‘What do tourists get wrong about the UK?’ – 21 ways we are not a nation of tea-swilling queue obsessives

13.

‘That we are a nation of tea drinkers. 60% of people at my work inc myself drink coffee. My wife prefers coffee, my parents prefer coffee.’
–GazRD1882

14.

‘As a Welsh person: our existence.’
–PaleozoicQueen

15.

‘A lot of tourists think renting a car is a must, especially from the US but I’ve also heard this from Germans, Canadians, Australians etc.

Yes in some cases it can be a good idea, but it’s definitely not the main way you can move around in this country. They also typically assume that every type of accommodation and destination has free and easy parking. Definitely not the case!’
–Suskita

16.

‘That Central London is Disneyworld and we are all tour guides. Work in a non-tourist related job between three tourist attractions and get stopped and questions on way to and any time out of office. And people genuinely get rude if you can’t help. I try to be nice but if you start that nonsense about my job relies on your money…’
–Timely_Egg_6827

17.

‘I also used to work in a gift shop in a tourist area and I was often asked do you accept dollars and do you accept euros by Americans. No and no… best check the currency of the country you are actually in??’
–AssumptionBudget279

18.

‘That it rains all the time. I’d happily swap the wind we constantly get for rain.’
–KarlArmstrong9221

19.

‘Japanese tourist once told me as a fact that it rains every day in England.’
–Hopeful_Shape3723

20.

‘That historic fiction is fact. I worked at a heritage site for a few years and the amount of times I’d hear Americans claim that they are a direct decedent of Anne Boleyn is comical. I once asked a gentleman who told me she was his 16 time great grandmother if he was sure and he said he was and he’d bought a heraldry certificate online to prove it.

Also got a lot of questions about things that happened in The Crown or Philipa Gregory novels. Absolutely shocked them to the core to find out all of this stuff is not exact fact and documentary. Funniest suggestion I ever got was from a couple who told me we should really put up some photographs of the Tudors because the paintings are fuzzy and the children aren’t interested…’
–Tinywrenn

21.

‘That the King’s in charge.’
–Inevitable-Debt4312

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