Americans Don't Travel: Gina Yashere

[@trevordonaldson7634]

Well, to be fair Europeans can drive hours and pass through several DIFFERENT countries. Americans can start and end hours and hours of driving JUST IN Texas.

[@maseengmasitha6212]

True.

[@intello8953]

Isn’t the Texas bigger then the UK? I swear each state is literally a country. Btw you guys have almost everything in the US right? Natural beauty, beaches, great forests, mountains, theme parks, massive cities etc etc so why go anywhere else 😁

[@TheJofrica]

Exactly

[@galanie]

Not only that, but most of us can't afford to go anywhere we'd need a passport to visit anyway.

[@pabzmaj1668]

Very true but it depends on population some some countries have a high population America is bigger den china but they haven't got a billion man army just a billion dollar arsenal lol

[@Leskeepingitreal]

Gina is so funny she’s started my day laughing Thank You

[@misslaurap]

she is isn't she absolutely hilarious

[@katherinemcintosh7247]

Ever since I did a semester abroad in college, I concluded that Every. Single. College. Graduate. should be required, as a part of their degree, to spend at least 6 months studying in a country which is not adjacent to the United States.

[@davidburns5374]

I agree. Maybe then they will appreciate what an amazing and wonderful country in which they live.

[@eveelliot4968]

Yes, let's make college degrees even more cost prohibitive than they already are. Great idea

[@katherinemcintosh7247]

@@eveelliot4968 huh? Tell me your logic. The price of University in the United States is way out of control, true, but my semester abroad cost the same as it would have if I had just gone to school at Mizzou, where I got my degree. It was an exchange program. We paid for 12 hours at Mizzou, plus housing (not a meal plan) and went to school in the Netherlands. My now husband’s program was the same going from Auburn to a school in Germany, but his also included him having a paying job. Of course, the plane ticket was extra, but not exorbitantly expensive. I lived on soup, bread, and cheese for 6 months. I got a bike to ride around for $10. (Which, adjusted for inflation, would be the equivalent of $21.34 today.) Some programs have students stay in family homes, which means they get to eat better. I stayed in a cheap, furnished, apartment with other students, again, already paid for through the exchange. We had no bills other than phone usage and buying groceries. The phone then was very expensive to the United States. In our apartment, we had a meter right next to the phone, and a log to record how much time we spent on the phone. On the very few occasions when I used the phone, I talked for maybe 2 minutes each time. That counter clicking off rushed me every time. I had no money to spend on phone calls. I did just to hear someone’s voice from home. Now there are many ways to get phone service to the States for free (WhatsApp, Google, Facetime, the list goes on…) plus all of the social media which we did not have. The phone cost a dollar a minute for us, other than that, we could write letters which meant buying international postage. When my husband was transferred to Germany back in 2010, one of the first things we did was go eat at an outdoor cafe. We were sitting there with our food, I looked at him and said with so much wonder, “I always wanted to do this when I was a student, sit at an outdoor place and have a lunch and a beer. I never had money to do it.” He excitedly agreed and said, “I know! I always wanted to do this, too!” Neither of us had much cash. Just what we would have spent on food. My husband actually had a paying job as a part of his program. One of my best friends (who I am still in touch with to this day, over 30 years later,) went to College of the Ozarks, which is a college in Missouri for people living near the poverty line. THEY even had an exchange program.

[@katherinemcintosh7247]

@@davidburns5374 …and how things can be improved…

[@Shornaal13]

That should go for every country, actually, not just the US. Live abroad, get a different perspective, broaden your horizons, enrich your mind, prevent bigots. Just straight wins all over.

[@SM-nd3ry]

I was surprised when an american told me he has never been on a plane.

[@mperezmcfinn2511]

He's probably never had health insurance either.

[@victorejigah9730]

I was also shocked in my encounter with some that I met in the US

[@lolocarter7837]

I was surprised when a co-worker told me she never left the state.😮

[@misslaurap]

cruise ship 🚢 🤣🤣buying crap of the boat then back on again🤣😂😂

[@jacksdjfam]

She is so fucking funny 😂

[@warriorbard]

America's so vast and each state is practically a different country with its own customs, quirks, and cuisine; so I guess that's one reason why many Americans don't travel. Another reason is that it must be bloody expensive for them to fund an international trip not to Canada or Mexico. In Europe we kind of take almost take travelling to another country for granted because it's so easy and fairly affordable. Depending on where you are, if you drove for an hour, you could be in another country. I think in some parts of the US, if you drove for an hour you'd still be in the same neighbourhood. 😅

[@denisenj7648]

It takes me over an hour to drive to work!

[@mandu6665]

Vacation time was strictly "let's go drive 24 hours over two days to see grandma" or other relatives. When I was growing up in the 80s and 90s, it was FAR cheaper to pay for gas for 24 hours of driving, eat out a total of 6 times in two days, and spend the night in a motel versus buying roundtrip airplane tickets for a family of four. Trains? Lol. Buses? Lol. People don't realize how huge America truly is and how limited our travel options are if you need to go far. Having said that, there's nothing like a roadtrip in America with a few of your best friends. I'll always remember driving 15 hours in a day to Colorado with two friends mainly to go see a band we all loved at the legendary concert venue, Red Rocks.

[@Bella-mx7rl]

She's not wrong. But it's too expensive for most Americans.

[@lucasraines]

We also have all 6 types of land biomes. Making it easier to experience all types of sights/activities/weather without having to leave the country.

[@weaksignal8009]

All USA workers have ZERO guaranteed days off: zero sick, zero vacation, zero holiday. Any PTO is a 'gift' from your employer. Every other nation on the Globe guarantees 20-60 days off a year. Americans are also dumb, and don't realize how badly they're getting.......

[@kasondaleigh]

It’s not too expensive, but Americans spend all their money on fast food and Starbucks because they are lazy and stupid.

[@evest7829]

@@lucasraines I always hear this from Americans and it always makes me laugh because that is still absolutely not comparable to travelling outside of the country. But whenever I tell them that, they just don't understand because they've never made that experience.

[@lucasraines]

@@evest7829 I understand what you guys mean. It’s just easier for us to travel in our own country because it’s cheaper. Even then, flights to a different state are still kind of expensive.

[@BearingMySeoul]

Look, I was born and raised on the East Coast and I just spent a week in northern California earlier this month...that's enough foreign country for me! 😂

[@Becky_Cal]

Same when we Californians go to the East Coast. Our first thought is, wow, I guess this is the undeveloped part of the country. I could have sworn the settlers had civilized these people? Guess not. Honey, don’t look them in the eye. 😅😅😅

[@mandu6665]

Lol. I grew up in the Midwest and Los Angelenos were shocked I didn't have an accent.

[@kika-ge5qr]

I hate cruises. If you want to feel better about yourself, go on one.

[@MechakittenX]

I love her comedy. She's so silly!

[@deinashipley7968]

I don't travel because the world is NOW so crazy it's scary!

[@diamond.d2320]

Americans travel is just they don't really travel abroad. Look at the american airports. Lots of people.

[@unanuevapecula]

That's just moving around your country...doesn't count.

[@titheproven954]

@@unanuevapecula Well when your country is about the size of the whole EU and you have Ocean closing you in...kinda hard to "travel"

[@DanBrown96]

@@titheproven954 Nope. It's not really.

[@titheproven954]

@@DanBrown96 Yes. It really is.

[@andrewajjones122]

Defensive much? 🤔🤣🤣

[@katrinabrown9613]

America's huge and very diverse, you can see all you need right here. In Europe everything is close to ride a train to, you'd better have a passport

[@Shornaal13]

Fallacy. Thanks to the Schengen agreement, all member countries of the European Union do not require visas or passport from citizens of all member countries. Europeans use their passports to actually travel, not to cross a border close by and buy cheaper cigarettes.

[@leec6707]

You can't visit the pyramids or the Colosseum or Venice or Stonehenge or Loch Ness or the lunar landscapes of Iceland or Port Meirion or Rodin's Garden or the birthplace of Shakespeare or the Parthenon etc etc

[@donnalamb6391]

I don't have a passport the only place I've been outside of USA was the Bahamas and i didn't need a passport.

[@adebolabloke6962]

Why didn't you need one?

[@Wolfenstein69924]

⁠@@adebolabloke6962 I went on a cruise there 9 years ago, I didn’t have a passport at the time but I still needed my ID and some documentation if I remember correctly.

[@miche2129]

The cruise resonated with me. It is not seeing a country. It is going to designated shops from which the cruise line gets kick backs. Many of the comments about Gina not getting this are from Americans. I am Canadian and have been to the US many times and lived there one summer. Gina is correct. Americans know very little about anyone else in the world. To some extent, foodie culture and social media where you can see trends worldwide in an instant have helped, but that can never replace the experience and knowledge gained from travelling. On my first cruise, I was at a dining table with a group of Americans. One asked me if we celebrate the 4th of July in Canada? Why would we celebrate American Independence Day in Canada???? Another asked me if we celebrate Christmas. WTF? The scary thing is that these people were educators (one was a College Prof and a police) and an engineer at a major US oil company. I had to do my best not to burst out in laughter. I saw almost nothing of a country when I went on a few excursions on cruises. In Mexico, we had to drive to our destination with window blinds down allegedly for , so did not see anything on a 4-5 hour round trip drive. so I never went on a cruise after that. In Jamaica, they made it sound like if you wondered off from their designated stores that you would be instantly killed. Some American tourist said that Jamaicans were not "civilized". That was my first and last cruise. Many Canadians do not travel in Canada because it is a lot cheaper to fly to a US, the Caribbean or Europe even with the exchange rate. Some leave through Buffalo or Detroit because it is cheaper to fly internationally from there vs. any Canadian airport. There is far more competition in US Aviation than the 3 international carriers we have in Canada. Yet, Canadians travel internationally more than Americans. On a bus trip of a European country a few years ago. Usually people do the optional tours to immerse themselves in the culture. We were the only non-Americans on the tour. All most of the Americans wanted to do was sit at a pool, go to a beach, and drink. We also ended up being tacked on to the other tour with mainly Canadians. None of the Americans who came on these excursions were born in the USA. They really did not seem to care about the culture, other than when it came to booze. My American worked at a Summer Olympics on year. When asked if they got autographs or photos with athletes, their response was: "I was in the village with African athletes, no Americans, so I didn't bother". A lot of people are talking about travel being too expensive, yet they own multiple $40k +trucks, SUVs, spends thousands of dollars on concerts and sporting events and eat out everyday. If you want to save your money to travel, you can. The only thing I will say in defence of Americans is that most do not get the time off from work that Europeans, Asians and Australians get off. It is similar for most Canadians. Therefore, if you only have 2 weeks of vacay days, time is limited and there is little jet lag recovery time.

[@bigfootpart4therevengeancing]

Congratulations on basing your assumptions of an entire country of more than 300,000,000 people off of your interractions with probably less than 500 individuals of said country on a tourist trip. And you have the fucking gall to call us ignorant.

[@leec6707]

'Off of' is not correct English. You base 'on' something. For example - 'based on my experience' etc

[@bigfootpart4therevengeancing]

@@leec6707 Do you go around correcting peoples' grammar in person?

[@maryperry1773]

So right about the cruise 😅 we went to the Bahamas, but I don’t consider that I’ve really ever been to Bahamas

[@penguintaco9038]

Because it's expensive as shit

[@davidburns5374]

Europeans can take a road trip and visit several countries. By car, we can only visit Canada or if you have a death wish, Mexico( up until a few years ago we didn't need a passport to visit either country). To visit anywhere else requires an expensive international flight. My wife and I did a tour of Europe back in 2011 and with airfare it cost $10,000.00 Most Americans can't afford that. And to be honest, we have anything you can think of right here in the USA.

[@kristinadaubney2068]

Americans 🇺🇲 usually don't have the time ⌚ or 💵 to travel 🧳 😔 It's expensive to go over seas. It is so much easier and cheaper to travel through Europe if you're a European.

[@dealwolfstriked272]

Funny fact....Spain is the 2nd most visited country in the world. I have not EVER heard of someone vacationing in Spain while living my full 53yrs in USA. This country we believe that Spain is a 3rd world country. We are taught this and we believe it in our mindset. But my friends wife went to spain last year and she was like...its not at all what I thought. The people seem high class....way more high class than when I went to UK. She was shocked and was telling me how weird Americans really are.

[@annamarielewis7078]

I spent a month in Spain in 2017.

[@Shornaal13]

To be fair, most US citizens also believe the US to be a 1st world country.

[@patriciaitalia]

Where did you get that Spain was a third-world country? Do you equate hispanic countries in the Americas as "Spain" to stoke your prejudices?

[@dealwolfstriked272]

@@Shornaal13Wow LOL

[@dealwolfstriked272]

@@patriciaitaliaread my post again. I said as an American we are taught that Spanish=poverty. I am learning about Spain as my posts states. 2nd most visited counrty in the world and as an American I have never EVER heard someone visiting Spain in my 53yrs on earth. 2nd largest auto manufacturer in Europe! Really?! WTF! I think Americans just have a hard time as we here have blacks and whites and Hispanics and we have a hard time then when you throw in that some Hispanics are black, some are white, some are native and many are mixtures of all.

[@Tolkienlady]

Except America is like 50 different countries all in one, bc every time I pass into a different state it's a whole new set of laws, cultures and customs, and the scenery and weather can change in less than 100 miles, so why travel overseas?

[@leec6707]

The world is full of fascinating places. Just up the road from me is Tolkein's grave. I'm also close to the pubs he visited. My city of Oxford has a rich cultural heritage ( the original Frankenstein lives in a local library, Alice in Wonderland was written here etc). Less than hour away is London. When I get off the train at Marylebone, I like to stand at the station entrance as this is where the Beatles were filmed being chased in 'A Hard Day's Night'. An hour in the other direction takes you to Shakespeare's birthplace and Warwick Castle. There's so, so much to see in all corners of the world. If you are interested in literature or history you would love many places outside the USA.

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

@@leec6707 But that's your history. Where does the interest for Americans start in that situation?

[@beyfan878]

People keep saying Eurppe is small you can visit another country by travelling a small distance which is fair criticism. But I would also argue we travel beyond Europe as well. Might have one Euro holiday a year and then a couple more outside the Eurozone per year too. So again long distance travel outside the zone, which is still unlike Americans who if you travel travel to Mexico, Canada or take cruises in the Carribean.

[@willie417]

60 mph yea I 'll say that if a different lever of thuggery, that must be like an video game Boss Fight

[@stevenPounder-p4b]

Why would we need one?

[@willsommervil6141]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@craigmerkey8518]

🤣 yet I run into Americans every time I travel!

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

The 1% of Americans.

[@rachael5178]

Here I was born, and here I will stay. 🇺🇸 Isn't for everybody, so travel on. Best hopes for You.

[@Wolfenstein69924]

That’s easy to say if you’re a Dutch person, for example, and you can just drive right into Belgium or Germany.

[@seamard]

Most Americans cannot afford to travel overseas because we don’t have living wages or paid time off guaranteed by laws and since it is very far to travel to Europe, Africa, or Asia, many Americans simple cannot afford to miss work and pay for a trip that will cost thousands of dollars. She’s a bit out of touch with that joke.

[@funsizedazzy6708]

Right those country’s are close to each other too if it was closer

[@rajabcroswell9020]

It doesn't cost thousands to travel to those continents.

[@annamarielewis7078]

Oh,please. I started traveling at age 15 with money I earned WORKING

[@sa-adumar9351]

You can see how the hands raise keeps getting fewer and fewer .

[@onyxbabe]

Come to South East Asia countries and travel, folks! It's affordable, and there's plenty of culture to explore!

[@leec6707]

Thailand is an incredible place. Everyone I know who has visited, has absolutely loved it. All these comments from people in the US asking why they should bother travelling leave me dumbfounded. I've not visited Japan, India or South Korea but I know they would be an amazing experience. I've got a long list of places I'd love to visit.

[@Ceasar8980]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@bigfootpart4therevengeancing]

There is a reason why Americans don't travel. Getting from America to somewhere like Europe, Asia, Africa, or Australia is very expensive. For many of us, it's not a matter of a lack of desire to travel, but it is entirely down to expense.

[@pelasion5099]

3:55 no that, my friends, is highway robbery

[@timward3116]

We don't have passports because we can't afford to travel.

[@BearingMySeoul]

And honestly, ALL of Europe can fit in the US. You can experiene quite a lot as an American without a passport. 🤷‍♀

[@timward3116]

@@BearingMySeoul Unfortunately, we can't learn what has worked well in other countries, though, if we are stuck here. For example, I live in a city that is exactly the same as Montreal (in both city proper size and metro area size), but Montreal is probably about 150 years ahead of my city in every measurable aspect. People from my city have no idea what was and is actually possible. Americans are told constantly that socialized medicine would never work, but if you get sick in another country, you soon find out that it works pretty well almost everywhere and that we are being lied to.

[@MD-722]

@@BearingMySeoul America is a single country. Europe is a continent of different countries. Travelling isn't just about different geography and every country has a mix of cultures. The point of international travel is to experience international culture.

[@BearingMySeoul]

@@MD-722 Of course. My point is, you have to go other places to broaden your horizons and America has a LOT of other places. Most Americans barely travel in-country. The difference between New England and the Deep South (Louisiana, Mississippi, etc.) is astounding. California north of San Francisco is wildly unlike California south of Los Angeles. When you go to these places, you begin to understand why Americans don't understand each other! We all speak English but we don't speak the same language. Everything from our landscape, to food choices, our health outcomes, to employment and education possibilities are wildly different.

[@canterlevi]

A lot of people who judge Americans for this don’t realize or acknowledge how diverse and huge the United States is in itself to travel.

[@DuttyDoes]

Nah it is. You got everythign in one country BUT nothing like being in a totally different country with new culture

[@canterlevi]

@@DuttyDoes There are so many cultures in this one country.

[@DuttyDoes]

@@canterlevi this I know. I come to the states regularly

[@ogone1465]

​@@canterlevievery country is like that though

[@MD-722]

@@canterlevi Literally almost every country is like that. England is only the fraction of the size of a US state, yet there's over 50 different accents and several different cultures between its 9 regions. National and international travel are not comparable.

[@DanFreeman723]

I went to Europe when I was 24 & was underwhelmed by what I saw. At the time I was living in NYC & found London to be boring as hell by comparison. The best trip I ever took was to Hawaii. No passport needed. Had a ball...

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

We get nothing but hate on the internet from every country in the world, so there's no motivation there to show interest in foreign cultures. If foreign cultures start showing some sort of signs that they're going to improve their attitudes, then I'll think about showing some interest. Unfortunately, that almost certainly won't happen in my lifetime.

[@Becky_Cal]

“With stamps in them….that don’t say Mexico.” 😅😅😅 Ma’am, Hawaii doesn’t require a passport! It’s part of the U.S., now your geographical knowledge gaps are showing 😉

[@DebraFabiani]

There may be folks in the audience old enough to have visited Hawaii before it became a state in 1959.

[@mindymorgan8479]

With so much land in the USA it's no wonder we don't travel. We have several languages and multiple dialects. Every kind of landscape. Why would we want to leave?

[@ronbelanger4113]

Yeah, keep on telling yourself that.

[@alicequayle4625]

To broaden your mind and your experience. See how things are done differently in other places.

[@AjitAdonisManilal]

Also if you live in a big city like here in NY why would i go anywhere. i got Greek Food, Italian food, i can get sushi or ramen. Why do i need to travel anywhere for anything. I got everything i need here, i got the comfort of my home, i got my stuff, my high speed internet, my bed, my quality of life i won't get anywhere else. Why would i travel?

[@chukwumaeneh7974]

Nigerians are one of the richest people in the world

[@annamarielewis7078]

And extremely well educated

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

On the internet, pretty much everybody outside of the US is anti-American, so I have no reason to show interest in foreign cultures. 🤷‍♂

[@ronbelanger4113]

Can you figure out why that is?

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

@@ronbelanger4113 People outside of the US are just naturally hostile.

[@alicequayle4625]

​@@OneOfThoseTypes In my experience some Americans are hostile or dont bother with manners so might get a bad experience.

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

@@alicequayle4625 The people in your own country are far worse.

[@alicequayle4625]

@@OneOfThoseTypes if you mean the UK it's a mixed bag of manners. But usa citizens are notorious for being rude to waiting on / serving staff. Eg in France waiters expect to be treated like equals.

[@meredithcarroll6209]

I like Gina a lot, but she seems to have missed the obvious fact that the U.S. spans an entire continent and is roughly 2.5 times the size of Europe. Americans travel plenty, we just literally don't have to leave our country to see vastly different topography and experience different cultures. Unless someone wants to argue that those of us up here in the Northeast are identical to folks living in the Midwest or the South.

[@leedza]

Its a big country.. probably no need to leave if it aint your thing.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

That's your excuse??? What is it with you Americans???

[@MrJohneblaze822]

​@@dcmastermindfirst9418 We don't want to leave our great country anytime soon lol 😂

[@leedza]

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 where is the excuse. Got to leave my state first and see the other 50

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

@@MrJohneblaze822 Your country sucks. You don't even have healthcare.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

@@leedza Pathetic

[@DeliahAyala.2.14.91.]

This country is huge and theres a lot to see. I travel all the time, around the greatest country I could ever hope to live in ^_^ why get a passport I dont wana see any of that

[@jimba6486]

Why do I need to travel ? I live in the #1, greatest country in the world. Also, If I stay, it costs me nothing to know I am right anyways.

[@tyboogie1982]

Actually we're not the greatest country in the world. The media is telling you wrong.

[@thehoneydeev]

Try the outside, you’ll be pleasantly surprised and inspired 😊

[@bkstandard882]

I was patriotic until I started traveling.

[@shnope]

Ew i find American patriotism so cringe. Ask literally any country what they think of america, you’ll get a much different answer. Istg you people live in a completely brainwashed & delusional world.

[@davidburns5374]

@@bkstandard882Funny, I was more patriotic after I started traveling.

[@chunkyhoey8649]

🤣🤣🤣