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Travel Tips – Advice the French Offer for Traveling to America

April 4, 2014 By Andrew Maxwell 3 Comments

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a cartoon of the plane with the words travel tipsWhen traveling throughout the US and Canada there is always a level of expectations when it comes to amenities. We know that a particular hotel brand has comfortable beds. Or another hotel has that perfect shower-head. Most people know that there will be cultural differences when traveling outside of North America.
I never stopped to think about the reverse of my travel experiences. In other words, what do Europeans expect when they travel to America? Well I recently came across an article where the French offered advice on what to expect when traveling to this neck of the woods. What we take for granted here, can be foreign to someone who has not grown up in this part of the world.

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French Travel Advice for Traveling to the US

Here are a few examples of the the types of travel advice that the French offer for traveling to North America.

Do not kiss someone when you meet them.

We’ve seen these greetings before. Whether it’s a kiss on alternate cheeks, or a firm kiss on the lips, we find that a bit intimidating for greeting in this neck of the woods. Americans have an aggressive handshake. We know that our preferred method of greeting is a handshake. Like kissing is to us, many people from different cultures find a handshake a bit overwhelming.

Prepare for an onslaught of friendliness.

Shouldn’t everybody be friendly? The French find our acts of kindness to be out of the ordinary. To the point where they’re advised to go out of their way to help those in need. Something that we just take for granted here I guess.

It looks like they think our toilets are too aggressive (what the heck is too aggressive?).

Okay I have to admit that I always found the toilet habits in Europe to be a little weird. But lo and behold, the French also think that our toilet habits are a little weird (i.e. wide stance in the stall come to mind?).

Don’t ever cut in line.

I thought it was just human nature not to cut into a lineup. Well, that’s an American thing (to not cut in to the line).

It’s okay to ask for a doggie bag.

Okay we get it. We pile our food way too high. As the French say, believe it or not it’s okay to ask for a doggie day in the US. Why would you leave good food behind? After all, I bloody well paid for it.
For the full rundown of the French advice for traveling to the United States, you can read the full article at Mental Floss.

Travel advice is always helpful when traveling to a part of the world that has different cultures. It’s funny to see travel advice on how to handle cultural situations that we take for granted in this part of the world.

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About Andrew Maxwell

Andrew is an entrepreneur who focuses on customer service and is respected for his attention to detail. His hospitality career began in hotels, working his way through various food and beverage positions. From there he excelled in hotel operations, holding several managerial positions including Senior Operations Manager with Canada's largest hotel.

Andrew's financial acumen and his ability to develop and enhance his companies business strategies helped propel his full service destination management company (DMC) into one of the largest databases of online resources for the meetings and events industry in North America.

He has a well established online presence. By networking on the top social media platforms Andrew has developed a large, organic, following.

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