Does the US need a travel advisory?

I am inspired by BizzyDitch's question about outlawing cigarettes. The US State Department has an extensive website providing travel advisories for Americans (the 15% who have passports, and the 9% who regularly travel outside the States) thinking about traveling for business or pleasure in foreign countries. What national idiosyncrasies should the US warn prospective foreign visitors about?

Asked by roseredcity 52 months ago Similar questions: travel advisory Games & Leisure > Travel.

America is bigger than you think. And they don't care who you are, so get over yourself. Europeans and East Asians can't seem to grasp how big the US is until they go on a road trip.

And even people from other big countries like Russia and Brazil have a hard time grasping that out in the middle of nowhere, America has Los Vegas, where Russia has a cross roads and Brazil has another 50 Kilometers of green. Additionally, American's don't care who you are. You are from our good ally, Denmark.

Cool! Do you want some fries with that? You are from Myanmar?

Can I super-size that? You are from nuclear free New Zealand? Would you like another at half price?

You speak a language spoken by over a billion people? We don't care enough to have an official national language. If you buy three of those, the fourth is free!

Oh, we don't care about history, either. Your home town is a thousand years old? My house is five years old.

Time sure does fly! If you upgrade, you can get a convertable. Why yes, I am black.No, I've never been in jail.

Can I put you on our mailing list? .

I can think of several, actually. 1. Arabic people should be advised not to congregate in airports and have loud group prayers to Allah before boarding their flights.2.

Arabic people should be advised not to inquire about flight schools. 3. Arabic people should be advised not to purchase large amounts of gasoline, amonium nitrate, or diesel fuel.4.

Arabic people should be advised that Americans are not interested in their assessment of our country, our leaders, our culture, our music, or our beliefs. And, lest I be branded as picking on Arabic people: 5. Cuban people should be advised that praising Castro will not endear them to Americans.

6. German people should be advised that most americans are not interested in a resurgence of the Nazzi party.7. Canadian people should be advised that if their health care system is really that much better than ours, they should boycott our doctors and hospitals; this will alleviate some of the overcrowding in the northern states.8.

Japanese people should be advised that the war is over, and they lost.9. Israeli people should be advised that, should they find themselves a victom of ethnic slander they should shout "Jew in trouble", and fifteen fundamentalist Christians will swarm in, kick the crud out of their tormentor, and then take the Israeli to lunch. 10.

Mexican people should be advised that it is not a good idea to ask where to sign up for food stamps, how to get to the free clinic, or directions to the welfare office.11. People from Great Brittan should be advised that we would rather watch commercials on TV than let the government control the programming. Sources: personal experience .

Useful alerts Beer warning - Austrian beers are far inferior to German beers! Czech alert - They love Americans so much you’ll wind up giving away items of your clothing to people who admire them. Keep the pants, at least!

Those bohemians believe in strip drinking! Drama alert - See many domestic arguements carried on in extremis in restaurants in Italy. They don't need soap operas.

They star in their own. Fishing alert - When Austrian fishermen invite you to fish what that means is they invite their friends and follow you and watch you fish! Talk about pressure!

Fortunately Austrian trout are easy, never having seen American flies before - pushovers. Whew! We had a big fish fry that night!.

1 Darn, I misunderstood the question! I thought you meant American visitors abroad! .

Darn, I misunderstood the question! I thought you meant American visitors abroad!

2 Okay Ed, take another shot on the discussion board......but it was a darned funny answer anyway. One thing you forgot about Italy--Chair Beware! Be advised that when the waiter invites you to take a seat in a coffee bar, he is really asking permission to double or triple the price of your teeny-tiny espresso!

Okay Ed, take another shot on the discussion board......but it was a darned funny answer anyway. One thing you forgot about Italy--Chair Beware! Be advised that when the waiter invites you to take a seat in a coffee bar, he is really asking permission to double or triple the price of your teeny-tiny espresso!

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.