Simple economics is most of the reason Americans dont travel internationally very often. You can take a RyanAir flight from the UK almost anywhere in Europe for

Simple economics is most of the reason Americans dont travel internationally very often. You can take a RyanAir flight from the UK almost anywhere in Europe for a fraction of the cost of any international flight out of the US. Americans who don't live on the coast can pay more to get to a hub airport than Europeans will spend getting to their destination.