travel restrictions for Europeans?
Jan 18th 2008, 9:58 pm
#31
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Re: travel restrictions for Europeans?
Yeah, because you used to be able to go to just about anywhere in North America with just your birth certificate and a driver's license. The whole snotty attitude that Brits are so much more sophisticated because they're more likely to own passports - firstly, a huge number of people only go to Marbella/Sharm/Tallinn and stick in their English speaking burger and chips ghettos, and they're not learning more than an American visitor to Lake Tahoe. Secondly, if there were ID cards in the UK that could be used for travel through the EU and neighbor states, then much fewer British people would have passports.
All you're really saying is that you can't swing a cat through Europe without it going through customs, and that the UK doesn't have ID cards. Whoop-de-doo.
All you're really saying is that you can't swing a cat through Europe without it going through customs, and that the UK doesn't have ID cards. Whoop-de-doo.
Jan 18th 2008, 10:07 pm
#32
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Re: travel restrictions for Europeans?
Well travel is *much* cheaper from the UK.
Tell me where you can get a week's self-catering + flight for a couple hundred bucks. I can't even stay at home for as little as some of those trips cost.
Tell me where you can get a week's self-catering + flight for a couple hundred bucks. I can't even stay at home for as little as some of those trips cost.
Jan 18th 2008, 11:10 pm
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Re: travel restrictions for Europeans?
Jan 20th 2008, 1:49 am
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Re: travel restrictions for Europeans?
Jan 20th 2008, 2:48 am
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Re: travel restrictions for Europeans?
Yeah, because you used to be able to go to just about anywhere in North America with just your birth certificate and a driver's license. The whole snotty attitude that Brits are so much more sophisticated because they're more likely to own passports - firstly, a huge number of people only go to Marbella/Sharm/Tallinn and stick in their English speaking burger and chips ghettos, and they're not learning more than an American visitor to Lake Tahoe. Secondly, if there were ID cards in the UK that could be used for travel through the EU and neighbor states, then much fewer British people would have passports.
All you're really saying is that you can't swing a cat through Europe without it going through customs, and that the UK doesn't have ID cards. Whoop-de-doo.
All you're really saying is that you can't swing a cat through Europe without it going through customs, and that the UK doesn't have ID cards. Whoop-de-doo.
Jan 20th 2008, 5:43 am
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Jan 20th 2008, 11:38 am
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Re: travel restrictions for Europeans?
Massive fu/k-off sweeping generalisation minute:
Dave the Brit: Tends to be more exposed to other cultures due to proximity, EU, etc. The everyday association of England with "places abroad" has become more commonplace these days. There is now a tangible connection to a blob of foreign countries, which before, were seen as just that. Foreign. Not to be trusted. Nasty. Urgh. Dave really can't avoid the intrusion of things foreign into his everyday existance. He sees England become Euro, bit by bit.
Dale the Yank: Its a toss-up wether he lives within travel distance of either a) a banana republic (Mexico) or b) Canada (banana's won't grow). Chances are, he won't live anywhere near either as the US is what we Doctors call "very, very big". That and the US doesn't generally welcome foreign culture into the family room. So Dale tends to subsist on a domestic media diet and is a bit oblivious to trans-Atlantic goings-on. He sees America become more of a political fortress, bit by bit.
Dave the Brit: Tends to be more exposed to other cultures due to proximity, EU, etc. The everyday association of England with "places abroad" has become more commonplace these days. There is now a tangible connection to a blob of foreign countries, which before, were seen as just that. Foreign. Not to be trusted. Nasty. Urgh. Dave really can't avoid the intrusion of things foreign into his everyday existance. He sees England become Euro, bit by bit.
Dale the Yank: Its a toss-up wether he lives within travel distance of either a) a banana republic (Mexico) or b) Canada (banana's won't grow). Chances are, he won't live anywhere near either as the US is what we Doctors call "very, very big". That and the US doesn't generally welcome foreign culture into the family room. So Dale tends to subsist on a domestic media diet and is a bit oblivious to trans-Atlantic goings-on. He sees America become more of a political fortress, bit by bit.
Jan 20th 2008, 11:44 am
#38
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Re: travel restrictions for Europeans?
Massive fu/k-off sweeping generalisation minute:
Dave the Brit: Tends to be more exposed to other cultures due to proximity, EU, etc. The everyday association of England with "places abroad" has become more commonplace these days. There is now a tangible connection to a blob of foreign countries, which before, were seen as just that. Foreign. Not to be trusted. Nasty. Urgh. Dave really can't avoid the intrusion of things foreign into his everyday existance. He sees England become Euro, bit by bit.
Dale the Yank: Its a toss-up wether he lives within travel distance of either a) a banana republic (Mexico) or b) Canada (banana's won't grow). Chances are, he won't live anywhere near either as the US is what we Doctors call "very, very big". That and the US doesn't generally welcome foreign culture into the family room. So Dale tends to subsist on a domestic media diet and is a bit oblivious to trans-Atlantic goings-on. He sees America become more of a political fortress, bit by bit.
Dave the Brit: Tends to be more exposed to other cultures due to proximity, EU, etc. The everyday association of England with "places abroad" has become more commonplace these days. There is now a tangible connection to a blob of foreign countries, which before, were seen as just that. Foreign. Not to be trusted. Nasty. Urgh. Dave really can't avoid the intrusion of things foreign into his everyday existance. He sees England become Euro, bit by bit.
Dale the Yank: Its a toss-up wether he lives within travel distance of either a) a banana republic (Mexico) or b) Canada (banana's won't grow). Chances are, he won't live anywhere near either as the US is what we Doctors call "very, very big". That and the US doesn't generally welcome foreign culture into the family room. So Dale tends to subsist on a domestic media diet and is a bit oblivious to trans-Atlantic goings-on. He sees America become more of a political fortress, bit by bit.
Jan 20th 2008, 6:20 pm
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Jan 20th 2008, 7:02 pm
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Re: travel restrictions for Europeans?
Interesting - I'm writing a capstone on the travel industry right now and have run across several articles, etc. related to this topic.
Some of you might find the facts here interesting - I'll just quote one that's referring to the travel industry:
"Did You Know that the just a 1 percent increase in U.S. worldwide market share would equal a 7.6 million increase in visitors, a $12.3 billion increase in expenditures, 151,000 new jobs, a $3.3 billion increase in payroll, and $2.1 billion more in federal, state and local tax revenue?"
Some of you might find the facts here interesting - I'll just quote one that's referring to the travel industry:
"Did You Know that the just a 1 percent increase in U.S. worldwide market share would equal a 7.6 million increase in visitors, a $12.3 billion increase in expenditures, 151,000 new jobs, a $3.3 billion increase in payroll, and $2.1 billion more in federal, state and local tax revenue?"
Jan 20th 2008, 7:04 pm
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Re: travel restrictions for Europeans?
Jan 20th 2008, 7:04 pm
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Re: travel restrictions for Europeans?
Interesting - I'm writing a capstone on the travel industry right now and have run across several articles, etc. related to this topic.
Some of you might find the facts here interesting - I'll just quote one that's referring to the travel industry:
"Did You Know that the just a 1 percent increase in U.S. worldwide market share would equal a 7.6 million increase in visitors, a $12.3 billion increase in expenditures, 151,000 new jobs, a $3.3 billion increase in payroll, and $2.1 billion more in federal, state and local tax revenue?"
Some of you might find the facts here interesting - I'll just quote one that's referring to the travel industry:
"Did You Know that the just a 1 percent increase in U.S. worldwide market share would equal a 7.6 million increase in visitors, a $12.3 billion increase in expenditures, 151,000 new jobs, a $3.3 billion increase in payroll, and $2.1 billion more in federal, state and local tax revenue?"
Jan 20th 2008, 7:11 pm
#44
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Jan 20th 2008, 7:14 pm
#45
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Re: travel restrictions for Europeans?
[QUOTE=KJ2007;5815042]Flies in the face of this now doesn't it? 
"the United States should launch an international promotion campaign to better communicate U.S. travel policies and attract more international visitors."
Eh............
"the United States should launch an international promotion campaign to better communicate U.S. travel policies and attract more international visitors."
Eh............