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Travel News: Travelling Brits happy to speak the lingo

December 17 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Brits abroad, #gaffes, #holidays abroad, #languages, #ownersdirect, #tourists, #Travel News, #travelling

Perhaps it's the famous Brit reserve or that many of us, and yes I do include myself, fear ridicule, that makes us Brits notorious for only speaking English when abroad. N.B. my embrassing language gaffe is at the end of this post. But it seems times...

Shock! British tourists worst behaved in Europe

July 18 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #BritishHolidaymakers, #Britsabroad, #complaining, #Europe, #Expedia, #Expedia Best Tourist Global Index, #tourists, #Travel News, #travelresearch, #travelstereotype, #worstbehaved

Now, it doesn't surprise me that British tourists have been named as the worst behaved in Europe; and I'm not the only one who thinks that. According to new research from Expedia.co.uk, for the third year running, Europeans have voted the Brits worst...

Life's no beach for holiday donkeys

June 8 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #animaltrade, #AnimalWelfare, #atlasmountains, #British, #donkeys, #historicallandmarks, #horses, #Morocco, #over-worked, #overseasequinewelfarecharity, #theBrooke, #tourists, #travel, #Travel News, #traveller

In a trip to the Atlas mountains in Morocco, in 2004, I was horrified at the load the donkey carrying my bag and those of the six other travellers, was carrying (see above picture). The donkey handler and our guide tried to reassure me, 'they (donkeys)...