could do with my life and see as much of the world as possible in the process."

She launched her YouTube channel a few years before achieving her world record.

She called it Lexie Limitless.

The channel shares her travel adventures, struggles and success as a young female traveler, and the various cultures and ways of life around the world.

One of her most viewed videos is My Impossible 5 Minute Trip to North Korea.

Alford was awarded the Guinness World Record for being the "Youngest person to travel to all sovereign countries" and "Youngest female to travel to all sovereign countries" at the age of 21 years 177 days.

As of 2022, Alford is writing a book about her being the youngest person to travel all of 196 sovereign countries of the world.