“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable”
This is a quote by Clifton Paul “Kip” Fadiman, who was an American intellectual, author, editor, radio and television personality. He began his work with the radio and switched to television later in his career. His witticisms and sayings were frequently printed in newspapers and magazines. READ MORE
Having spent nearly 40-years in the travel business and a good number of those years dealing with customer feedback, it was always galling to receive moans and complaints from customers who went on holiday expecting everything to be ‘as they like it at home’. Whether this is just a British condition I’m not sure, but how do you respond to someone complaining about the coffee in Italy being ‘too strong’ without an hint of sarcasm? This quote may have been a useful inclusion in my response!
Surely one of the great joys of travelling to different countries is to enjoy local food, drink and customs. It is our differences that make us interesting!
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