Gone to or Been to

(vii) Gone to or Been to

We use 'gone to' (to mean that the person visited the place and he is at the place now, hasn’t come back yet.)

We use been to (often when we talk about life experience) to mean that the person we're talking about visited the place and came back)

↷ She has gone to Islamabad.

(now she is in Islamabad.)

↷ She has been to Islamabad.

(Been to means that the visit is over and she has come back.)

↷ She has gone to college today.

(now she is in college.)

↷ She has been to college today.

(but now she has back at home)

↷ They've gone to England for seven weeks.

(= now they're in England)

↷ They've been to England.

(= now they're not in England they have come back)