Question

I want the ability to let users indicate what countries they have visited.. my models.py looks something like this:

class User(models.Model):
      name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
      countries = models.ManyToManyField(Countries)

class Countries(models.Model):
      #This is where I don't know what to do.
      #The end goal is for the user to be able to check off what countries he/she has visited

Answer 1

You would create the relationship the other way around

 class User(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=50)

 class Countries(models.Model):
     user = models.ForeignKey(User)

If you are using django’s built in User stuff then you only need this.

from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class Countries(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User)