American Reacts to Things You NEED to Know Before Visiting the UK (Part 1)

As an American who has never been to the UK I am extremely curious about what you need to now before visiting. When Americans travel to other countries we tend to not pay much respect to the local culture so I am very excited to correct that today. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!

[@ulyssesthirteen7031]

It's ironic, Britain gets such grief over colonisation in the 1700s and 1800s (and doubly ironic when it comes from Americans) and yet I'm watching an American who has eaten Indian food not making the connection between Britain and Indian food. I think Tyler would have a shock if he knew the demographics of some areas of Britain.

[@Mark-Haddow]

What grief? Just about every nation has colonised another. India, for example, was numerous regional nations before the British arrived. These warlords would invade each other frequently, occupying the territory they took. The UK ended this, combining the territories into one country, until it was necessary to split it again, creating Pakistan.

[@ulyssesthirteen7031]

Yesy I'm aware that other countries colonised etc as well inter-regional warfare etc but nowhere gets the grief and criticism that Britain does. France, Belgium, Germany and Spain don't. Portugal don't get the grief that British do regarding slavery etc.

[@vijay-c]

Indeed - as a British Indian, a lot of what's considered "Indian food" internationally (at least in the West) was invented by British Asian communities (mostly Bangladeshi). Not that Authentic Indian food is hard to find in the UK, either. Certainly more likely to find a good Indian in the UK as opposed to somewhere more associated with good food like France or Italy in my limited experience, anyway.

[@robertburr2212]

Let's get some respective and give Tyler some facts!😂

[@meme4013]

Yes, the indigenous brits are indeed being replaced.

[@kerrydoutch5104]

Aussie here. We have Bed and Breakfasts too. Usually a private residence that you pay for a room and cooked breakfast. Not usually just a standard house. They have to meet certain standards and het licenced. The house is usually historically interesting and/or in an interesting lication. Also has to be within easy reach of local transport and shops. But not always. And of course Britain is known for Indian food. The Indian popultion there is huge and have hundreds of Indian Restaurants. Most really good. And Britain is an island. Of course theres seafood. Apart from fish n chips.

[@Mark-Haddow]

Britain is not an island. The island of Great Britain is something else, and has only some of Scotland within it, since Scotland is a nation of islands, found upon three different archipelagos. Shetland & Orkney, for example. Both Scotland as much as Glasgow, or Edinburgh

[@pirate6616]

@@Mark-HaddowBritain or Great Britain is an island, you don’t have to get into the semantics

[@Mark-Haddow]

@@pirate6616 No, Great Britain is the Island. Though technically that only remains true as long as Scotland remains within the union. Scotland has never been part of "Britain" which were the territories of England and Wales, exclusively. Great was added due to Scotland's King (James VI) inheriting England and Wales, in 1603. He wanted to merge the Kingdoms into one. However, Scotland is not limited to 1 Island. It is roughly 900 Islands, spread over 3 archipelagos. This isn't semantics. It's accuracy. Referring to the UK as England was replaced by "Britain" but still incorrectly details the state.

[@pirate6616]

@@Mark-Haddow that’s cool history but language changes over time man, even English and Scottish don’t give af about the differences between Britain and Great Britain. and I don’t get why you stress the point about Scotland not fully being in Great Britain. Yes it has many other islands, but like 5 people live there and 90 percent of Scotland is the same large land mass

[@Mark-Haddow]

@@pirate6616 Because I'm Scottish, and we Scots do not consider our country part of anything other than Great Britain. As I wrote, Britain, was the known territory of England and Wales, you can't use a previous identification when referring to a newer one. As "Britain" has historical relevance, Great Britain can't be referred to as that previous union. The ordinance survey correctly explains this on their website. The UK, Great Britain and Britain are different names for different territorial situations. The same misunderstanding occurred with the Union Flag, which idiots couldn't differentiate with the Union Jack, a maritime term when the flag flew upon a ship. Because neither are the official flags via law (only precedent) the mistake now sees the Union Flag replaced frequently by the maritime term.

[@mandysharp4571]

Tyler the top rated food in the UK is chicken tikka masala. It's been this way for years. It's an Indian dish created in the UK. We have had Indian takeaway food here since I was a child and I'm 60 Lol. We probably have more Indian and Pakistani takeaway's than other food. The curry club started in Bradford about 35 year's ago. We have everything here from Greek food to fried chicken takeaways and restaurants. Pub food is British culture. If you ever come to Britain you will be spoilt for choice

[@1nikg]

Tikka masala was created in Britain for the British

[@Ashtarot77]

@@1nikg That's what she said. An Indian dish created in the UK.

[@1nikg]

@@Ashtarot77 if its created in the UK it's technically a British dish. To cater for British people who aren't to keen on Indian food who have been dragged along to an Indian restaurant.

[@Ashtarot77]

@@1nikg Yep. Technically British. It's also not as spicy as Indian curries tend to be. It has a tang but that's about it. Not a fan of curries in any which way or form to be honest.

[@jonnychef100]

I'm just a normal average Englishman and I find you very refreshing to watch your content, you have so much respect and understanding and your reaction somtimes is funny as hell .keep it up .we like a weird cousins, love it 😂❤

[@lizbignell7813]

One thing Americans need to know is that if they must do the ubiquitous “peace” sign, do it with the palm facing AWAY from you as the other way is deeply offensive.

[@davidwallin7518]

Peace? Victory sign, or hand-signal, surely? Winston used it to signify Victory in WWII.

[@lizbignell7813]

@David Wallin, l think the young use it as peace more than victory.

[@davidwallin7518]

@@lizbignell7813 Truly bizarre and I've never heard that before - it is a warrior's sign that is used to show victory in a battle.

[@stevepage5813]

@@davidwallin7518 All the groovy hippes in the sixties were signalling peace with their two fingered gestures. I don't think they were suggesting victory over anyone, unless maybe the authorities. Lol.

[@davidwallin7518]

@@stevepage5813 Never heard of this. Guess you might do that in America, but here in England it is used to define victory in battle.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

In the UK most common cards are MASTERCARD and VISA, with either you'll be OK just about anywhere, American Express is known but not widely accepted... Just one-hour out of London you'll notice price difference, but you'll see about 30% lower prices as you go further North, in a city not so much. It's so bad London employees get what's called a London weighting, an additional payment on top of their salary because London is just so expensive.

[@katmcdonald3561]

Amex is very widely accepted now that most big chains take it and the small shops/vendors tend to be signed up to services like stripe which also accept it. I've had one for a few years and post covid I've never been anywhere that wouldn't take it. Edit: typo

[@antiqueinsider]

Bara Brith (Bar-a-breeth) is a fruit bread which is popular in North and central Wales. Great with a cup of tea!!!

[@ElizabethDebbie24]

Also very popular here in South Wales

[@anita6761]

Sounds good to me 😊

[@libradragon934]

Bara Brith is Welsh type of tea cake. It's delicious. A B&B (bed and breakfast) is different from a hotel. Booking early everywhere is essential really!

[@hatjodelka]

Bara Brith means 'speckled bread'. It is LUSH!

[@ruthfoley2580]

I don't mind it, but prefer Welsh cakes.

[@simonupton-millard]

​@@hatjodelkadiolch, i knew bara was bread but didn't know what the other word ment

[@marycarver1542]

Classic British stuff is nowadays quite mingled with other cuisines. dont think this man is presenting it very well at all !

[@hatjodelka]

@@marycarver1542 Yes, I think the UK's first curry house was opened in the early 1800s. We've always been open to novelty. Fish and chips is from Mediterranean Sephardic Jews who settled in London. As usual we were "Lovely! Don't mind if we do!" The Empire (sorry, invaded and exploited continents) accelerated that just as it expanded the English vocabulary. Our culture has also been enriched by immigrants (the classic Mini Cooper was designed by someone of Greek heritage) I don't blame the reacters but a lot of videos that are reacted to are inaccurate, to be honest.

[@AnonEMoose-wj5ob]

Having visited the US on numerous occasions the 'typical' American seems to think that England is made of two places - London and Scotland. Voice that assumption IN Scotland and I wouldn't rate your chances of survival. The hardest thing I found to get used to driving in the US was "right on red" - we don't have an equivalent and are conditioned to red means STOP - no exceptions. We mostly drive manuals (stick-shift) but rental cars (from the big companies) are usually automatics. When he said 'British' pound he meant 'English' - ie. those issued by the Bank of England. Bank of Scotland notes are legal tender in England but some shops do refuse them due to being unfamiliar with the design (I have never experienced the reverse - ie. when spending English notes in Scotland). Isle of Man banknotes, on the other hand, are NOT legal tender in the UK although Bank of England banknotes are legal tender there. Our banknotes are different colours and sizes to aid the blind and visually impaired. They also incorporate braille for the same reason. B&B's exist in the US - I've stayed at several. Typically you are staying in a spare room in a family home although some are like small hotels with several rooms. We stole curry from India and baked beans from the US and will never give either back.

[@AnonEMoose-wj5ob]

Correction: I mis-spoke - Bank of Scotland banknotes are NOT 'legal tender' in England but are coin of the realm. Legal tender only specifies what a creditor must accept in settlement of a debt - ie. more than 20 coins of most denominations are NOT legal tender even though individual coins are.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@AnonEMoose-wj5ob To be more specific - No Bank note is legal tender in Scotland, England or Wales (I think N.I. is the same but not sure). They are all however 'Legal Currency'. Only Coins of the Realm are legally 'Tender' for use in repaying debts. The Royal Bank of Scotland, The Bank of Scotland and the Clydesdale Bank all have protected status to produce their own notes, which are sterling, just like Bank of England notes and acceptable anywhere in Britain but mainly due to ignorance, Scottish Notes are not always accepted, in some places England. In modern times with plastic notes, it's not worth a forgers time to try and reproduce plastic Scottish notes, when the English ones have easier designs and more easy to pass off.

[@carolinecrouch9123]

Chicken Tikka Massala is always in the top 5 favourite dishes in the UK. I think there are just as many Indian takeaways as there are fish and chippies here

[@debbielough7754]

One thing worth knowing about changing money is that bigger Post Offices are also Bureaus de Change (and you can check which branches on the website). The food - think about it re the shellfish - we're an island. And not that big an island in the scheme of things. Nowhere here is more than about 70 miles from the sea. Approx 6-7% of the UK population is of Indian or west Asian descent, and for good or ill, Britain has a long history of interaction with the Indian region (even before the empire). In some places, you also get excellent Chinese food, where there is a Chinese population (Newcastle, near where I grew up being a case in point, because it has a Chinatown). If anything, I'd say British people probably have curry more often than fish and chips these days. It's not a completely card based society - you can use cash pretty much anywhere (occasionally you might come across somebody having a problem with a till or something). And sometimes smaller shops will only take cash.

[@trashandcheese3636]

Quote: "It's not a completely card based society - you can use cash pretty much anywhere (occasionally you might come across somebody having a problem with a till or something). And sometimes smaller shops will only take cash." Alas, no more - It's going to take nothing short of a civil war (or, from their perspective, mass "terrorism") to not only keep cash, but prevent the incoming Starmer government from turning Britcoin (the just-recently-launched CBDC) into a personalised token-based social-credit system. (You don't believe me, you think I'm fantasizing? Look up the speeches made on the subject at the 2021 Labour Party conference)

[@roberttewnion1690]

I'm not in England much but the last time I was, I made sure to pay for stuff with my Scottish notes.

[@fatsam2564]

15:25 it’s tomato, toast, poached eggs, Fried mushroom, Black pudding, Bacon, and a under cooked sausage

[@billyhills9933]

It could be fried bread rather than toast.

[@jamesleate]

​@@billyhills9933 It's toast, they don't look the same.

[@nikkiclark1199]

That sausage wasn't just undercooked, it looks like it has really low pork content, very cheap 😅. Not all full English brekkies have poached eggs, most come with fried eggs, or you can get scrembled eggs. Also tinned tomatoes, baked beans, hash browns, and in some places you can get white pudding 🤤 damn I miss full English breakfasts, I'm an ex-pat Brit that now lives in Albania 😭

[@Carl_Raybould]

Hi. The food on the right is black pudding. Not something i like but many do. Also bed and breakfasts normally have a locked room to sleep that only you have access to but theyre not always ensuite. So, if you want your own bathroom and dont want to share with others check before you go but more now are becoming ensuite so they do.

[@sandrabeaumont9161]

Big Ben is actually the large bell that strikes the hours. It is the largest of the 5 bells in The Elizabeth Tower. The smaller bells are what play the famous Westminster Chimes, which are replicated on many a striking household clock and some door bells.

[@BarbaraGrosvenor]

Even when you are based in London you can enjoy a daytrip to many of our interesting sights.

[@marycarver1542]

Common foods in the UK nowadays are Indian, Chinese, Japanese, with restaurants in every town The food is fantastic.

[@auldfouter8661]

I know Tyler's approach is to be light hearted and entertaining and he is successful in this. However when it comes to the subject of driving on the left , tourists and foreign nationals do cause some awful accidents. There have been horrible accidents ( involving multiple fatalities) on Scotland's A9 main road through the highlands. Then there is the recent case of a female USA intelligence worker who left her base and went onto the wrong side of the road , killing a young motor bike rider. To make matters worse she absconded back to the USA to avoid the repercussions of what she had done.

[@stevepage5813]

She was the wife of some sort of USA government figure, and she falsely claimed diplomatic immunity. Apparently she has been dealt with now, although insultingly to the grieving family, it took a ridiculous amount of time.

[@abigailli4948]

​@@stevepage5813 pretty sure she avoided anything by the usa rejecting a request to extradite her so she just can't come back to the UK :/

[@kevintwine2315]

Just up the road from me that was, absolutely vile, Trump helped make sure she didn’t get in any trouble

[@juliaw151]

​@@kevintwine2315 another reason he's a horrible person.she killed someone and he helpedher get away with it

[@susanhopkison3363]

I remember that awful accident the poor lad who was killed his mom went to court to get the American woman who killed him back to Britain. She ran back to America using diplomatic status. 🇬🇧

[@IanDarley]

Britain is very much known for Indian food.

[@tonystroud6652]

When you have worked out what a Full English Breakfast is, make sure you are in England. Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish hoteliers get very upset if you ask for a Full English. IMHO the best breakfasts are found in Ireland.

[@puressenceuk35]

The man who has never seen mussels before in his entire life - scary

[@lizbignell7813]

Does he not know that Britain is an island surrounded by… the sea?

[@tmac160]

Perhaps there's not much seafood when you're 600 miles from the sea.

[@sjbict]

And some of the best that it gets exported to Europe

[@qwadratix]

Driving on the 'wrong' side is EASY as long as you have a car that's equipped with a steering wheel on the correct side. It works like this:- When you're driving an American car with it's left-hand wheel on the right-hand side of the road, you are personally sitting more-or less- in the middle of the road. You just follow the centre line. Conversely, when in the UK with a right-hand wheel on the left side of the road, you find yourself sitting in almost the same place, in the middle off the road. In both cases, admittedly you are a little to one side of centre rather than the other but the difference is so small, you quickly get used to it. I speak from the experience of arriving in America on my first week of a new (international )job and being told to hire a car at La Guardia and drive to Rochester NY. I was so busy with thinking about the job I was there to do that it never crossed my mind until I got to the Plaza Hotel that I was driving on the right for the first time. It was only on thinking about it afterwards I realized what was going on. (I have to admit your 4-way junctions and right turn on red still scare the heck out of me.)

[@cheryla7480]

The US has about 14,000 bed and breakfasts all over . Also India was considered “ the jewel in the crown “ when it was a British colony and Indian cuisine is very popular with Brits. Being an island nation, you can be sure of finding plenty of seafood of all kinds.

[@leefar7092]

Re: Bed & Breakfasts - Bill Bryson's account of his first night in England is very funny. He ended up in a B&B run by an old battleaxe of a lady and took his revenge on her via the sink in his bedroom. "Notes from a Small Island".

[@wolfie5]

Big Ben is not the bell tower - Big Ben is just the bell itself.

[@pedanticlady9126]

Not sure if this is mentioned here .... There's usually quite a lot mentioned about driving on the left, roundabouts, slow, medium, and fast lanes, etc. but rarely the fact that the preponderance of cars are gear shifts rather than automatics. US visitors to the UK need to be aware that if renting a car, they will need to specify an automatic, if required, and their choice of car will be limited as they they have much less of them. The default will be a "stick shift" vehicle. So make sure you know what you are getting...

[@ElizabethDebbie24]

HI TYLER DEBBIE HERE FROM MAESTEG SOUTH WALES UK BARA BRITH (BAR A BREETH) The main ingredients in a true Welsh Bara Brifth include Mixed fruit Muscovado sugar Zest of an orange Hot black tea Self raising flour Mixed souce 1 egg Butter It Is absolutely delicious. BED & BREAKFAST (B &B) these are small privately run hotels (houses that have been converted into B &Bs) that offer out bedrooms for a night or two with breakfast. Sometimes you can rent out a bedroom from a family home and then have breakfast, before you leave to carry on with your holiday.. BREAKFAST on that plate was 2 poached eggs Tomato Fried mushrooms Black pudding Sausage Bacon Toast

[@simonupton-millard]

The black "burger" is black pudding and the "white Things" was eggs, B&Bs tend to be smaller maybe only 2 guest rooms normaly run and operated by the owner of the house your staying in l, they are considered far mor personal that an hotel and have much better local information on where to go or eat

[@petercarter9858]

Tyler , I strongly recommend that if you visit London and any major City in the UK use public transport it will in most cases it get you to your destination far quicker than the car, unless you wish to travel around the countryside in general. Most of the major tourist spots in London are accessible by either the " Tube" ( Subway) or Bus and it is not as expensive as the presenter is making out.

[@vezhopkins714]

the breakfast you saw there isn't a full English one I would call this a small fry-up it has bacon, sausage, mushrooms, tomato, toast, poached eggs and black pudding (what you call a hamburger ) full English depending on where you go can also include baked beans chips and fried bread

[@chrisginger3475]

Black pudding is NOT hamburger, it is made with pigs blood with other ingredients. Sounds revolting but can be very tasty. Just try before you say no

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Heh. They probably tried to SELL it as a Full English, though. I had a university professor in Ohio said she went to the UK when she was younger, and was sold a "cream tea" with whipped cream on the scones instead of clotted cream.

[@jaccilowe3842]

They are mussels, yum! We owned India so guess why curry is so ubiquitous! 🤣

[@davegb99]

The black stuff that you said was like hamburger is actually black pudding. The white things were poached eggs. You could have fried or scrambled too. Some have beans on. In Scotland you often get haggis too.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Don't feel bad about Americans only thinking of London when they think the UK. It does rankle a bit, but if you asked someone in the UK to picture the northeastern US, they'll think of the Manhattan skyline or historic Washington DC, and completely forget about how lovely somewhere like Vermont is. Bara Brith (Brith rhymes with Smith) is a Welsh specialty - it's like a heavy fruit bread. That full English breakfast on the plate was sausage, bacon, poached eggs (the white!), tomato, toast, mushrooms, and black pudding - a traditional English type of blood sausage, like blutwurst.

[@positivelyacademical1519]

The whole money thing, the simple version is that there are two “official” entities that can create money. These are the Royal Mint, which makes coins and bullion; and the Bank of England, which makes banknotes. Historically, commercial banks could print their own banknotes, based on their holding the appropriate amount of bullion (back when we were gold standard) or Bank of England banknotes (the Bank of England prints special high denomination notes for banks to hold). Over time the Bank of England took over regulation and licensing which commercial banks could print banknotes, and eventually stopped issuing new licenses (and created rules about whether existing licences would survive takeovers and mergers). Today, there are three commercial banks in Scotland that print banknotes: Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Clydesdale Bank. There are also three banks in Northern Ireland that print notes: Bank of Ireland, Danske Bank, and Ulter Bank; a fourth that can print banknotes but no longer does, First Trust Bank; and a fifth, Northern Bank, which is the former name of Danske Bank, but still has some valid banknotes in circulation. The reason the commercial notes are often rejected outside of their respective nations is scarcity. They don’t show up often enough for it to be worthwhile in businesses training their cashiers how to identify genuine valid vs genuine withdrawn vs fakes. It’s worth noting that in the UK, and unlike in the US, old banknotes are formally withdrawn a little while after the new issue is printed. For Bank of England notes two deadlines will be set, the earlier when the notes are withdrawn from general circulation but can still be redeemed by depositing in regular banks, and the later when they can only be redeemed by posting them to the Bank of England. For commercial banknotes, once they’re withdrawn they can only be redeemed at branches of the issuing bank - except the pre-2005 Northern Bank banknotes, which can no longer be redeemed (they had to have a time limited recall when all the uncirculated notes were stolen from their main office in a robbery).

[@jaclyngodfrey3682]

Tyler please can you do a q&a, I for one am curious to know more about you! Hope u get to visit the UK one day, please come to Scotland if u do!

[@LiquidMarvel]

Black and white pudding are delicious, a it like sausage but madecwith blood. The white things were poached eggs

[@cthutu]

A Bed and Breakfast, also called B&B (where AirBnB gets its name from) is a house that offers rooms for people to stay overnight with breakfast server in the morning. It's kind of a cheap hotel.

[@sarahwhittle4868]

In the UK our foster care system is best in the world.I was a foster carers for 7 years. People in the UK respect foster parents. It is awful watching American TV depicting foster carers. In the UK it is so respected. The oversight is incredible. We are not allowed to touch our foster children in anger and certainly NEVER strike them. We have mandatory training on how to deal with issues,such as how to deal with challenging behaviour. We are not allowed to stop our foster children leaving’s our house. So, a foster child has a social worker. As do foster carers. We have to take our children to a LAC review(looked after child) within 4 weeks of arriving in foster care. We also have to take them for a medical exam, a dental check up, and see the school to check on their progress. The social worker always spend about 30 minutes alone with the foster child to make sure everything is okay. If it isn’t the social worker can remove them instantly! We get an allowance which pays for the foster child’s clothes, pocket money, and savings. We have to write a diary every day so the social worker knows what their child is doing. We then have to email it to theirs supervising social worker. It takes about 6 months to qualify. It is the most rewarding job I can think of. Xx

[@notsherlockholmes9704]

go to any small town shopping street and you will find a chinese and an indian take away plus a kebab shop pizza shop fish and chip shop .or just wild combinations"american fried chicken/kebab...best kebab/pizza"etc.also outside london may be cheaper mostly until you hit the tourist traps"you all wanna come see us? pay up"

[@dorothysimpson2804]

He is confusing you about our cash, it is not the coins that can be refused, it is the bank notes, because the shops are not sure about forgeries. English notes are accepted in all areas, though £50 notes are not liked. We have a large Asian community especially Indian, curries are loved by the British. The breakfast that you saw had on the right Blackpudding, it had mushrooms, sausage, bacon, tomato and poached eggs (the white things), it was missing the baked beans. We are an island nation so lots of sea food is available on the coasts. Bara brith is Welsh.

[@erichalfbee503]

You do realise that in AirB&B, B&B stands for Bed and Breakfast (even though you dont always get breakfast unless you are in a shared house).

[@Naylte]

02:46 You'd have a job. Last I checked you could only go up the Elizabeth Tower (as it's been officially dubbed) on special tours. 04:30 Mind you, in my experience it takes more than a day to get to Scotland. 18:00 I believe the term is 'Pick 'n' Mix'. 18:32 That is a slice of black pudding; this isn't really a Full English, but more a half-size. 18:35 I believe those are poached eggs.

[@brian9731]

It's the same currency in all parts of the UK. However, the notes are issued by the different banks.

[@lynnt9852]

bed and breakfast tends to be only that, while hotels tend to provide other meals and facilities

[@forstercheryl]

He meant the English pound when he said British Pound, we don’t accept notes from Northern Ireland where I live (north east England) but you can spend or change Scottish notes although some smaller stores may refuse them because in years gone by there was a lot of forgeries. It depends where you go in the U.K. but ALL of our currency notes matter where is STERLING there isn’t a difference in exchange rate

[@SilvanaDil]

How can you be pushing 30 and be clueless about the existence of B&Bs?!

[@markwilliams5654]

Nobody stays in bed and breakfast anymore it's like from the 50s only old people use them 😊

[@DB-stuff]

Is it a thing in the US?

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

​@@markwilliams5654 With a modicum of respect, Mark, what you say here is nonsense. There are over 17,000 "Bed & Breakfast" establishments in the US. Prior to Covid, in 2018 over 10 million nights were spent by visitors at B&Bs in the UK.

[@murraysaunder9210]

Gee, I wonder what the B and B stand for in “AirBnB”?

[@ulyssesthirteen7031]

I'm kind of glad you don't use B&Bs, to be honest.

[@mccorama]

Bara Brith is a kind of Welsh cake that is often eaten at tea with tea

[@sylvestrematouchka]

Tyler You can rent a small hatchback car for about £60 ( 75 Bucks) per day. Assuming in London . So plan your trip with say a 4 day period out of a fortnight stay that you have the car Available and you can visit 1 day. Stonehenge and Bath-5 hours driving total 2nd day canterbury cathedral 2.5 hours driving total 3rd day oxford. 3.5 hours driving total 4th day Brighton-brighton pavilion 3 hours driving total. Other 10 days of trip London sights See you soon

[@RileyELFuk]

Just never get fish & chips in London. It'll break the bank and they don't know how to make it (the heathens leave the skin on the fish, as a nasty surprise). Up North you'll pay a third of the price, get a bigger portion, and you'll love it (make sure you get the cod, if there's a choice).

[@jono_cc2258]

With regards to Scottish notes, personally I've never had an issue using them in London or the North of England (Newcaslte, Carlisle etc.) only a bit further South like York, Manchester, Nottingham. Secondly, this will often lead to the term "it's legal tender" getting batted about, long story short, the Bank of Scotand and Royal Bank of Scotland print notes but have to deposit the same value at the Bank of England, so yes it's all the same value and in theory can be spent anywhere. As pointed out, just use your card, zero issues that way.

[@dmst13]

Also, they're not legal tender despite people saying they are!

[@dariusnefle9066]

Personally I'd recommend Cornwall, if for no other reason than beautiful scenery, cornish pasties and cornish ice-cream which are both really nice i have taken trips there solely for that purpose, I mean yeah Gregg's is far spread and has cornish pasties and some shops sell cornish ice-cream but the best is from where they originate, though there are many nice places to visit in the uk

[@colinmoore7460]

Bed and breakfast just provide a bed for the night, and breakfast in the morning. Often used by long distance drivers. But good for families too. You just feed yourself during the day, before going back to your "digs".

[@Jeni10]

When you pictured British food, did you not also picture a full English breakfast? Two eggs, sausage, bacon, mushrooms, black pudding, baked beans, toast, etc.

[@franklove9897]

Yes but he didn't know what the black pudding was. He described as looking something like a burger. 🙂

[@Jeni10]

@@franklove9897 Americans and their well done beef! LOL!

[@OpalholicsAnonymous]

17:35 why not though? You have to remember Queen Elisabeths father was King George VI Emperor of India. The UK only returned India August 15 1947 its when "India" was split into India and Pakistan. And yoy gotta bet the former Emperors of India's home Turf in England had some quality indian food. Still does to this day. Curry is one of there national dishes/favorites.

[@rosaliegolding5549]

I’m English and found it easy driving on the right side , so ending one is no problem as the storing wheel is on the left side , but we Brits take our cars over to Europe and stirring wheel is on the Right but it’s still ok you just get used to it

[@Joanna-il2ur]

When my brother in law came to the UK, he wondered why we didn’t have any Mexican restaurants. Because, Scott, we don’t have any Mexicans. We may have a few, but they’re probably university professors.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Do NOT -- I repeat, do NOT -- ever go to a "Tex-Mex" place in Torbay called "Jingles." They think chalupas should come enrobed in puff pastry and be drizzled with hollandaise sauce.

[@philipe1966]

I visited the USA, drove a hire car and quickly got used to driving on the other side of the road. The fact that the driver’s seat is also on the opposite side helps to drive the point home. Sorry.

[@mikerusby]

I live in the Uk, fish and chips is pretty greasy, so if you have indigestion problems, don't eat too much. I don't really eat it from a fish and chip shop too much as its quite expensive. it's no longer poor persons food in some parts re that breakfast, I think that was black pudding and the white things were poached eggs? the bread is often fried bread for breakfast which is really nice

[@tonycapri2608]

There are several banks in Scotland that can issue there own banknotes, so people aren't as familiar with them!

[@enemde3025]

BIG BEN is NOT the bell tower. The BELL inside the tower is BIG BEN. The tower is called the ELIZABETH TOWER. It would take me more than half an hour to get used to driving outside of the UK !! And don't forget, you might NOT get an automatic rental car ! DON'T drive in London !! We are never more than 80 miles from the coast. Good luck trying to spend Scottish/Irish money in England !! They are ALL British pounds !! I'm sure he meant to say English 🤔.There are NO Welsh banknotes. American Express is NOT widely accepted in the UK outside of London. BARA BRITH is a Welsh tea bread. A pint of beer in London can be £7.00 OR MORE. In my town it's about £3.50. A B&B is a small family run guest house,(could be someone's actual home), where you get a room with breakfast included. Hence the name. That is a FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Bacon, eggs, beans (not on this plate though), black pudding , mushrooms, sausages, tomato, toast with tea or coffee.

[@liambowbrick3917]

When people don’t except Scottish or Irish notes it’s usually because they do rarely cross borders that the cashiers are genuinely confused because they’ve never seen one of those before and don’t know if it’s real money or not.

[@davebirch1976]

There are no welsh bank notes, in England and Wales the bank notes are issued by the Bank of England, in Scotland and Northern Ireland its slightly different. Three banks are authorised to issue banknotes in Scotland: Bank of Scotland Clydesdale Bank The Royal Bank of Scotland Three banks are authorised to issue banknotes in Northern Ireland: Bank of Ireland (UK) Northern Bank Limited (trades as Danske Bank) National Westminster Bank plc (trades as Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland)

[@Shoomer1988]

The thing on the right on the Breakfast is Black Pudding - made from pigs blood.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Well, there's more to it than that, but yeah.

[@tomkirkemo5241]

I'm used to driwing on the rigth side of the road....I guess it would take me millennia to get used to drive on the left side. :D

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Indian food in the UK is like Mexican food in the USA.

[@cthutu]

The English breakfast in your video: starting at the tomato and going clockwise: mushrooms, black pudding, sausage, bacon, poached eggs, toast.

[@Cheezsoup]

The food being bland stereotype stems from the war (WWII ) when lots of GIs came over to Britain when we already had dealt with rationing for YEARS, so all that was available was bland food in small amounts. Nowadays we have no such rationing and a lot of food ideas/recipes have been imported from all over the world. So food now is a lot more cosmopolitan than it was in the 40s.

[@katydaniels508]

Some of the best Indian food in the world!! I live in a city that is majority Indian ethnicity and the food is excellent

[@miketrevarrow9795]

We are not a card based society, many shops are now trying to be card only (this is illegal) this is not for your convenience it's for theirs, many times I've had arguments with many stores because of their insistance for using a card ! So now i carry both, stores should not insist that you pay by card- CASH IS KING.

[@Aw_tig]

I actually think you’d have a better experience and see more using the buses and the trains as you can look out of the window and see things as your going along. If you are driving you will firstly be concentrating on staying on the left side and secondly trying to find where you are going and not getting lost 😆 and I certainly wouldn’t advise driving anywhere near London. Oh and then there’s finding where you can park. I think it would just causes more stress 🙈

[@stuartmarshall2418]

Indian food in Britain is like Mexican food in America, everywhere has a good local Indian restaurant. The flip side is you won't get any good Mexican food anywhere in the UK

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Heh. My (American) girlfriend (now wife) and I went to a "Tex-Mex" place in Torquay. She ordered a chicken chalupa. It came out enrobed in puff pastry. And drizzled in hollandaise sauce. Even 18 years later, we're still getting laughs out of that story.

[@elfishmoss1457]

In relation to B&Bs I live in the UK and my understanding is B&Bs are cheaper than hotels and are more for Stay one night, eat in the morning and go, I think they're for if you're driving a few days and it's just stay overnight, get food and get on with driving again Basically a B&B is what it says it is

[@sandrabeaumont9161]

Americans don't seem to grasp how BIG London is. It has 32 boroughs. London is far larger than Paris and Berlin. There is actually 2 Londons. The City of London. also known as The Square Mile and Greater London. Each has it's own Mayor. Look out for the boundary markers. There is one in Fleet Street, in the middle of the road. The centre of 'both' Londons is roughly Kings Cross station out to the M25 Motorway/Freeway. Also known as The London Orbital Motorway and also known as London's biggest carpark!!! lol

[@clairelucy5667]

Lots of free things to visit in london like the museums if you are there

[@InkyDaCaT]

Curry was voted Britains favourite dish, especially good in Birmingham and Manchester. The breakfast white things poached eggs, burger looking thing is black pudding......pigs blood😂

[@nathanedwards4728]

The Scottish notes are the same as the English notes as the are promissory notes for pound sterling the just have a different design

[@Dan-B]

The guy saying “Trains can be pricey” is something I can’t say I’ve experienced. If you use train ticket apps you can get a train from one city to a nearby city for a couple of £’s

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Try getting a one-way ticket into London from Torquay, then. Cost me over a hundred quid.

[@Dan-B]

@@Beedo_Sookcool use the apps, you can do that for £50

[@colingregory7464]

While in Germany, beginning of the day I had to think to myself which side of the road should I be ! Once I had reminded myself, for the rest of the day I was good (mostly)

[@colinmoore7460]

When crossing the street, look the opposite way first. American tourists often get hit from behind because they were looking the wrong way.

[@kathryndunn9142]

Conway castle. When he says Hugh it is hugh bus driver helps you if you tell them you can pay with a bank card on the bus

[@jeremysmith54565]

Newcastle Englands most northern city's pretty impressive, founded in the 90sAD (literally 90) by the Romans (though the replacement castle is where it gets its name from).

[@Joanna-il2ur]

Newcastle was Pons Aelius, which survives in the suburb of Ponteland, pronounced pont-EE-land. (Latin point, pons had a possessive (genitive) pontem).

[@jeremysmith54565]

@@Joanna-il2ur Meant Hadrians Bridge Pons Aelius

[@christinebarnes9102]

Think motel but in England instead of America, you can find them all over the UK, you were looking at a Scottish breakfast not a full English breakfast.

[@4yaears]

He misspoke, he meant English* pound notes and not “British”. Scotland, England and Northern Ireland all have their own banks who issue their own pound notes. It’s only an issue in London because you’ll come across ignorant immigrant shop keepers who don’t understand it. It’s very annoying when foreigners conflate British with English. Scotland is British and part of Britain. So Scottish pound notes are British pound notes.

[@briantaylor4705]

Bed and breakfast is a cheep way of staying here

[@stevebeever2442]

It's not that expensive to hire a car. Can hire a small car for a whole week for around £200. You get use to driving on the opposite side quickly. I've driven many times in many different countries that drive on the right and had no problems at all

[@catherineatkinson6441]

Another tip try staying at least until Monday so that you can have a Sunday dinner you haven't had the British experience until you've had a Sunday dinner

[@Bazk01]

Certain Banks had the right to print currency throughout history. In England and Wales this was reduced over time to just the Bank of England. In Scotland other banks still retain that right. It's another difference between those parts of the UK that were conquered and those parts of the UK that joined of their own free will. (Scotland retains other rights, such as Scots law which is different from English Law.) People in England consider the Bank of England notes to be the "proper" notes and some businesses refuse to accept the other notes. This is just long standing prejudice on the part of the English. Some of them can be pretty ignorant and don't train their staff to know what is legal tender and how to identify counterfeit notes. Scottish and Northern Irish notes are legal tender throughout the UK. English pounds and Scottish pounds is a nonsense, it's all Pounds Stirling which is the legal UK currency. It's essentially become another way of snubbing non-English people for non-English notes in England.

[@dmst13]

Scottish banknotes aren't even legal tender in Scotland

[@Bazk01]

@@dmst13 Fish - see hook, fish prove point. ta.

[@dmst13]

@@Bazk01 Mate, they literally aren't. Besides, even if it were it wouldn't affect whether shops etc accepted them. In the jobs I've had that have been cash handling it's usually been our own choice whether to take Scottish or Northern Irish notes or not, but you're allowed to not take them. It's no different from somewhere being cash only, or not taking cash and being cared only. Do some people refuse them just because? Yeah, a few. But saying it's legal tender is incorrect because they aren't legal tender anywhere within the UK.

[@araptorofnote5938]

Scottish notes are a bit like casino chips. If the casino goes bust, the bank won't honour the chips.

[@Bazk01]

@@dmst13 Legal tender has long been common usage for Legal Currency. It started when England transitioned to the pound coin and Scotland still had the pound note and the pound coin. It's in no way a legal term - but for fly fishing it works a treat. There's no difference between the notes from the Bank of England and the notes from the Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale or the Royal Bank of Scotland. They are all legal currencies approved by the UK parliament. Even the bank of England has a page about it somewhere on it's website. It should only be foriegn countries that have an issue with Scottish and Irish money, and that through an understood level of ignorance. The English have no such excuse.

[@denniswilliams160]

Please explain why you would question anything about Indian food in Britain given the Indian sub-continent was part of the British empire for a couple of centuries.

[@janolaful]

Dennis Williams and yet the most well know indian curry is chicken tikka massala invented in Scotland, you can get a butter chicken curry which is like a tikka also India don't have onion barges.

[@denniswilliams160]

@@janolaful Along with the Birmingham balti.

[@CumuloNimbus-UK]

He's just giving his opinion, it's based on growing up in USA and not having visited the UK or know the ins and outs of UK history.

[@alanmon2690]

The British Empire started in about 1860. Before then India was influenced by the private trading company "British East India Company" which was set up in the 1600s to trade in spices, similar to other locations around the world. They had "manufacturies", trading posts established with permission of the local rulers, which after several massacres of the staff, were fortified and armed. The British government became involved after the Mutiny because of concerns about the BEIC governance. "wot did the BEIC ever do for us?.. "Apart from....."

[@archiebald4717]

@@janolaful True, but India does have onion bhaji, originating in Karnataka.

[@UnknownUser-rb9pd]

Having seen and spoken to American tourists driving in the UK, in rural areas at least, what tends to disturb them is not driving on the left but the narrower roads that are often twisty. This often results in slow driving that causes locals to overtake them on twisty roads and freaks them out further.

[@juliaw151]

They can't seem to wrap their heads round the fact that most of our roads are nearly 2000 years old, and that that is merely a speck in time compared to the history the uk has.

[@Ashtarot77]

I'm from South African and living here for 18 years now. The narrow B roads were nerve wrecking at first after I moved here. Now I drive without issues. They're so used to having these wide roads to travel on in the US.

[@Sharon-bo2se]

As a Canuck, I always find it more confusing when I get home when it can be confusing.

[@hgrazza3579]

Indian/Bangladeshi food to the UK, is what Mexican food is to the US. We have a large Indian/Bangladeshi/Pakistani community in the UK and there's a reason it's one of the most popular foods here

[@mattbentley9270]

Im in Hampshire, never seen a specific Pakistani restaurant, are there any near me? been to a Banhla. before in London and Indian millions everywhere, just wondered, love all of it from the region of the world x

[@Aspie_Geek_UK]

As a Brit living in the UK and spending 40 years driving on the left, I have regularly driven in the continental EU which drive on the Right side of the road, and its really not that difficult to get used to... He really is correct when he says it only takes about 30 mins to get used to

[@Dr_KAP]

I agree. It’s so not a big deal.

[@stevepage5813]

Yes that is probably so for Brits driving abroad, but we are talking about Americans here. Lol.

[@Aspie_Geek_UK]

@@stevepage5813 🤣🤣🤣

[@wessexdruid7598]

It ought to help driving a right hand drive car... Ought to.

[@Shoomer1988]

Oh and the "white stuff on the left" are called eggs. They're a delicacy that come from chickens.

[@Dr_KAP]

😂 must be a British thing 😉

[@HappyHammer55]

Big Tip. The majority of cars in the UK are manual (stick shift). If you are a Yank coming to the UK book an automatic with Sat Nav It just makes things a lot easier.

[@Attirbful]

Bed and Breakfasts are usually private residences that rent out rooms for nights and do not supply lunch or dinner, but a breakfast (homemade, often very British) is included. Mostly people just stay for a night or two during cross-country travel. They are a great way of seeing the country and having a true British experience, learn to know natives etc… They often have great tips for places to visit and which are the local tourist traps…

[@etherealbolweevil6268]

Quite a number of pubs/inns also.

[@marydavis5234]

Tyler is not very bright, WE actually have bed and breakfast places in the US we just call them, B&BS

[@Attirbful]

@@marydavis5234 Now, that comment is just plain mean…. Not knowing something does not imply one is “not bright.” It just means one has not been exposed to certain things. Saying something mean though exhibits a clear lack of empathy and a lack of emotional IQ…

[@stuartfaulds1580]

Heh, my parents used to run a B&B, through that I met the then Prince Charles who was playing polo with landed gentry near where my parents were. The people transporting & taking care of the horses were staying at my parents house.

[@robertaewing5468]

I am in Canada but I was sure that I heard a bed-and-breakfast in the US so I was a little confused about this lol

[@DarkSister.]

It took me around 20 minutes to get used to driving in the USA, basically from the airport it was a bit stressful, but by the time we got to the villa I was all good 😊

[@paulfredfield]

My friend moved to the USA and when she was driving back here, she kept saying, ‘follow the line, follow the line’. In other words keep the centre line close to you! Roundabouts will be a challenge. Some are horrific. The vast majority are fine but the bad ones and narrow roads will alarm most Americans I think. Focus and sensible speeds until you are comfortable is the rule.

[@101steel4]

Oh God it's wolter. The man that knows so little about so many countries.

[@robertmcconnell1009]

Tyler clearly doesn't read the comments, if he did he would learn more then by watching the videos....

[@Mary-qw4to]

This guy's videos are always really good and informative. Eating in Britain? you must remember that the people of the UK love to travel they will hop on a plane and have a week's break in one of the European countries. if it's very close to our country for just a weekend i.e a weekend in Paris etc. So their taste in foods can be quite diverse, personally, I love Mediterranean food, Italian, Greek or Cypriot for me every time. So leave all the stereotypes behind and take us as you find us.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Black cabs in London are considerably more expensive than any other option... It's more a cultural thing than an economical thing... Learn the subway and get an Oyster card...

[@annehoog]

we're visiting the UK for the first time this summer (coming from Holland). Like many europeans do however we are avoiding the cities (almost) all together. I would recommend with any trip to Europe to not rent a car, but a campervan. Saves you money on hotels and gets you around at the same time. Also European campsites are really good.

[@PedroConejo1939]

I'm in Dorset and it's great to see so many Dutch plates on cars this year (and Swiss, for some reason). Enjoy your trip.

[@annehoog]

@@PedroConejo1939 we'll be staying a week at Corfe castle campsite!

[@tobybartholomew366]

​@@annehoog Corfe Castle is lovely. Make a trip to Durston (it's in Swanage, very nearby) - there are some lovely walks along the Jurassic Coast! Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door are also nearby if you like nice scenery ☺ I hope you have a great trip!

[@PedroConejo1939]

@@annehoog I love the Purbeck area, so much to do and beautiful.

[@hatjodelka]

I'm British and only stay in a hotel if there's no B&B nearby. B&Bs are a really good way to find out about the area you're in and get reliable local knowledge. You're essentially staying in someone's house. Threy tend to be cheaper, too. If you're in a hotel there are leaflets and tourist info at reception or in your room but nothing beats someone who has probably lived in the area for decades.

[@evawettergren7492]

I agree. The best times I've had when visiting England (I haven't yet been anywhere else in the UK) have been when I've stayed at a BnB. Especially in places like Bath or out in the smaller towns. I tried a fancy five star hotel in London once (felt I needed to try at least once to know what it was like) and while it was pretty awsome and super cool, I didn't feel like I fit in. Getting in and out through the lobby of that hotel I almost felt like I needed to validate or explain what the heck I was doing there. So, I much prefer the relaxed and cozy feel of Bed and Breakfast establishments.excuse

[@marycarver1542]

Air B & Bs are common now, and amazing !

[@hatjodelka]

@@marycarver1542 You think? They've been a bane locally. Party houses keeping everyone awake all night plus proper B&Bs aren't regularly popping up in the news as a scammers paradise.

[@andybaker2456]

Sadly, I don't think B&Bs are comparatively as cheap as they used to be. They always used to be a cheap alternative to hotels, but many seem to have gone more upmarket and can often be more expensive than hotels these days. You only have to watch 'Four in a Bed' to see the sort of prices they now charge, just because they've hung designer wallpaper on one wall, and the breakfast is all "locally sourced" and "free range". Gone are the days of the cheap and cheerful places that served you a bowl of supermarket own brand Cornflakes, a cheap fry-up and a cuppa in the morning and were handy for a low cost weekend away, or as somewhere to break a long journey. Holidaying in the UK is just so expensive these days, it's no wonder that people prefer to holiday abroad.

[@hatjodelka]

@@andybaker2456 I don't stay in the fancy-schmancy B&Bs. All I ask for is a bed with clean bedlinen, a cooked breakfast, tea in a proper pot and a nice proprietor. I don't mind if there isn't an en suite, a feature wall or if the wallpaper hasn't changed since my first stay years before. I will stay in a hotel if there's no other alternative. I can't fly (ear condition, constant agony that persists for days) so I tend to only holiday in the UK or Ireland. I have gone to France, Holland and Germany but to stay with friends.