Where are you going to first vs Where are you going first

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Where are you going first?' is the more common and natural way to ask about the first destination someone is heading to. 'Where are you going to first?' is less common and may sound a bit awkward, but it could be used for emphasis or in a more formal context.

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Where are you going to first

This phrase is less common and may sound a bit awkward, but it could be used for emphasis or in a more formal context.

This phrase could be used for emphasis or in a more formal context, but it is less common in everyday speech.

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Where are you going? Explain yourself first
Are you going to pack first or eat?
What are you going to buy first?
But we're going to first enter through the door of the Big Top.
No, I was going to first thing in the morning.
Where are you going to school?
Who you going to talk to first, Amy or Adrian?
I don't know who I'm going to talk to first.
You going to feed me first?
Where are you going to get $15,000?
Where are you going to get the money?
Where are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Where are you going to spend it this week, Phileas Fogg?
Where are you going? I'm just going to have a little look around.
Where are you going to put this stuff?
Now where are you going to put that?
Where are you going to stick them? You only have so many design tools.
Where are you going to find 40,000...? ...and supplies from surplus regions in Southern Sudan.
Stuart, where are you going to stay tonight?
Younger Liza was going to her first concert...

Alternatives:

where are you going first?
where are you planning to go first?
where will you go first?
where will you be going first?
what is your first destination?

Where are you going first

This is the more common and natural way to ask about the first destination someone is heading to.

This phrase is the more common and natural way to ask about the first destination someone is heading to.

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So where are you going first?
Where are you going? Explain yourself first
I don't mind breaking the ice and going first.
If he disappears, he's going first-class.
Then, I'll be going first.
No, I'm not going first.
He's probably going first in the baseball draft next month.
Petter is going first, Mike.
Right, James, you are going first.
We should talk, but I'm not going first.
We should talk, but I'm not going first.
So long; I'm going first.
I have something urgent to tend to, so I'll be going first.
We're almost at the airport, tell me where we're going first.
There should be a cluster approach to ratification with the keener, more assured integrationists going first, rather than forming a nervous queue.
Because it looks like fun, and you're not going first.
Yun, I am going first...
But since a perfed bowel could kill the guy whether or not his spine's in working order, my money's on the chief going first.
Stranded? I guess I'm going first class.
If I'm going first, I want to talk to my kids before I leave.

Alternatives:

where are you planning to go first?
where will you go first?
where will you be going first?
what is your first destination?
what is the first place you will visit?

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Where are you going to first vs Where are you going first