Comments on: Common faux pas among travelers http://www.vagablogging.net/common-faux-pas-among-travelers.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:14:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Karen Bryan http://www.vagablogging.net/common-faux-pas-among-travelers.html/comment-page-1#comment-1055 Karen Bryan Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:12:38 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/common-faux-pas-among-travelers.html#comment-1055 I think that one of the biggest problem for native speaker of English is that we do not have to make the effort to learn other languages. So many people in other countries learn to speak English. When you are in another country I don't think that you should assume that everyone speaks English. If I can not speak the language I will start of by apologising and ask the person if they can speak English. I will speak slowly and clearly, as I do have a Scottish accent. Certainly I would not start shouting and assume this would make me understood. Sometimes I wonder why some people bother to travel as they don't seem to want to experience anything new. In the case of some British tourists they just want sunshine and cheap alcolol, they don't really care where they are. If you keep with in your group and stay in a a multinational hotel chain, you could be anywhere! That's why in my travel business Europe a la Carte, <a href="http://www.europealacarte.co.uk" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.europealacarte.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.europealacarte.co.uk</a></a> I encourage clients to visit less well known destinations, so they can have some local flavour, away from the tourist traps. I think that one of the biggest problem for native speaker of English is that we do not have to make the effort to learn other languages. So many people in other countries learn to speak English. When you are in another country I don’t think that you should assume that everyone speaks English. If I can not speak the language I will start of by apologising and ask the person if they can speak English. I will speak slowly and clearly, as I do have a Scottish accent. Certainly I would not start shouting and assume this would make me understood.

Sometimes I wonder why some people bother to travel as they don’t seem to want to experience anything new. In the case of some British tourists they just want sunshine and cheap alcolol, they don’t really care where they are. If you keep with in your group and stay in a a multinational hotel chain, you could be anywhere! That’s why in my travel business Europe a la Carte,
http://www.europealacarte.co.uk
I encourage clients to visit less well known destinations, so they can have some local flavour, away from the tourist traps.

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