Originally Posted by
84fiero
Well your stereotyping of Americans is perpetuating its own myth, it seems. Ah yes, as always we're spoiling everything.
Posters where? Here on FT? Well isn't the membership a majority US-based - what would you expect most of the posts to be from?
Haha, I don't know of anyone under age 65 who uses Rick Steves, or similar, for their primary travel plans. Yes Rick Steves fans do exist and I've run into a few around the world, but you're waaay overestimating that, I'm afraid.
In my experience most people in the US my age (middle-aged) - and certainly younger - use multiple online resources for travel planning information (TripAdvisor, Lonely Planet, blogs, etc.)
Generalisations do have the effect of stereotyping sadly. And you seem to be violently agreeing with my exactly stated point that most posters are American which was my point - so why exactly would I be surprised? .
But whilst you seem to disagree, do you not think my experieince of observing Americans in Europe first hand may be as good or even greater than yours and therefore have at least as an opinion a
little validity?
