“Won’t somebody think of the middle class children!?”
How many families can spare several hundred quid on a continental jolly just for their kid?
Lol.. are we sure the global pandemic that’s brought in tirades of travel restrictions the last two years has nothing to do with it?
Stop giving the Brexiteers easy “who gives a fuck?” points, ffs. This is so unimportant in the grand scheme of things.
“They argue the slump will deprive UK host families, hostels and attractions of valuable income”.
That was always the stinky part of any school trip to the UK when I was a kid. The host families were all poor working class ones which didn’t give a shit about cross cultural exchange. They were doing it for extra income and couldn’t be bothered to ask us questions about how different things were in France, they just weren’t interested. Going to the US in a host family during the summer was so great because the people there did it for free, out of having the experience to share something with a foreigner, teach him something about their country, and learn about his.
Why do people keep posting this tabloid shit?.
I’m honestly surprised school trips ever came here. What’s the educational value? When we had trips to Northern France and Belgium, it was touring important WW1 and WW2 sites that we had been learning about in history.
I’m not sure anything has ever really happened *in the UK itself* that involved other European countries. Not since 1066 anyway.
And if it’s about being immersed in proper English, we don’t really do that here. Go to the Netherlands, they speak it better than we do.
ETA, I just remembered the British Museum is unfortunately a thing. So that’s valid.
So the pandemic hasn’t had an effect on foreign travel? Especially for kids?
Or..perhaps a global pandemic?
”(54% upvoted)” it’s always the same story when it comes to negative Brexit news
edit: lol 51% now
Who the fuck wants to come here in winter, during a pandemic lol
It’s cold wet and windy, travel is difficult due to covid.
The requirement for passports instead of ID cards is really unnecessary self-inflicted harm.
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“Won’t somebody think of the middle class children!?”
How many families can spare several hundred quid on a continental jolly just for their kid?
Lol.. are we sure the global pandemic that’s brought in tirades of travel restrictions the last two years has nothing to do with it?
Stop giving the Brexiteers easy “who gives a fuck?” points, ffs. This is so unimportant in the grand scheme of things.
“They argue the slump will deprive UK host families, hostels and attractions of valuable income”.
That was always the stinky part of any school trip to the UK when I was a kid. The host families were all poor working class ones which didn’t give a shit about cross cultural exchange. They were doing it for extra income and couldn’t be bothered to ask us questions about how different things were in France, they just weren’t interested. Going to the US in a host family during the summer was so great because the people there did it for free, out of having the experience to share something with a foreigner, teach him something about their country, and learn about his.
Why do people keep posting this tabloid shit?.
I’m honestly surprised school trips ever came here. What’s the educational value? When we had trips to Northern France and Belgium, it was touring important WW1 and WW2 sites that we had been learning about in history.
I’m not sure anything has ever really happened *in the UK itself* that involved other European countries. Not since 1066 anyway.
And if it’s about being immersed in proper English, we don’t really do that here. Go to the Netherlands, they speak it better than we do.
ETA, I just remembered the British Museum is unfortunately a thing. So that’s valid.
So the pandemic hasn’t had an effect on foreign travel? Especially for kids?
Or..perhaps a global pandemic?
”(54% upvoted)” it’s always the same story when it comes to negative Brexit news
edit: lol 51% now
Who the fuck wants to come here in winter, during a pandemic lol
It’s cold wet and windy, travel is difficult due to covid.
The requirement for passports instead of ID cards is really unnecessary self-inflicted harm.