Travellers and locals expose the worst mistakes first-time tourists can make in the UK, from the 'horrid' city to avoid to 'tacky attractions' READ MORE: The UK's best hotels and restaurants for 2024 revealed By Esther Marshall Published: 07:40 EDT, 5 October 2024 | Updated: 07:40 EDT, 5 October 2024 e-mail View comments Planning a trip to the UK? You're at risk of doing it all wrong! But keep calm and carry on reading - because here we reveal advice travellers and locals have offered to tourists on Reddit about the worst mistakes they can make while on holiday there. Reddit user 'Cashewnutzzzz' kicked off a lively discussion on the platform by asking: 'I'm trying to help my mate. He is from Germany and wants to travel to the UK, but he asked me for some advice.
What would be some good tips for him to not make silly mistakes as a first-time traveller to the UK?' From avoiding the capital's tourist traps to pub faux pas and 'tacky' attractions to avoid, the tips came thick and fast...
Trying to see too much Travellers and locals have offered advice to tourists on Reddit about the worst mistakes they can make while on holiday in the UK for the first time. Visiting Leicester Square (above) is one error, they say Britain is small, but not that small, the contributors point out, with user 'KaleidoscopicColours' remarking that one of the classic errors is 'trying to fit too much into a trip'. They add: 'Americans are generally the worst for this.
No you can't do Stonehenge, Bath an.
