Difference between Select and Travel team?

Travel teams are more like your local AAU squads.

Elite squads are ones that travel nationally playing a top schedule. Elite teams are playing all summer - not just select tournaments - and getting players 100-plus quality at bats against great competition.

KC Dad,
Good question. I think the name “select” was coined to infer some sort of superiority over the common “travel” team. But in reality these are just “buzz words” to assist the coaches in attracting the most talented players. Welcome to the American sports scene where capitalism has been blended with youth sports.
When we judge a youth baseball team we need to look at the coaching staff, the talent of the players, and the strength of their schedule. For the most part the name “select” is a good indicator as to the level of those things I mentioned.... but not always.
Just another opinion from the “new and improved” Fungo

Often the two terms mean the same thing.

Bob had a good point on distinguishing "elite" from select or travel.

cant resist this one....... asking htis is like asking what is the difference between a "nanny" and an "au pair"........

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRAVEL BASEBALL AND SELECT BASEBALL???

ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS..........

So is this kind of like the AAU equivilant of the way USSSA ranks a team as a MAJOR team, AAA team, AA team, or a A team? Sorry, I know nothing about AAU or Little League formats. The reason I am wondering about this is as our boys get older and start traveling greater distances we are starting to meet teams that don't play USSSA or Super Series which we are more familiar with. So I would like to get some sort of feeling on what kind of teams we are facing prior to facing them.

In this part of the country, select and travel are used interchangably. As you can see, in other parts of the world that is not true. You need to find out what the lingo is in your part of the world.