During my time in the United Kingdom, I noticed that during Summer or Winter holidays some British people travel to warm or tropical countries. The following reasons why they are travelling is it is cheaper and fun to explore other countries with different culture. If they see their colleagues having a tan colored skin after holiday, it is a great sign that they are having a great time and also wealthy because they can afford to travel.
Whether you are a British or from other nationalities, we have an ideal vision of what holiday is all about and these could mean going to beautiful beaches and do sunbathing, hiking, scuba diving, snorkeling, shopping, visiting tourist spots, fine dining and other activities that they can imagine.
For some, as they view beautiful sceneries from books or video ads or films, they immediately book a ticket and head on straight without thinking about the practicalities and the risk when visiting some places and doing new activities however when reality bites and when circumstances get beyond control, they get frustrated, complain and blame the locals for any hassles they encounter.
Another thing that I observed from these foreign travelers is they book a budgeted accommodation and services, but they expect that it would serve them a top tier service and they expect that everything should be available upon their request.
Let me share you some experiences I have with these foreigners. One day, there two ladies from Austria who checked in on our shared accommodation for 1 night. They came in the afternoon, and everything seems to be fine. Our host tried her best to ensure that their stay is a comfortable one and even until their time of check out on the following day.
Here is now, what I find it off about them. At the day of their check out, I was sitting at the stairs on 2nd floor because of its good Wi-Fi connection. One of the ladies was going to pay the host for their stay. When the host received their payment and went upstairs the lady who paid the bill makes this statement "How stupid this hostel is!" and her friend just laughed along. At first, I was startled because how come did she said that? The host was very accommodating, and they always get what they want and that's the thing she is going to say how ungrateful she is!
If other people have heard that probably they would confront her with her statement but since they are about to check out and will never see them again I decided not to confront them because that is not a worth of energy.
Then later on they seek help from the host because they need to book a cab to the airport and while they are doing that, I simply cannot believe they still have the nerve to ask again for help but earlier one of them make a harsh statement. It is an awful site really.
As the host is using a travel app to book a cab, she asked first if their terminal is on terminal 3 and they say yes so, she confirmed the travel, and both ladies got their ride at the airport. Then minutes have passed, the host received a message from these ladies telling her that the terminal they are in are wrong. So, I said to myself, really?! but they said yes earlier when the host asked them their terminal number. It is so irresponsible from their part not to check it on their tickets.
Usually, I am also accommodating to the guests because I am the longest who stayed at the accommodation but with them, I just distance myself and feel disgusted by them because unlike some guests who are approachable and friendly, they are not. I also got this aura if the person is a trouble or not.
So, there you have it, when you come to foreign lands don't expect that everything will be smooth and efficient here. You really need to make an effort to be organized, learn to adjust and be practical especially on small details so that you can enjoy your travels and flexible on whatever circumstances you are in. If you want freedom and enjoyments of course there is some responsibility that you have to do.
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